Southampton - Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will hold Open Auditions for performances of Christopher Hampton's Boradway hit, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" (Dangerous Liaisons).

Auditions will be held on Monday, January 23 at 6 p.m. and Tuesday, January 24 at 6 p.m. in Southampton Cultural Center's Levitas Center. Auditions begin promptly at these times. Late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of the director.

Performances will begin on March 15, 2012 and run through April 1, 2012. Michael Disher directs.

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" is adapted from the 1782 novel of the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The plot focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation. Their targets are the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a young girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor, the Chevalier Danceny. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the secret lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous scheming seductions and betrayals.

A successful British run and an equally successful Broadway run was followed by the film adaptation, "Dangerous Liaisons" (starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer) which earned seven Academy Award nominations. A subsequent film version, "Valmont," starred Colin Firth, Annette Bening and Meg Tilly.

Roles Include:

 • La Marquise de Merteuil - Manipulative, cunning, seductive, 30s

 • Vicomte de Valmont - Equally manipulative, cunning, seductive, 30s

 • Madame de Volanges - Cecile's mother, opinionated, pious, ill-informed, 40s


 • Cecile Volanges - Protected, exploited, ruined. Teens to Early 20s

 • Chevalier de Darceny - Chivalrous, somewhat innocent, easily deceived, 20s

 • La Presidente de Tourvel - Pure, innocent, a victim and pawn, 20s

 • Emilie - A courtesan, 30s

 • Azolan - Valmont's valet and confidante, 30s

 • Major-Domo - Authority figure. Ageless