AUDITIONS

"The Odd Couple"

By Neil Simon

Directed by Mary Tuck

Audition Details:

May 17th - 4pm-6pm Mallardi Cabaret Theatre

May 18th - 2pm-3:30pm Gunnison Public Library

Characters to be Auditioned - None have been Pre-Cast!

OSCAR MADISON – Bachelor sports writer, messy, carefree, and good-natured

FELIX UNGAR – Recently single writer, fussy, and a compulsive cleaner

SPEED – Poker player, man of simple tastes

MURRAY – Poker player, Policeman and a good-natured clod

ROY – Poker player, Oscar’s accountant, critical of Oscar’s behavior

VINNIE – Poker player and a cheapskate

GWENDOLYN PIGEON & CECILY PIGEON – English sisters who live in the apartment building. Attractive, intellectually lightweight, and somewhat flirtatious.

About The Odd Couple:

Neil Simon’s classic comedy opens as a group of “the guys” are in the midst of their weekly poker game in the apartment of divorced sportswriter, Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. The last to arrive is Felix Ungar, who has just been thrown out by his wife. Felix is depressed which leads Oscar to invite Felix to be his roommate. However, as Felix takes on the domestic mantle in the apartment and proves just how difficult he is to live with, Oscar is driven to the edge of madness. Poker nights are no longer evenings of smoke, grubbiness, and blokey behavior; instead, the guys are waited on hand and foot by Felix. The final straw occurs when Felix refuses to follow through with a double-date Oscar has set up with the beautiful Pigeon sisters, who live in the same apartment block. The clean freak and the slob come to blows with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.