For You. For Me. For Nicolas.

Flotsam Theatre Co.—Rachel Browne Th. (Crocus Bldg.)

This play gives a unique take on the tribulations of three female roommates trying to make it in Toronto.

A live narrator gives the impression her own personal post-college experiences are more or less represented by all three roommates, which would have made it easier to construct dialogue from the opposing voices in her head—except the narrator isn’t the play’s writer (two of the roommates are).

If this sounds like an all-female episode of Friends, think again. Personal dramas reach boiling points here, and reality trumps happy endings in the girls’ various conflicts and crises.

Watching this felt like those nightmares where everything goes wrong and gets worse and worse before you finally wake up. (“Nicolas” is a boyfriend who died in another driver’s DUI crash.)

But it’s not hard to watch: The actresses’ performances are compelling and create interest. Light comedic lines are sprinkled here and there, and the snappy pacing prevents it from becoming overwrought.

By the end, I wanted to see a sequel to find how these characters ended up.

Beau Hajavitch