Life x 3 is perfect for those who have ever wished they could redo parts of their life.

The play, performed by No Refund Theatre (NRT), is a dark comedy translated from French. It is centered on a dinner party with two couples that turns into a disaster. However the play doesn't focus on that aspect alone.

The three acts show three different outcomes for the same situation.

"Each act is so different and interesting to see how they make it that way," said Erica Karapandi (senior-sociology and anthropology), director of Life x 3.

However, the acts are not completely different.

Karapandi said the characters never change, even though they are put into three alternative situations.

One of the characters is Henri, a young scientist in his 20s. Henri is smart but lets people walk all over him, Lindsey Dinsmore (junior-theatre arts) said.

"He is writing a paper on dark matter of galaxy halos, and right as he's about to turn it in, he finds that the subject's already been covered," James Marsh (freshman-theatre arts) said.

Henri and his wife, Sonia, invite his superior, Hubert, over for dinner in hopes of impressing him.

Hubert and his wife, Ines, show up for dinner a day early, and that begins the predicament.

Unprepared, Henri and Sonia don't have much food to offer their guests.

This problem is just one of many others to follow in the rest of the play.

Besides the failed dinner party, more problems arise.

There is a great fight between Henri and Sonia, Jess Carter (sophomore-english) said.

"It's very different from the rest of the play," Marsh said.

Eric Leslie (graduate-theatre arts) said Hubert has influence over Henri's promotion.

"Hubert enjoys using his power over people and might want Henri's wife," Dani Rowley (junior-theatre arts) said.

Ines, Hubert's wife, also has a distinct personality.

"[The characters are] very honest in some of the scenes, especially Ines,"Dinsmore, who plays the character, said. "Ines is more interested in someone like herself, like Hubert. She's a little bit of a lush. She doesn't have much self-esteem and is a little neurotic."

Although each unchanging character has a unique personality, they are connected to each other through a series of relationships, and the play is all about their how they handle their interactions.

"I picked [this play] because it deals so much with character development, which is different from what we did before," Karapandi said. "This show is about the characters and relationships."

The scenes are all different, but they share similar elements of dialogue. Some of the same lines appear, but as variations of the first instead of the same exact words.

"The characters alternatively talk about these huge scientific issues, and they also talk about child-rearing," Karapandi said.

Since Monday, the cast has been working through "hell week," also known as tech week, in preparation for the play's performance tomorrow and Saturday.

"We'll be working every night for as long as it takes," Marsh said.

He also said the amount of work involved in putting the play together isn't bad once the cast gets used to it.

"You kind of get in the groove with it," he said.

NRT experienced a setback when it changed this week's production to Life x 3 from another play at the last minute.

"The show wasn't funded by [Universtiy Park Allocations Committee] except for scripts and rights because we changed it," Marsh said.

Despite the difficulties, Carter said it's nice to work with a smaller group of actors, which makes it easier to schedule rehearsals.

Besides the small size of the cast, Karapandi is also happy with the group of people in the show.

"It's an amazing cast, and mostly theatre majors," Karapandi said.