IF YOU GOWhat: “God of Carnage.”When: 8 p.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 19-20, Oct. 26-27; 7 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 25; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 21 and Oct. 28.Where: CircleStage, Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St.Admission: $30 opening night, $10-$25 all other performances.Phone: 267-8534.Website: www.TheatreCentre.com.
It’s just a little playground altercation between two 11-year-old boys. It’s not World War III. Or is it?
What begins as a civilized meeting between two sets of Brooklyn parents to resolve a little scuffle disintegrates to something else as the rum flows and the evening wears on in “God of Carnage,” the dark comedy that opens tonight on the Chattanooga Theatre Centre’s CircleStage.
“It’s very character-driven,” said director Chuck Tuttle, who is also the theater’s education director. “The characters are people you know. I deal with a lot of parents, and I’ve seen them. At times, I’ve been every last one of them.”
The comedy, he said, emerges because the characters may seem a little close to home.