What do you do when you don’t remember how your life got stuck in a routine?

“Becky’s New Car,” a play originally written by Steven Dietz, follows a woman struggling with this question in a 90-minute production at the Jurkowitz Theater from April 26 to May 11.

The production follows a woman named Becky Foster struggling with the confines of her normal and ordinary life. Every evening, she is met by her husband, Joe Foster, the roofer who has lost his romantic zeal, and her son, Chris Foster, the psychology major living out of her basement without direction or drive.

When widowed millionaire Walter Floods walks into her car dealership, her whole world changes.

The story deals with “love, loss and possibilities,” said Cathryn Betz, production stage manager and English major, who anticipates a full house.

“Sometimes we look around at our lives and we wonder how they happened, how they got to where they are,” said Betz, referring to the Foster’s inner struggle. “The audience sees [her] go back and realize [she] liked that for a reason.”

The production is very interactive and brings the audience to participate in Becky’s decisions, wardrobe and upkeep of her house.

“In the beginning of the play, [Becky] walks in and hands a roll of toilet paper to an audience member and says, ‘Can you drop this off at the bathroom on your way out?’,” said Katie Laris, the play’s director and co-chair of the theater department. “The audience is really brought along on the experience.”

The hands-on interaction from the audience gives the sense that Becky is a good friend, and they are simply sitting on the sidelines coaching her through her mid-life crisis. Breaking the fourth wall invests a sense of participation and emotion in the audience.

By the end of the production, Laris said, the audience will want to “help her work [out] whatever she is going through.”

The play brings in an array of actors, from experienced community members to City College students, and is set in a modern day, family home.

Tickets can be bought through the website theatregroupsbcc.com for a range from $8 to $23, depending on which night purchased.