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EPHRAIM, Utah—September 23, 2002—Snow College today announced that Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” will be performed October 2-5 in the Crane Theatre on Snow’s main campus. The production begins at 8:00 p.m. Snow College students are admitted free with a valid activity card. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5.50 for seniors and high school students and may be purchased at the box office or by calling (435) 283-7411.
“The Odd Couple” is Neil Simon’s most popular comedy and tells the story of two divorced men – one a poker playing slob and the other a meticulous “Mr. Clean – who share an apartment. The contrasting personalities are a recipe for hilarity.
Dr. Kim Christison, chairman of Snow’s theatre arts department, directs the eight-member cast. Matt Barrington and Scott Bahlmann play the central characters, Oscar and Felix, respectively. Playing the six remaining roles are Travis Metzler (Speed), Michael Thibodeau (Murray), Tosh Layton (Roy), Raleigh Morgan (Vinnie), Kathryn Christensen (Gwendolyn Pigeon) and Stephanie Riley (Cecily Pigeon).
Neil Simon was born July 4, 1927 in Bronx, New York. He attended New York University and the University of Denver and was writing scripts for radio and television by 1948. Simon has written 27 plays including “The Odd Couple” for which he earned the Antoinette Perry Award in 1965. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for the play “Lost in Yonkers.” In 1983 Simon won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” In 1968, 1975 and 1977, Simon earned best screenplay academy award nominations for “The Odd Couple,” “The Sunshine Boys” and “The Goodbye Girl.”
Snow College
Snow College, founded in
1888, serves approximately 2,800 students at its Ephraim campus, and
approximately 600 students at its Richfield campus. The college provides general education and applied technology
programs leading to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of
Applied Science and Associate of Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of
completion in a number of occupational areas.
Once owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Snow
College became a state college in 1932.
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