AUDITION INVITATION – SORDID LIVES

Dear Atlanta Actor,

Out Front Theatre Company is excited to invite you to audition for our 2017-2018 season production of Del
Shore’s, Sordid Lives

AUDITION INFORMATION
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W HEN: February 5 and 6 from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (If these times do not work we will accept video
submissions)

W HERE: Out Front Theatre Company, 999 Brady Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

AUDITION APPOINTMENTS
Email info@outfronttheatre.com for an appointment time. Please choose a preferred day (Monday or
Tuesday) and a one-hour span, (6 pm -7 pm for example) and we will do our best to accommodate. Please let us
know if there is any hour span or day that you are completely unavailable for. You will then be assigned an
appointment time by return email. Please attend only one evening of auditions. Please reply even if you are
declining so that we know you have received this invitation and that we have correct contact information for
you in our files. Please review the important dates listed below and alert us to any conflicts you may have.

SHOW INFORMATION
The author of Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?) brings you a comedy that was
nominated for over thirty awards during its long run in Los Angeles. When Peggy, a good
Christian woman, hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover's
wooden legs in a motel room, chaos erupts in Winters, Texas. The star of the show, Peggy, is
actually dead. Sissy, Peggy’s sister, is afraid that all the family skeletons will come flying out
of the closet at once as they gather to mourn the family’s matriarch. She plays mediator
between Peggy’s daughters, the conservative Latrelle and the more liberal LaVonda, as well
as trying to comfort her neighbors, Noleta and husband, G.W., who is the one that killed
Peggy – under extremely humiliating circumstances, no less.

PRODUCTION PERSONNEL

WRITER: Del Shores

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Paul Conroy
DIRECTOR: Jacob Demlow
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Candy McLellan
CASTING DIRECTOR: Justin Kalin

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

READ THROUGH: February 11, 2018 @ 6pm

REHEARSALS BEGIN: April 12 @ 6 p.m.
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TECH WEEKEND: April 28 and 29
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DRESS REHEARSAL: April 30 -May 2 , 2018
OPENING: May 3, 2018
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CLOSING: May 20 , 2018
SHOW TIMES: Thursday – Saturday @ 8 p.m.; Sundays @ 3 p.m.
 CONTRACTS:
All roles are paid. No AEA contracts are available for this production at this time.

ROLES:

BITSY MAE HARLING. Any Race, Late 20’s-40’s the guitar playing ex-con singer. Must
play guitar and sing.

SISSY HICKEY. African American, 40’s-50’s The caretaker who picked the wrong day to
quit smoking.

NOLETA NETHERCOTT. Any Race, 30's-50'sAn angry overweight betrayed housewife.

LATRELLE WILLIAMSON. African American, 30's-40's Ty’s uptight, proper mother.

G.W. NETERCOTT. Any Race, 30's-50's The distraught legless Vietnam Vet.

WARDELL “BUBBA” OWENS. Any Race, 30's-40's The former gay-bashing remorseful
bartender.

ODELL OWENS. Any Race, 30's-40's Wardell’s worthless story-telling brother.

EARL “BROTHER BOY” INGRAM. African American, 30's-40's Tammy Wynette obsessed
transvestite.

REV. BARNES. Southern Baptist preacher. (Doubles as ODELL.)

The roles of Ty, Eve, Juanita and La Vonda have been cast and are not available.
Please choose a role from list of characters above that is appropriate for your type and specify your interest.

Once your audition appointment has been made you will receive a pdf of the script and
sides.

Please be advised that the roles of G.W., Wardell, and Odell involve the actors appearing on
stage in their underwear.

AUDITION PREP

Please bring 2 headshots/resumes (attached) to your audition.

If you have questions, email Jacob Demlow at info@outfronttheatre.com. Should you need to contact
Casting on the day of your audition, please text678-876-0819.

Thank you!
Jacob Demlow