Pioneer Theatre Company Announces Local Auditions for
The Odd Couple
By Neil Simon
Auditions for PTC’s production of The Odd Couple by Neil Simon will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Callbacks are scheduled for Saturday, December 15, 2012; that time will be announced to auditioners who are called back.
Audition slots from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. are for Actors’ Equity members only. Audition slots from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. are open to all auditioners. The audition slots are limited to five minutes.
Non-AEA auditioners must come in to sign up on the callboard in Room 325 at the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre; that sign-up will be posted at noon on Thursday, December 6, 2012.
All auditioners will be asked to read from the script. Sides from the play will be available when auditioners sign-up. Auditions will be held in Room 245 at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. A photo and resume are recommended. For more information please visit the PTC web site: www.pioneertheatre.org.
Rehearsal dates for the production are Monday, February 25, 2013 – Thursday, March 21, 2013; performance dates are March 22, 2013 – April 6, 2013. PTC Artistic Director Karen Azenberg will direct the production.
Roles are for 2 females and 6 males; all auditioners must be 18 or older.
Gwendolyn – Woman, early 30s, British, secretary at a health club, widow, sister to Cecily
Cecily – Woman, early 30s, British, secretary at a health club, divorcee, sister to Gwendolyn
Speed – Male, 35 to 45, impatient and to-the-point
Murray – Male, 35 to 45, slow, methodical, policeman
Roy – Male, 35 to 45, methodical, accountant
Vinnie – Male, 35 to 45, married, slightly hen-pecked
Oscar – Male, 35 to 45, divorced, sportswriter for NY Post, pleasant, appealing, enjoys life to the fullest, lucky, carefree attitude, extremely sloppy, questionable manners but not offensive
Felix – Male, 35 to 45, newly separated, news writer for CBS, the opposite of Oscar, neurotic, tense, panicky, meticulous,
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