Roomie Productions presents BFF-less, a silly and sweet comedy debuting at the 2025 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Written by playwright and producer Ben Brown and directed by accomplished theatre actor and director Melissa Oei, the play explores themes of loneliness, platonic companionship and lost love. 

A Craigslist ad reads: “I’m looking for a best friend. I’m 24, and I’m sick of being lonely. If you’re also best friend-less, respond to this ad, and let’s meet up!”

I paced outside, my feet keeping in time with the fast paced rhythm of my heavily beating heart. I was sweating. From nerves or from the intensity of the sun’s kiss, I couldn’t tell. I knew that everything I was looking for patiently waited on the other side of the door. Blind dates were always nerve-racking, but this one felt different. I could feel it in my toes, in the soft blush creeping across my newly flushed cheeks.

Inside, the air shifted. The light was soft and welcoming, the walls a dusty rose. I let out a long breathe and stepped over the threshold. On the north wall I spotted what I had been searching for. I picked up Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. This was my blind date, suggested by a good friend, long-awaited and finally in my hands. The weight of the pages felt good, solid in my hands, a perfect fit. A perfect match.