Odd couple female version script pdf free download as pdf file. Here are some female monologue suggestions for you. The odd couple female version premiered on broadway in 1985, starring sally struthers and rita moreno, and ran for nearly a year. The odd couple, female version concord theatricals. The odd couple female version by ariel woods on prezi. The odd couple female version play characters stageagent. The script for this updated and revamped version is not just the male version of the play with women assigned to the lead roles, he notes. Need help finding a clean, comedic, contemporary, female. Produced by nina potter and linda hearn in association with the clinton arts and culture committee by special arrangement with samuel french canada ltd. Felix and oscar become florence and olive, mismatched roommates in neil simons adaptation of. The female odd couple was based on the same story line and same lead characters, now called florence ungar and olive madison.
Author of barefoot in the park, the odd couple, plaza suite, lost in yonkers, last of the red hot lovers, brighton beach memoirs, biloxi blues, come blow your horn neil simon collected plays. Name of project based on, if any revisions by current. Im not sure where you can find the female version, but you may want to try reading the original version if you cant find the female. In 1985 simon responded to the continued popularity of his odd pair by writing a female version for broadway, in which all the characters genders were reversed. Odd couple female version script pdf entertainment leisure. The odd couple takes place in three acts, all in the new york city apartment of oscar madison. Read download the odd couple female version pdf pdf download. While several of the original cast members appeared in. The odd couple florence alright, how much longer is this going to go on.
The female members of the cast of the odd couple female version at artistic synergy kim hart. The poker game became trivial pursuit with their friends becoming the girlfriends. The film version met with enough acclaim to motivate abc to air a. Oscar and felix argue and get all their frustrations out in the open. The odd couple 1970 tv series, a 19701975 television show based on the film.
This thorough history details the odd couple in all its forms over the decades. Scripts for stage and film from those decades is daunting. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of trivial pursuit. Approved the rights and couldn5 ask for better service. Simon himself updated the script in the mid 80s to an all female version starring rita moreno and sally struthers in the madisonunger roles.
The odd couple female version is just what it says it is. A white woman who works somewhere in new york as well. Are you going to spend the rest of your life not talking to me. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. In 1993, tony and jack reunited for a tv movie called the odd couple. The odd couple has been neil simons greatest popular success, running for 964 performances in its broadway debut and then spawning a popular movie version, an even more popular television series, and eventually a kind of sequel or female version that tells the same story with the genders reversed. Florence takes the vacuum cleaner and crosses into the kitchen with it.
Neil simon s revision of his hugely successful play, the odd couple, sees the lead characters transformed into olive madison and florence unger. The monterey high school drama departments production of the female version of the odd couple, directed by victoria hutchins and zhou. The story of the cohabitation of felix ungar and oscar madison translated extremely well to the silver screen, and then in 1970 to television, where it brought weekly laughs and mirth to an even larger audience for five seasons in prime time. The pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the two constanzuela brothers. Odd couple, the female version script order now unger and madison are at it again. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly trivial pursuit night in olives. Florence unger and olive madison are at it again in neil simons hilarious contemporary comic classic. Neil simons female version of the odd couple with olive and florence instead of oscar and felix is actually even funnier than the original. Florence unger and olive madison, that is, in neil simons hilarious contemporary classic.
The odd couple female version by neil simon may 5 21, 2017. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly trivial pursuit night in olives messy and illequipped apartment. The odd couple female version is the second in a trilogy of plays presented by oil lamp theater in 2018 that represent stories about women. Unger and madison are at it againflorence unger and olive. He began writing his own plays beginning with come blow your horn 1961, which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on broadway. Olive has invited the girls over for an evening of trivial pursuit. Sits at table with great pretense of calm all right, oscar, id like to know whats happened. The odd couple, female version lakeshore players dorval. Odd couple female script free download as pdf file. Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, ms. Neil simons the odd couple, female version open casting.
Florence unger and olive madison, that is, in neil simons hilarious contemporary comic classic. A white woman that ends up pregnant and works in new york along with the others. Neil simons revision of his hugely successful play, the odd couple, sees the lead characters transformed into olive madison and florence unger. Based on, if any revisions by names of subsequent writers, in order of work performed current revisions by current writer, date name of company, if applicable address phone number. In 1985, neil simon revised the odd couple for a female cast. The female odd couple, a version adapted by simon in 1985 with. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of trivial pursuits. As an audience member, you might be lucky to remember one or two of the names. With a more refined script jokes and some added dimensions to olives and florences friendship as female best friends, the female odd couple is everything you loved about the original and more. The odd couple female version plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips. Related questions and answers for characters in the odd couple.
The odd couple female version neil simon every play in. Director keith gerth emphasizes that the odd couple female version is a comedic vision with a difference. The female version of the odd couple was first presented on broadway by emanuel azenberg, wayne m. It was followed by two more successful plays, barefoot in the park 1963 and the odd couple 1965, for which he won a tony award. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Rogers, and the shubert organization at the broadhurst theatre on june 11, 1985. A perfectbound script for use in production or as a reading edition. I have done this show with two other theatre companies and it. A remake of neil simons longrunning broadway comedy, the odd couple centers around two divorced woman who live together, but cant stand each others habits. The odd couple female version 22016 in belvidere, il by the main street players. And heres one from the odd couple female version by neil simon. The odd couple female version characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis.
Admittedly, it isnt comedic gold, but if you play it right, it can be pretty funny. The odd couple female version neil simon neil simons revision of his hugely successful play, the odd couple, sees the lead characters transformed into olive madison and florence unger. The script for neil simons the odd couple female version. Though not as popular as the original play, this new version helped perpetuate the odd couple as one of the most memorable pair of characters in the history of commercial theatre. On the third yank, olive lifts her foot and we hear a loud crash from the. Olive steps on the cord, as florence yanks from the kitchen. Marge ricci plays an adorable, likable yet gruff mickey the cop and her delivery never fails to generate a laugh. Rogers, and the shubert organization at the broadhurst theatre on. Casting the odd couple, female version, a comedy by neil simon. In the middle of the night id tiptoe into the bathroom and i would pray, please god, please help me save my marriage.
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