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    Posted: 6/30/08 at 12:55pm
I'm looking for a good comedy that has 2 stong female parts, a cast of no more than 7 total and a simple set.  Anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks in advance!
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bullet Posted: 6/30/08 at 2:50pm
You didn't specify the ages of the women, but you've just described Neil Simon's female version of the "The Odd Couple".

If your females are 20-30's then you might want to look at Alan Ball's "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress."
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bullet Posted: 6/30/08 at 3:57pm
The Smell of the Kill     3 women  3 men as off stage voices.   You can find it a www.dramaticpublishing.com   They even have an excerpt that you can read on-line.   The set may not be as simple as you'd like as it takes place in a very very upscale suburban kitchen.    When I directed it I had a working refrigerator and running water from the sink.    You also need to show an oven or at least a cooking range and should have a nice looking facade for a dishwasher and be able to open it to put dishes in it.   Oh and a clock gets shot off the wall, so have good working prop hand gun.  Other than than a pretty simple dark comedy that had everyone rolling in the aisles.   Oh yeah and the knife effect in the broom closset was a crowd pleaser every night......as was the freezer packed with Green Giant frozen pea boxes.....and the working baby monitor with baby crys and actor dialog might be challenging.......and I haven't even gotten to the plot yet.LOL
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bullet Posted: 6/30/08 at 5:03pm
aww Topper, I had so much respect for you before you said "female odd couple..."  Never felt the translation really went over ... I mean, Imagine.. a woman who likes her house really clean.. who can grasp that?  Sorry, I'm bad, but I really hate that show...  could you tell?
 
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bullet Posted: 6/30/08 at 10:28pm
Blithe Spirit!!!!
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  Here are a few that come to mind:
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                 I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
                 SUBJECT TO CHANGE
                 AGNES OF GOD
                 VANITIES
                 WALLY'S CAFE
                 CRIMES OF THE HEART
                 STEEL MAGNOLIA
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                 BELLES 
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bullet Posted: 7/01/08 at 8:08am
I have to agree with Marty - I read the script and found it really, really dated for the time period and just not quite up to par with the original male version.
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bullet Posted: 7/01/08 at 12:48pm
Originally posted by MartyW

aww Topper, I had so much respect for you before you said "female odd couple..."  Never felt the translation really went over ... I mean, Imagine.. a woman who likes her house really clean.. who can grasp that?  Sorry, I'm bad, but I really hate that show...  could you tell?
Originally posted by mary051756

I have to agree with Marty - I read the script and found it really, really dated for the time period and just not quite up to par with the original male version.
I thought I was the only one that didn't care for the Female Version.  I keep hearing it described as "funnier than the original" . . . uh, no.
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bullet Posted: 7/01/08 at 2:09pm
Excuse me, while I pick up my teeth.
 
I was only recommending the show because of dschock's specifications.  I've never actually seen the female version. 
 
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bullet Posted: 7/01/08 at 2:24pm
Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the input (even Odd Couple female version - which I might mention, I had thought of too, but I'm not a huge fan of it either, and I needed 7 in the cast and I think it's eight)!
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress looks like it could work perfectly.  Does anyone have more input on it (good or bad)?
 
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