The high school cast took on Oscar Wilde’s farce “The Importance of Being Earnest” last week, proving that trivial comedies are still relevant to serious people. For the crew and cast, the experience was about letting go, taking risks, and supporting each other.

Director Danté Carr chose to stage “Earnest” because the play reminds us that society’s rules and standards are made up. “We do not have to take ourselves so seriously. Sometimes students get caught up in their own heads.”

The production was the fifteenth for stage manager Lily Huang ’26, who says everyone was encouraged to contribute and improvise. In a play that takes pushing against expectations seriously, permission to experiment “makes the magic come to life,” Lily says. “It makes the performance bigger than what’s written on the page.”

This was the first fall play for Abigail Wong ’26 (Gwendolyn). She valued the production’s camaraderie and seriousness of purpose. “I learned to find the people who will bring you up. Maya Hakushi ’26 (Lady Bracknell) is more familiar with the fall play than I am, and she was backstage helping me study lines despite having to learn her own.”