FPAC presents the Odd Couple

Franklin Performing Arts Company’s 26th season, which opened in October with Fiddler on the Roof, continues this month with Neil Simon’s hilarious The Odd Couple. 

A clever American comedy by one of the most produced playwrights of the twentieth century, The Odd Couple will be presented at THE BLACK BOX in downtown Franklin on November 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on November 6 at 2:00. The Odd Couple is an epic mismatch of personalities, as an incompatible pair of suddenly single pals becomes roommates. Thrown out by his wife, the fastidious and uptight news writer, Felix Unger, moves in with the slovenly sportswriter, Oscar Madison, recently divorced. Unsure why their marriages fell apart, the friends repeat the same mistakes with each other – with hysterical results. The Odd Couple won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Author of a Play and was a Best Play nominee. The renowned buddy tale is the original play behind the hit TV sitcom and fil