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140 E. Roosevelt Ave. / PO Box 783 / Dover, DE 19903 / 302-674-3568 / email: kctg@kctg.org
at the Patchwork Playhouse
Providing Quality Community Theatre
to Central Delaware Since 1953
Our 60th Anniversary Season Celebration!
Kent County Theatre Guild presents
Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple
directed by John Muller
Fridays JAN 24, 31 & FEB 7 at 8:00p
Saturdays JAN 25, FEB 1 & 8 at 8:00p
Sunday Matinee FEB 2 at 2:00p
The Patchwork Playhouse
140 E. Roosevelt Ave., Dover DE
ABOUT THE SHOW
This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assembled for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
THE CAST
(in order of appearance)
Speed... David DeLong
Murray... Arthur Paul
Roy... Dan Guidice
Vinnie... John Levine
Oscar Madison... Steve Caporiccio
Felix Unger... Paul Janiga
Gwendolyn Pigeon... Maureen Levine
Cecily Pigeon... Kathy DeLong
THE PRODUCTION STAFF
Director - John Muller
Assistant Director - Nancy Muller
Producer - Patti Kozerski
Stage Manager/Book Holder - Deanna Hess
Lighting Technician - Claude Warnick
Sound Technician - Craig Hess
Lighting Apprentice - Virginia Hartung
Head of House - Joanne Moran
Stage Crew - Terri Thompson & Kacie Smith
The Odd Couple premiered on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on March 10, 1965 and transferred to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where it closed on July 2, 1967 after 964 performances and two previews. Directed by Mike Nichols, the cast starred Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Ungar. The production gained Tony Awards for Walter Matthau, Best Actor (Play), Best Author (Play), Best Direction of a Play, and Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith), and was nominated for Best Play.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
John Muller returns to directing at the Kent County Theatre Guild this season after the rousing success of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons last season. A long time director, John has directed over 40 shows, including You Can’t Take It With You, The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, Man of La Mancha, and Arsenic and Old Lace. This production of The Odd Couple will mark the third time he has directed this show. John is currently the Vice-Chair at the Kent County Theatre Guild and the Director of Theatre at Caesar Rodney High School.
1965 Tony Award Winner
Best Author of a Play
1965 Tony Award Nominee
Best Play
"[Simon's] skill is not only great but constantly growing...There is scarcely a moment that is not hilarious."
- The New York Times
"Fresh, richly hilarious and remarkably original. Wildly, irresistibly, incredibly and continuously funny."
- New York Daily News
