MARION — The Marion Art Center Theater presents “The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.” This Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists that maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations. Wilde’s farce satirizes the hypocrisy of social order and the carelessness with which people treat marriage, family and friendship; this subversive story will appeal to a wide range of malcontents and ne’er-do-wells.

Show dates are March 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m., Sunday shows are at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for Marion Art Center members and $23 for non-members.