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.

ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

by V. Cate

Directed by Michael Baim

Performance Dates:

August 21nd-September 1st

Audition Details:

Sunday July 7th, 2 - 4pm - Gunnison Public Library

Sunday July 7th, 6 - 8pm - Mallardi Cabaret Theatre 403 2nd St. C.B.

Monday July 8th, 6-8pm - Mallardi Cabaret Theatre 403 2nd St. C.B.

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

The Colonel - Elvis' Manager - A showman and ethically challenged con-artist who's not too concerned about stepping over the line to achieve his goals.

Trudi - The Colonel's secretary. She's from Germany originally and has a little bit of a rigged or Teutonic demeanor. She is devoted to the Colonel but see's his flaws.

Roscoe - The Colonel's young and goofy assistant. He'll follow the Colonel's orders as best as he can and he's a big fan of Elvis.

Candy - A mentee of the Colonel. He's older and more street-wise than Roscoe.

Jill Tanner - A somewhat pushy newspaper reporter with a lot of moxie. Jill is sure the Colonel is hiding a juicy story about Elvis - and she's going to get to the bottom of it.

About "Elvis Has Left the Building":

t's December 20th, 1970, and Elvis Presley has disappeared. No one, not even his wily manager, "The Colonel," knows of his whereabouts. But the Colonel is all shook up because he has racked up a secret debt -- and with the King himself missing, the only way to pay it off is to find an Elvis impersonator within 24 hours. Hijinks ensue as the Colonel takes desperate measures to replace a man who is irreplaceable, all while keeping the prying eyes of a nosy reporter at bay and figuring out what happened to the real Elvis