The Champaign-Urbana Theater Company (CUTC) will be putting on a production of The Importance of Being Earnest this week. The director, Jessica DeBolt, has experience in the theater world as director, actor, and in stage management. With a wide range of experience in each of these settings, DeBolt’s allowance for versatility in her work brings opportunity for some really interesting stuff.
A taste of the breadth of her experience is seen in bom circo! a circus ensemble where she was the director; a haunted house where DeBolt was stage manager called Nightmare on R Street from the annual Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film; and comically, as an actor in Lab B&B a short satirical spin on the well known Air B&B, taking place in an active lab much to the lab tech’s clear dissatisfaction.
Smile Politely had the pleasure of talking with Jessica to get her take on the upcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
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