Feeling like you need to find some humor to shrug off the mid-winter blahs? Washougal High School’s theater students have got you covered.
Washougal High School (WHS) Drama will present two versions of “The Odd Couple,” Neil Simon’s hilarious play about roommates with clashing personality quirks, Feb. 15 through Feb. 23, at the high school’s Washburn Performing Arts Center.
The drama students are tackling Simon’s original, male version of the play written in the mid-1960s, as well as Simon’s 1985 adaptation, “The Female Odd Couple.”
Both plays feature the antics of a pair of seriously mismatched roommates. The 1960s male version stars Felix Ungar, a tightly wound neat freak, and his roommate, Oscar Madison, a slovenly, carefree sportswriter.
In the female version, the story and characters are altered slightly. Felix and Oscar become Florence and Olive in “The Female Odd Couple,” and the original play’s poker game gets an ’80s revamp as a game of Trivial Pursuit.