Sometimes, living a double life turns out great. Most of the time, it turns into a whacky and zany adventure. Such is the life of Becky Foster.

“I think you don’t get anywhere without taking some risks,” said Desiree Gould, who plays Becky in the Pullman Civic Theatre of production of “Becky’s New Car.”

“Becky’s New Car” is a play that tells the story of Becky Foster, a mother and happily married wife. Things seem to go well for her until she meets a wealthy man named Walter. Suddenly, she’s thrown into a double life and runs into a midlife crisis.

Lucy Kompaniyets, a third-year economics Ph.D. candidate, plays a wealthy woman named Ginger who strives for Walter’s affection. The show makes the audience think about the roads they choose in life and the roads they could have taken, Kompaniyets said.

“I am sure everybody in their life had a choice to make and some of us have taken a safer road, some of us have taken a risky road,” she said.

In Becky’s case, Walter’s infatuation with her leads to a second, riskier life that she must hide from her husband and college-aged son.

Becky is like a normal woman: a good person at heart who cares about her family and job. But, like all good people, she makes mistakes, said Desiree Gould, who plays Becky.

“The mannerisms (of Becky) are pretty much me,” Gould said, “Although I do throw a couple of my son’s mannerisms in for good measure.”

Brandon Dudley plays Chris Foster, Becky’s son, and described his character as a lazy, sloppy graduate student who lives at home with his parents. Dudley, a sophomore geology major, said adapting to the character was fun, but that Chris is very different from himself.

Apart from the sloppiness, Chris is indifferent about his appearance and often comes across as a stoner, Dudley said. Dudley doesn’t eat dinner before the show because of the amount of time Chris spends eating onstage.

“We wouldn’t even hang out if he was real,” he said.

Kompaniyets said adapting to her role of Ginger was more difficult than she thought. In the past, she played naïve and simple characters while Ginger is flirtatious, loud, and very outspoken.

The show not only chronicles the adventures of Becky’s double life, but portrays the different interactions she has and how everything ends up intertwined at the end, Dudley said.

Character interactions span across all of the characters, from Ginger and Becky’s rivalry to Chris’s relationship with Walter’s daughter Kenni Hermione Flood, played by junior hospitality business management major Effie Xantheas.

“She’s the daughter of a millionaire who’s dating a billionaire who falls for a car saleswoman’s college student son,” Xantheas said, describing her character.

Kenni inadvertently takes a risk of her own when she starts dating Chris, not realizing he’s the son of her dad’s new girlfriend. She only meets Becky a few times in the show, but never knows her until the end, Xantheas said.

Xantheas said risks in life are okay depending on what they are. In the case of Becky, it’s not a chance she would’ve taken.

“I don’t think I could ever see myself doing that unless it was for a play or show,” Xantheas said. “Never in real life.”

Even Gould, a throw-caution –to-the-wind and live-life-to-the-fullest kind of person, said she wouldn’t do what Becky did. But on a positive outlook, risks push people out of their comfort zone in a good way.

“I think what’s so interesting is the dynamics of all the characters and how they are all intertwined at the end,” Dudley said.

“Becky’s New Car” will show at Pullman Civic Theatre April 10-12 and 16-19. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with 2 p.m. matinees on Sunday. Tickets bought in advance are $10 for the matinees and $12 for the evening shows. Tickets bought at the door are $12 for matinees and $15 for the evening shows.