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Title: Odd Couple, The
Author(s): Neil Simon
Licensing Agent: Samuel French, Inc
Genre: Comedy
Length: Full Length
Male Roles: 6
Female Roles: 2
Extras: 0
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Description: This renowned comedy begins with a group of the boys assembled for cards in the apartment of a divorced fellow, and if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is another fellow who, they learn, has just been separated from his wife. Since he is very meticulous and tense, they fear he might commit suicide, and so go about locking all the windows. When he arrives, he is scarcely allowed to go to the bathroom alone. As life would have it, the slob bachelor and the meticulous fellow decide to bunk together with hilarious results. The patterns of their own disastrous marriages begin to reappear in this arrangement; and so this too must end.
| Character |
Gender |
Role Size |
Min Age |
Max Age |
Description |
| Oscar Madison |
M |
Lead |
35 |
50 |
Slovenly, unkempt, dis-organized, but also a softy at heart, and a true, true friend in every sense of the word. |
| Felix Unger |
M |
Lead |
35 |
50 |
Neat, organized, obsessively clean, depressed about the loss of his marriage. A people pleaser and also a true friend with a big heart. |
| Murray the Cop |
M |
Supporting |
35 |
50 |
Big and strong. A cop for the NYC police force. A "simple" man with simple pleasures. A worrier and a "fixer" of problems. |
| Speed |
M |
Supporting |
35 |
50 |
Sarcastic, dry sense of humor, and a constant complainer. He loves the game of poker and doesn't like to be distracted from the game. |
| Roy |
M |
Supporting |
35 |
50 |
Also a bit sarcastic. Likes to pick on his friends but always out of love for them because he knows them so well! He's an "observer" and like his friend Speed, is fixated on poker and the game itself. |
| Vinnie |
M |
Supporting |
35 |
50 |
Sweet, lovable and gullable. He's giving and a bit shy and comes to poker to be around his friends and not the game itself. Also a very dedicated friend. |
| Cecily Pidgeon |
F |
Supporting |
25 |
40 |
Sweet and a bit timid, a bit nervous in nature but lovable and very affectionate. |
| Gwendolyn Pidgeon |
F |
Supporting |
25 |
40 |
A bit more edgy who possesses a razor-sharp wit. Very lovable and affectionate as well. |
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