July 20-21, 27-28

Actors Theatre
316 W. Main St. · 584-1205
$17; 8 p.m. (plus 4 p.m. on July 28)

In case you’re not a baby boomer, theater queen or vintage culture aficionado, the original play “The Odd Couple” basically runs with the idea of two mismatched roommates — one a slovenly sportswriter, and one a neat-freak newsman — who find themselves living together after the newsman’s wife kicks him out. Twenty years after Neil Simon wrote the original Broadway blockbuster, he wrote a version for two female roommates. In this revamp, Oscar and Felix became Olive and Florence. The poker game with the boys became Trivial Pursuit with girlfriends. The English Pigeon sisters from upstairs became Latino brothers Manolo and Jesus Costazuela. The framework set by the original basically carries from old to new, but with the added opportunity to delve into gender dynamics. This is a production by the As Yet Unnamed Theatre Company. —Simon Isham