Council announces auditions for Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple'

CALLING ALL AREA ACTORS! The Arts Council will be holding auditions for the classic screwball comedy about the craziest roommates ever, Neil Simon’s “THE ODD COUPLE”!

Directed by Ginger Correll, auditions will take place on Thursday, July 25th at 7 p.m. & Saturday, July 27 at 3 p.m. at the Historic 1908 Courthouse in Independence. Rehearsals will begin in early August, and the play will be performed October 4, 5, 11-13 at the Historic 1908 Courthouse. We’re looking for six outspoken men and two saucy, sexy, middle-aged women! Perusal copies of the script can be requested by calling the Arts Council at 276-238-1217 or emailing us at info@artsculturalcouncil.org.

Since its Broadway debut in March of 1965, starring Art Carney and Walter Matthau, Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” has been making audiences roar with laughter. Matthau reprised his Oscar Madison role in the successful 1968 Hollywood movie also starring Jack Lemon, and then Simon collaborated on the script to bring these lovable characters to TV with a weekly 1970s sitcom starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

The Arts & Cultural Council of the Twin Counties is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts throughout the Twin Counties. The Arts Council is funded in part by area individuals and businesses, local municipalities, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, please visit the Arts Council website, www.artsculturalcouncil.org or call the office at 276-238-1217.