The Charleston Alley Theatre will be hosting auditions for Adult Entertainment, a comedy about the men and women of the porn industry.

The Elaine May comedy is about a group of pornography stars that decide to make their own art film.

Tony Cox, the director, said the show starts when the porn stars lose their mentor.

“They are kind of searching for a reason to keep going,” he said. “They are looking for somebody to help them get to the next level and produce the next porn movie.”

Cox said the porn stars find a man who might be their next mentor on a TV show.

“He tries to make them read all the classics and everything because he thinks they ought to have more art in their porn,” he said.

Cox said the adults-only show will not include nudity or sex, but it will not be appropriate for children.

“Nobody’s going to have to parade around,” he said.

He said he is looking for six people to play three porn stars, a TV show host, a producer and a cameraman but also two people to be off-stage voices.

Cox said he is looking for an all-adult cast, but age does not matter.

“All the characters are adults, but they can range from 17 or 18 to a couple of characters to up into their 50s or 60s,” he said. “Most of them are porn stars, but you don’t see many old porn stars.”

There are also opportunities to create costumes, scenery, lighting, lobby artwork and sound effects for those who are not actors but want to be part of the production, Cox said.

Auditions will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.

Cox said the auditions are open to everyone, and they do not have to have anything prepared.

“They’ll be reading from the script, and I’ll talk with them about schedules and make sure they’re not offended about the subject matter,” he said.

There will be small parts of singing, but no one has to be a good singer because it is not a musical, Cox said.

He said the Charleston Alley Theatre Board chose the script after coming across it when looking for something to fill a spot.

“It’s different. It’s something that hasn’t been done around here before,” Cox said. “We like to touch base with some of the more touchy subjects in society and talk about things people don’t usually talk about.”

He said this show will not be for everybody, but those will an open mind will enjoy it.

“The script is a little high-brow, but at the same time a lot of low humor so any adult audience that is willing to sit there and accept it for what it is will have a good time,” he said.

Planned performance dates are May 10 to 13 and 17 to 19.

Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].