No Refund Theatre is acting out a play about roommates who mix together just as well as oil and water. Accurately titled The Odd Couple, the play, based on a true story by Neil Simon, is about two middle-aged best friends who attempt to live together to help each other come to grips with being divorced.

Although the two are best friends, they are complete opposites. Felix Unger just recently separated from his wife of 12 years due to his hypochondria and incessant cleaning and penny-pinching habits. He informs Oscar that once a nurse wrote on his chart "lunatic." He is in a suicidal state and his best friend, Oscar Madison, decides to take him in.

Oscar is also divorced, but his divorce occurred for the exact opposite reasons. Oscar is a sports writer who can't save a cent. He is a slob living in a filthy eight-bedroom apartment by himself. He admits that things fell apart in his marriage due to his drinking and gambling. In one scene, he tells Felix that he took his wife to a hockey game on their 10th anniversary and she got hit with a puck.

Brendan Irving (sophomore-advertising) plays Oscar in the NRT comedy. He believes Oscar brings out some good attributes in Felix.

Irving explains that the two are all right living together at first because Oscar is a good friend and feels bad for his friend's break up.

"I basically become his ex-wife," Irving said.

But as time passes, Felix begins to get on his nerves to a point where he has a nervous breakdown.

"Felix makes moose calls in the middle of the night," Irving said.

Timmy Wilson (junior-film and video), who plays Felix, says Oscar is good to him to a certain degree.

"Oscar builds Felix's self-confidence," Wilson said. "But, at the end they are both too stubborn to put up with each other."

First time director Josh Maltby (junior-integrative arts) confesses that directing a play is more stressful for him than acting, however it is a good change.

One of his favorite scenes in the play is when Oscar invites two lady neighbors on a date with Felix and himself. He is hoping that the date will continue through the night, but when he leaves Felix alone with the ladies, he begins talking to them about his ex-wife and children. When Oscar returns, he is confronted with the two ladies and Felix crying.

In the end, the two friends decide that it is best to not live together any longer, but they go their separate ways looking back on the experience in a positive light.

"He rubs off on me and I do the same to him," said Irving.

The Odd Couple will be showing at 8 tonight and tomorrow night in 111 Forum.

"It is a comedy of a real couple," Irving said. "It is an enjoyable play to watch."