Audition for our next production:

“A Very Sordid Wedding”

Directed by Alex Shapiro

Auditions:  July 12th & 13th

Auditions will be held at Dillard Fine Arts Center at 1501 Lakeside Drive; Lynchburg, VA 24501

Performances: September 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 , 20 – 2026

It’s 2015, seventeen years after Sordid Lives and Peggy’s unfortunate death, after tripping over G.W.’s wooden legs, and life has now moved on for the residents of Winters, Texas. Based on the 2017 hit film of the same name, A Very Sordid Wedding explores the questions, bigotry and the fallout of what happens when gay marriage comes to communities and families that are not quite ready to accept it. Bigoted “religious freedom,” marriage equality and cultural acceptance are all explored with Del Shores’ trademark approach to using comedy and his much-beloved Sordid Lives characters to deal with these important current social issues and the very real process of accepting your family for who they are instead of who you want them to be.

Roles for 12 women and 15 men. Readings are taken directly from the script. No preparation is needed.

Rehearsals are Monday through Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm beginning July with the addition of two Sunday nights during tech weeks.

CHARACTER LIST:

• LA VONDA – A flashy, mouthy redhead, the maid of honor
• LATRELLE – LaVonda’s uptight sister
• SISSY – LaVonda and Latrelle’s codependent aunt
• JUANITA – This town’s old barfly
• NOLETA – LaVonda’s hot mess of a best friend
• PEGGY INGRAM – Brother Boy’s dead mama
• MRS. BARNES – The older church secretary, once the pastor’s wife
• HORTENSE – Noleta’s mean, ancient mother
• VERA LISSO – The large, bigoted cashier at the Corner Stop
• LETICIA BUSTAMANTE – An older Mexican woman
• NURSE SAMPLE – A nurse with a permanent scowl
• GRETA – Late 20s, dressed in Daisy Dukes and a tube top
• WARDELL – The good ol’ senior cowboy groom
• ODELL – Wardell’s younger, dim-witted brother
• G.W. – Wardell’s best friend, who has two prosthetic legs
• BROTHER BOY – An aging drag queen
• JIMMY RAY BREWTON – The charming, handsome new pastor of Southside Baptist Church
• ROGER – The swishy town beautician
• TY – 40s, Latrelle’s handsome gay activist son
• KYLE – Ty’s husband, African American
• HARDY – A gorgeous man, crushed his leg working on an oil rig
• BILLY JO DOBSON – Hot, dark, brooding serial killer
• MARTY WELLS – An effeminate man with over-plucked eye brows,
• WILSON – Latrelle’s ex-husband, Ty’s Dad. Orange from fake tanning, with overly dyed hair, trying way too hard.
• CASSIE NOVA – A fierce drag queen in a big red wig
• EDNA JEAN ROBINSON – An older church lady drag queen
• PETER – A hard-bodied, hot-shot boy, clad only in underwear, combat boots and maybe a cap

Auditions are Sunday, July 12th and Monday, July 13th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at Dillard Performing Arts Center

at the University of Lynchburg

Roles for 12 women and 15 men including ensemble. 

Cold readings will be taken directly from the script. No preparation is needed.

Performances: September 11, 12, 13, 18. 19, 20 – 2026