KIDSPLAY

* Play: “The Importance of Being Earnest”

* School: Newport Harbor High School

* Story line: Two dashing young pranksters discover what is in a name

in Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of friendship, courtship and mistaken

identity.

* Drama teacher: Gail Brower-Nedler

* Director: Gail Brower-Nedler

* Assistant directors: Vanessa Seeley and Sara Adams

* Cast: Dan Barnard, Felicity Claire, Sarah Conlon, Brandon Crisler,

Philip Gerard, Martin Giannini, Julia Hochner, Sylvia Keays, Michael

McLean and Sean Tupy

* When: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday

* Cost: $6, $5 for students and seniors

* Where: Newport Harbor High School’s Robert B. Wentz Theater, corner

of 15th Street and Irvine Avenue, Newport Beach

* Call; (949) 515-6341