THE ODD COUPLE - Pioneer Theatre Company Non Equity Auditions

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, pouty