BAB’s THE ODD COUPLE Has Enduring Friendships On and Off Stage

In the Neil Simon classic comedy, divorced sloven Oscar Madison allows his suddenly separated, meticulous and tense long-time friend Felix Ungar to move into Oscar’s eight-room apartment. Quickly the slob and the neat-freak fall back into the patterns of their own disastrous marriages with hilarious results.

But Oscar and Felix’s long-term friendship isn’t the only one associated with this production.

• Director Marcha Hunley & Prop Mistress Koben Hinman have been friends for over 40 years. As Marcha likes to say, they met in Pre-School.
• For Marc Richardson (Speed) and Rob Bucher (Murray), THE ODD COUPLE makes their third time on stage together in their 35-year friendship.
• After 25 years, Rob Bucher (Murray) is finally sharing the stage with Timothy Rogers (Felix), who we like to call the Kevin Bacon of local theater.
• After over 20 years, Marc Richardson (Speed) and Tim Rogers (Felix) have now shared the stage three times as well.
• As a fun side note, although both Rob and Tim knew Marc’s wife before they met, neither of us is responsible for actually introducing them. (You have to love the west side.)

One of the best things about doing theater is creating art and memories with your friends.

Brieabi Production’s THE ODD COUPLE concludes this week with four more performances.