In a change from the usual musical, family-fun or children’s play, the community theater has selected a production that mixes a humorous look at marriage infidelity with Southern charm.

Auditions for “The Scarlett O’Hara Complex,” a two-act comedy written about 20 years ago by North Carolina playwright Karen Wheeling-Reynolds, will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 25-26, at the Nolan Center.

There are eight main cast roles to fill, along with a few minor characters.

“Come in anytime during that time frame and be ready to read lines, possibly a monologue,” Haley Reeves, co-director of the production, said of the auditions.

Show dates are scheduled for Nov. 6 (dinner show), Nov. 7 and 8.

“Content wise, it’s a little more mature” than past productions, Reeves said. That includes some sexual references and adult humor.

“In a genteel Southern town in North Carolina, Jenny McKenzie discovers her husband, Earl, has been unfaithful — again. Entrapped by expectations of quiet endurance and decorum, Jenny’s lifelong friends — Libby, Mary Frances and Cat — try to support her, though they harbor growing doubts about her state of mind,” described Kristen DeBord, who saw the play performed about 17 years ago in North Carolina.

“Is she (Jenny) simply overwhelmed? Or might she be on the brink of something far more extraordinary? As humor and Southern charm mix with the darker undertones of betrayal, the play asks: How far will a ‘proper’ woman go when pushed beyond her limits?”

A 2023 North Carolina newspaper review described the story: “In a region noted for sweltering heat and good gin, a time bomb is ticking and another chauvinistic Southern male’s life may be in danger of The Scarlett O’Hara Complex.”

DeBord performed for nine consecutive summers in another play written by Wheeling-Reynolds, taking on the lead role her final three summers.

“That playwright and director, along with her husband, David, were the catalysts for my love of theater from the age of 7 until I moved away from my hometown for college,” said DeBord.

Reeves described the roles that will be filled from the auditions:

Mary Frances, a saucy, energetic personality who takes pride in her figure and still has it. She is Claire’s mother.

Libby is fascinated with court TV — her outlet for excitement. Her husband is gone all the time and she lives in a social bubble.

Cat, the motherly one of the group, is innocent and kind, but very excitable.

Claire, Mary Frances’s daughter, is a young mother in her 20s who is disillusioned with her young marriage. She is unhappy to be back in a small town, living the life her parents lived.

Jenny, the scorned housewife married to Earl, is Jack’s mother. She has always done what is expected of her — until now.

Jack, Jenny’s son, still holds a torch for Claire and has not yet been able to find himself. He is a professional student and a free spirit.

Earl, Jenny’s cheating husband is “a classic southern male chauvinistic pig.”

Ethel Mae is Earl’s doting mother who has not gotten along with her daughter-in-law in the past. She’s a widow with a chip on her shoulder — who loves to drink.

A couple of small cameos include a mysterious person, two paramedics and two policemen.

While the auditions are to fill the cast, Reeves said help will be needed later for the set and costumes. Dan Powers is taking care of the sound, with Joan Sargent and Artha DeRuyter in charge of costumes.

Anyone who wants to help with the stage and set should stop by the auditions, Reeves said.