OUR SEASON OPENER

The Odd Couple
Comedy by Neil Simon

This well-loved show was chosen for the dcp stage by you, our audiences!

So come on out!

You all know the plot. ODD may not be the right word to describe this blunder into a domestic alliance. Two very different men have botched their marriages and attempt to share an apartment without killing each other. Oscar is the unmitigated “slob” while his prissy buddy Felix proves that “cleanliness is next to insanity”.  As Felix laments his impending divorce, Oscar tries to avoid his all together. The plot is highly-amusing and there are scores of unexpected ways to keep you smiling, chuckling and laughing.
A better description than odd, we think, is hysterical. Don’t miss Neil Simon’s most
famous play, and a dcp theatre patron’s pick, leading off dcp theatre’s triumphant 60th season. 

SPONSOR: First Priority Bank - Member FDIC.  

 Stage Magazine Review

THE ODD COUPLE Prevails for dcp theatre’s 60th Season

...Oscar Madison (Alfred Benelli) is recently divorced, living all alone in sloppy ambience in an eight room apartment in New York City...Oscar’s life has a certain stability and balance, until the neurotically neat Felix Ungar (Phil Cook), is set loose by Mrs. Ungar to wreak havoc in Oscar’s life...

It’s just about curtains for Oscar and Felix in Act III, but the cast continues to shine until the last curtain. Great expressions from poker players Algeo, Witherington, Bender and Maza as they react to the Felix’s Pigeon sister coo. Gerhart’s demeanor as she retakes the stage in Act III is well projected.  Benelli and Cook prove to be a good match as Oscar and Felix under the direction of Deb Takes. Good synergy on the part of all on stage.

DCP Theatre in its 60th season -

DCP just launched its 60th season with yet another iconic production, Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple.”

“Oddly” enough it stars two people who are no strangers to the Times Herald family of reporters… Al Benelli and Phil Cook… and is directed by long time DCP Theatre member and community fixture, Deb Takes. When not directing, Deb can be found at the president’s desk of First Priority Bank.