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Open Auditions for Shore’s “Sordid Lives”

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Sordi-Logo-2Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will hold open auditions for performances of Del Shores’s Sordid Lives, on Monday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 1 at 6 p.m. in Southampton Cultural Center’s Levitas Center for the Arts, 25 Pond Lane in Southampton.

Auditions begin promptly at these times. Late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of directors, Michael Disher and Joan Lyons. Multiple performances are over three weekends, January 14 through 31.

“Sordid Lives” has been called a “black comedy about white trash.” As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral after the death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel, we learn the hilarious, sad and trashy truth of this dysfunctional family. Some elements of the play come directly from Mr. Shores’s life. “Sordid Lives” is not only a stage play by was also a film and a short-lived TV series featuring notable celebrities and actors, including Olivia Newtown John. The original play premiered in Los Angeles in 1996 and ultimately won 14 Drama-Logue Awards and has since become a cult classic.

Casting will be for all roles, male and female and ranging in ages from the mid-20s and up. For more information, contact Michael Disher at mbentondisher@gmail.com or Joan Lyons at jlyons@ackermanpartners.com.

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