The Odd Couple

  • May 8th, 2003 - May 18th, 2003
  • Bronwyn Dodson Theatre
  • Drama
  • Contemporary Piece Series
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'The Odd Couple'

— Fullerton College Hornet  - Stacy Schwed - Tuesday, April 29th, 2003
Cory Reeder, Chris Mendez, Aaron Campbell, Stuart MacArthur and Joey Gambetta star In the male version of "The Odd Couple."

The Fullerton College theatre department is putting on its last performance of the semester, "The Odd Couple."

The Tony Award winning production of "The Odd Couple" played on Broadway in 1965 and became a successful film in 1968. It starred the famous duo Jack Lemmon as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar.

Performing May 8-18,with two versions, the original male version, and a new revised female version.

"We decided to do both versions at the same time so we could give equal opportunities to both men and women in the department, said director Gary Krinke.

"What really makes it interesting and more fun it is seeing the same situations through different sensibilities, male versus female," Krinke continues.

You could see both versions and, though they're . . similar, you would be ·seeing two different plays.

"The Odd Couple" is story about two male friends who find themselves having to share an apartment together after their marriages fail.

The two friends, Felix and Oscar are completely different. Oscar is a divorced sports writer and is a major slob. His wife took their children and fled the coop to get away from all the clutter. Felix is a hypochondriac and compulsive neat freak. His wife just recently left him because of his obsessive tidiness.

They soon discover that what ever made them intolerable to their wives makes them unendurable to each other.

The original female version of the Odd Couple opened in 1985 on Broadway starring Rita Moreno as Olive and Sally Struthers as Florence.

In FC's rendition of the female version Olive is a divorced television producer who thrives upon chaotic disorder. Florence is a highly neurotic. housewife and. mother who was thrown out in frustration by her husband. The female version is a comedic mishap of the original but with revised dialogue and feminine sensibilities as Olive and Florence reestablish their lives as single women.

This is a classic uproarious domestic disaster when two divorced men or women live under the same roof.

Can they survive sharing an apartment together being completely opposite and with out making the other person go nuts? Come see in the FC's last performance of the semester "The Odd Couple."