THE ODD COUPLE Runs From 5/7 - 6/7 At The John W. Engeman Theater

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is pleased to present Tony Award nominee Michael McGrath and Broadway veteran Jim Poulos in Neil Simon's hilarious comedy The Odd Couple.

The Odd Couple is one of the most famous American comedies in the last 50 years and offers a humorous portrait of ordinary guys who are extraordinarily irreconcilable! Based on the conflicting lifestyles of two battling and newly single middle-aged roommates - the obsessive neatnik news writer Felix Ungar and the disorderly and sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison - this combustible bad "marriage" is a popular favorite full of hilarious fun.

The Odd Couple will play the following performance schedule: Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

In addition, there will be matinees on the following days:  Saturday May 16, 2009 and Saturday May 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm.

Also, there will be performances on Sunday May 24, 2009 and Sunday June 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm.

Tickets are now on sale and are $50.  Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office at 250 Main Street, Northport, New York  11768. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.
 
The Odd Couple is produced for the John W. Engeman Theater by Richard T. Dolce, the theater's Producing Artistic Director.  The director is BT McNicholl who is currently represented on Broadway with Billy Elliot as the resident director.  He returns to the John W. Engeman Theater after directing the hit comedies The Foreigner and Lend Me a Tenor. The assistant director is Katherine Carter who was an assistant director on Billy Elliot. The casting director is Stephen DeAngelis who has been a valued member of the John W. Engeman Theater since its inception and has cast all of the main stage productions to date. Stephen is on staff at Grey NYC having cast over 2,200 network television and radio commercials.

The Design Team includes Ted LeFevre (Scenic Designer); Gail Baldoni (Costume Designer); Jeff Nellis (Lighting Designer); Alex Hawthorn (Sound Designer); Mark Adam Rampmeyer (Hair and Wig Designer); and Jeena Yoon (Prop Designer).

The Production Stage Manager is CJ LaRoche.

The Cast of The Odd Couple features: Michael McGrath (Oscar) who was nominated for the Tony Award for his role as Patsy in the original Broadway Production of Monty Python's Spamalot and most recently appeared on Broadway as Agamemnon Buckner in Is He Dead?; and Jim Poulos (Felix) who appeared on Broadway as Mark Cohen in Rent and as Huck Finn in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Jim returns to the John W. Engeman Theater after delighting audiences as Charlie in their recent production of The Foreigner.

The cast also includes: John Treacy Egan(Vinnie) who has been seen on Broadway as Chef Louis in the original cast of Disney's The Little Mermaid and as Max Bialystock in The Producers; Stephen Berger (Speed) who played Charlie in The Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Pajama Game and Brian in the Broadway production of Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Scott Davidson (Roy) who has performed on Broadway as Amos Hart in Chicago as well as the Broadway production of Hairspray; Eric Leviton(Murray) who toured in such shows as The Fully Monty (Dave Bukatinsky), Seussical the Musical (Horton the Elephant) starring Cathy Rigby, and Damn Yankees (Sohovik) starring Jerry Lewis; Christina Bennett Lind(Gwendolyn Pigeon) whose recent theater projects include Girl Hamlet at the Actor's Studio and Mary's Wedding for the Hudson Stage Company; and Audra Wahhab (Cecily Pigeon) who recently toured in the TheatreWorks USA production of Charlotte's Web.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year round professional theater company, casting our actors from the Broadway  talent pool. From curb to curtain, we have made it our business to provide affordable, quality theater in an elegant one-of-a-kind location with outstanding facilities and extraordinary service. The renovated Theater offers stadium-style seating, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, a full orchestra pit, and a classic wood-paneled piano lounge with full bar. For a complete show schedule and more information contact the theater directly at 631-261-2900 or visit our website at www.engemantheater.com.

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