The importance of being earnest / BY oscar wilde

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY, 2025

DIRECTOR / BRIAN B. CROWE
SCENIC DESIGNER / SARAH BETH HALL
LIGHTING DESIGNER / ANDREW J. HUNGERFORD
COSTUME DESIGNER / AUSTIN BLAKE CONLEE
SOUND DESIGNER / BRIAN B. CROWE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY AVERY BRUNKUS

Adding to the stylish motif are creative sets by Sarah Beth Hall, with subtle  changing screens, some with floral designs and clever use of draperies. The overall effect is stylish without being fussy.

LIZ KEILL / TAPINTO MONTCLAIR

Sarah Beth Hall’s scenery and Austin Blake Conlee’s costumes deserve star billing in this production. The stunning interiors—the London drawing room with a baby grand piano covered in decorative shawls, a divan and heavy draperies and the lighter, flower-filled country garden of Woolton manor house—provide the perfect canvas on which the nonsensical plot unfolds.

RUTH ROSS / NJ ARTS MAVEN

Sarah Beth Hall’s sets, lit by Andrew Hungerford, perfectly portray Victorian ideas of home decor, anchored by two huge sets of drapes at either side of the stage.

ALLEN NEUNER / OUT IN JERSEY