Huntington
Beach Playhouse
AUDITION NOTICE
The Odd Couple
By Neil Simon
Directed by Jim Rice
Produced by Mike Gavin and Catherine Stip
This renowned Neil Simon comedy begins with a group of the boys assembled for cards in the apartment of a divorced fellow and if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is another fellow who, they learn, has just been separated from his wife. Since he is very meticulous and tense, they fear he might commit suicide and go about locking all the windows. When he arrives he is scarcely allowed to go to the bathroom alone. As life would have it, the slob bachelor and the meticulous fellow decide to bunk together – with hilarious results. The patterns of their own disastrous marriages begin to reappear in this arrangement; and so this too must end
This is an amateur non-union casting. There is no pay.
Audition Location:
Huntington Beach Central Library
Maddy Room
7111 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA
Performance Dates:
October 2 - October. 25, 2009
Audition Dates:
Sunday - August 2nd - 1:00 pm - Maddy Room
Monday - August 3rd - 7:00 pm - Maddy Room
Character Breakdown:
Comedy set in a New York apartment - time in specific. All players must have
excellent comic timing
Oscar Madison - 40's sportswriter independent lives comfortably in a world of dirt
Felix Unger - 40's photographer almost co-dependent hypochondriac Neurotic clean freak
Murray - Poker player NYC Cop loyal honest good comic timing required
Speed - Poker player manic poker player nothing else matters most cynical of group
Vinnie - Poker player big-hearted mild mannered
Roy - Poker player Oscar's accountant
Pigeon Sisters - British sisters leaving upstairs of Oscar and Felix. Comic sexy not the brightest bulbs in the house. Always ready to defend Felix in an argument with Oscar.
For additional Information you may contact Jim Rice at lbdirector@gmail.com