This summer, dramaworks and the West End Theatre present the 1950s American comedy, The Odd Couple. Auditions occur Saturday, June 13.
Questions? Contact director Bob McGill – Text: 530-355-3860; Email: rmcgill@kingsview.org
Audition Information
June 13, 10:00AM – 2:00PM
Open auditions. Please plan to attend entire audition if available to do so.
June 15, Time TBD
Call-backs. Actors called per request of director.
June 17, Time TBD
Additional call-backs if necessary.
Arrive ten minutes before audition time to fill out an audition form, or Download the audition form here.
Schedule Overview
Rehearsals
June 22 – August 19
Show Dates
August 20-23 & 27-30
Roles
Oscar Madison (4 Scenes) (456 lines): A carefree, good-natured, divorced sportswriter who
lives alone in a messy eight-room New York apartment. He is completely oblivious to dirt, clutter,
and the overdue child-support payments about which his wife telephones weekly. He has his
male cronies in for a weekly poker game with refreshments that invite food poisoning. Oscar’s
lifestyle is abruptly turned around when he takes in one of the members of the group, Felix
Ungar, whose wife has thrown him out. Everything is now antiseptically clean, the food served to
the poker players is appetizing, and there is money to pay his former wife, Blanche. Felix is so
compulsive, however, that Oscar cannot live with him and forcefully requests that he leave.
Felix Unger (4 Scenes) (386 lines): A fussy man who knows that he is difficult to live with but
cannot—or will not—make any concessions or compromises. His wife, unwilling to continue
their marriage, asks him to leave the family despite his suicide threat, and he then moves in with
Oscar. Made comical by his exaggerated behavior, Felix is persuaded by the end of the play to
live temporarily with the Pigeon sisters, who pity him, but it is probable that they too will find him
exasperating.
Murray (3 Scenes) (118 lines): One of the poker buddies; a NYPD policeman.
Vinnie (3 Scenes) (66 lines): One of the poker buddies; Vinnie is mild-mannered and
henpecked, making him an easy target for Speed’s verbal barbs.
Gwendolyn Pigeon (2 Scenes) (66 Lines): Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a
pair of English sisters. She is a widow.
Speed (3 Scenes) (64 lines): One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Gruff and sarcastic,
often picking on Vinnie and Murray.
Roy (3 Scenes) (64 lines): One of the poker buddies; Oscar’s accountant; he has a dry sense
of humor.
Cecily Pigeon (2 Scenes) (57 lines): Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair
of English sisters. She is a divorcée.
lives alone in a messy eight-room New York apartment. He is completely oblivious to dirt, clutter,
and the overdue child-support payments about which his wife telephones weekly. He has his
male cronies in for a weekly poker game with refreshments that invite food poisoning. Oscar’s
lifestyle is abruptly turned around when he takes in one of the members of the group, Felix
Ungar, whose wife has thrown him out. Everything is now antiseptically clean, the food served to
the poker players is appetizing, and there is money to pay his former wife, Blanche. Felix is so
compulsive, however, that Oscar cannot live with him and forcefully requests that he leave.
Felix Unger (4 Scenes) (386 lines): A fussy man who knows that he is difficult to live with but
cannot—or will not—make any concessions or compromises. His wife, unwilling to continue
their marriage, asks him to leave the family despite his suicide threat, and he then moves in with
Oscar. Made comical by his exaggerated behavior, Felix is persuaded by the end of the play to
live temporarily with the Pigeon sisters, who pity him, but it is probable that they too will find him
exasperating.
Murray (3 Scenes) (118 lines): One of the poker buddies; a NYPD policeman.
Vinnie (3 Scenes) (66 lines): One of the poker buddies; Vinnie is mild-mannered and
henpecked, making him an easy target for Speed’s verbal barbs.
Gwendolyn Pigeon (2 Scenes) (66 Lines): Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a
pair of English sisters. She is a widow.
Speed (3 Scenes) (64 lines): One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Gruff and sarcastic,
often picking on Vinnie and Murray.
Roy (3 Scenes) (64 lines): One of the poker buddies; Oscar’s accountant; he has a dry sense
of humor.
Cecily Pigeon (2 Scenes) (57 lines): Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair
of English sisters. She is a divorcée.
