Mars Theatre in Lafayette, Ga. presents Georgia The Importance Of Being Ernest In The Zombie Apocalypse, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. from May 27 through June 11 with Sunday afternoon shows at 2:30 pm on May 29, June 5 and June 12.
Go to www.backalleyproductions.org for tickets or purchase the night of the show (box office opens 30 minutes before curtain). For information, call 423-356-7437 or contact the box office at 706-996-8350.
Review:
Oscar Wilde’s classic satire on societal conventions and propriety is even more biting when played against the backdrop of the zombie apocalypse. Jack wants Gwen. Algy wants Cecily. The ladies both want Ernest. Aunt Augusta wants cucumber sandwiches. And zombies want brains. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered just as the undead come alive. Will anyone survive in this hilarious version of Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People?”
Whether a fan of Walking Dead or Oscar Wilde’s classic you will delight in this side splitting riff on decorum… and decay.
Told through Wilde’s complete classical script (zombies added).