I Totally Would've Had a Threesome With You

What I liked

The play itself is honestly pretty funny, there was a bit going on with a poster that had fallen during the show that created a great space for the actors to improvise funny lines. I enjoyed how the friend group felt authentic! The first scene between Lydia & Greg was hilarious. Greg is ‘drunk’ and it reflected really well with the audience resulting in audible laughter all around the room. Same goes for the scenes between Jamie & Greg as well; It’s always fun to see a ‘brotherly’ or ‘family’ bond between best friends. I really did enjoy the play and the improvised jokes throughout! Would be interesting to see this play extended with more scenes.

What I didn't like

There are scenes throughout the play that are just too wordy. As an audience member, you become a little lost in all of the chatter between some of these characters in different scenes. The talking just goes on for too long without getting to the point of which the character is trying to make or the punchline. The play is really funny up until the dark turn with Martine’s monologue where she mentions an assault from the summer prior. I think this monologue would make more sense if the play was longer and there were more scenes building up to this sort of emotional explosion, but the placement of the monologue feels forced and throws off the stamina of the play up until this point. I understand that this topic is something clearly detrimental to the character Martine, but the way her tangent on this topic comes about feels out of place in the play and inauthentic. Martine is supposed to be on the drug ‘Molly’ during this scene which is reflected in a way that feels more like she is simply drunk. The monologue talks about how “she didn’t want to have sex, but that sometimes we have to do things we don’t want”. This is followed by a comparison to doing taxes which I think is an attempt for some sort of comical relief, but it comes off at ignorant. Essentially saying that not wanting to do taxes but having to do them anyway is comparable to Martine being assaulted. This brings the issue of when a scene becomes too wordy and metaphor filled that you then lose track of where is this scene even coming from let alone the second to last scene of the play. Martine stares at the audience while rambling, not once looking back at her fellow camp counselor friends which I am pretty sure she is talking to them, not the wall of the cabin they are all supposed to be in after the ‘Italian Wedding’. This component is another detail which makes the scene feel inauthentic. I do believe if this scene had happened in a different way and possibly earlier on in the play that maybe it would have a better place to land with Jamie, Lydia, & Greg and especially with the audience.

My overall impression

I just saw the encore performance of ‘I Totally Would’ve Had A Threesome With You’ on July 28th, and here are my thoughts! I wasn’t quite sure what I would be walking into when watching the play, but it’s safe to say I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed each of the characters: Jamie, Lydia, Martine, & Greg. They each played their characters in a way that made the audience feel connected to the performance. Though there are scenes in which the dialogue becomes wordy and slightly verbose, the writing still finds a way to pull you back in and laugh.