The School For Scandal - Opens March, 2025

Welcome to the School for Scandal, a cadre of social elite who invented influencer culture, catfishing and para-social relationships 300 years before the rise of social media. Idle Muse sends up celebrity society and the idle rich in this fresh cut of Sheridan's boundary-smashing comedy of manners, which first premiered in 1777. At the School for Scandal, it doesn't matter what's being said — as long as you're the one saying it.

Idle Muse Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team for its production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, directed by Evan Jackson, March 13 - April 12 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W Catalpa Ave. The performance schedule for The School for Scandal includes two preview performances Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14 at 8 p.m. with the press night, Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. The performance schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. with an additional performance Wednesday, April 9 at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are now on sale for $30, $20 for students and seniors. at IdleMuse.org or the Idle Muse Theatre Company Box Office, 773.340.9438.

Idle Muse's cast includes Elise Soeder (she/her, Lady Sneerwell); Boomer Lusink (he/him, Morgan, Snake); Eric Duhon (he/him, Joseph Surface); Cat Evans (any with respect, Maria); Mara Kovacevic~ (she/her, Mrs. Candour); Cameron Austin Brown (he/him, Sir Benjamin Backbite/Sir Harry Bumper); Elizabeth MacDougald~ (she/her, Mrs. Crabtree); Erik Schnitger~ (he/him, Sir Peter); Andrew Bosworth (he/him, Rowley); Caty Gordon~ (she/her, Lady Teazle); Ross Compton~ (he/him, Sir Oliver); Brian Healy (he/him, Charles Surface) and Brooks Whitlock, (he/him, Careless, servants); with understudies Makenna Van Raalte (she/they, U/S Lady Teazle and Maria); Jennifer Mickelson (she/her, U/S Mrs. Candour and Mrs. Crabtree); Rick Smith (he/him, U/S Sir Oliver); Jacque Bischoff (she/her, U/S Lady Sneerwell); Emily Pfriem (she/her, U/S Careless and Servants); Sam Neel (he/him, U/S Morgan and Snake).