Gerald van Wilgen in the Theatre at the American Legion Hall

The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Theatre at the American Legion Hall - Collingswood, NJ
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Celebrate Collingswood with Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, presented by The Collingswood Shakespeare Company. Join Oscar Wilde in his visit with Walt Whitman as they watch this hilarious play.

Gerald van Wilgen is an ambitious multi faceted playwright, writer and director who doesn’t shy away from big ideas.
His recent play Quaerere (work-title) is an epic tale of three characters dealing with entitlements, destiny and self-determination. In Rites of Passage and Constant Revolution at the Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania, he directs a divers group of artists and community participants to create new rituals and find their own voice.
For the Collingswood Shakespeare Company he has also directed William Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale. He is the facilitator of a the Coffee & Shakespeare group that meets monthly at the Collingswood Public Library as well.
Gerald van Wilgen holds an MA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and studied directing at the Walnut Street Theatre School in Philadelphia and the HB Studios in New York.