Few plays make you ponder the laws of thermodynamics, but then again, “Life X3 (Les Trois Versions de la Vie)” by Yasmina Reza, with its scrolling images of galaxies and nebulas projected upon the walls, does seem a tad otherworldly.

“Life X3” is a play in three acts, each one revisiting the same material but in slightly different ways ? like in three parallel universes. The story revolves around Henry (Vic Cheswick), a down-on-his-luck scientist and sometimes bipolar (sometimes not, it depends on the act) who wants to curry favor with an esteemed colleague, the pretentious in name and in manner Hubert Finnedori (Mike Ware) and their respective wives, Sonia (Shannon Miller) and Inez (Adele Russell).