If you go
› What: “Love/Sick.”› When: Friday, Feb. 10 through Sunday, Feb. 26.› Where: Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St.› Admission: $12.50-$25 ($30 opening night).› Phone: 423-267-8534.› Website: www.TheatreCentre.comSpecial programming› Friday, Feb. 10: 8 p.m., with dessert reception following performance› Saturday, Feb: 11: 8 p.m.› Thursday, Feb. 16: 7 p.m., with real-time captioning for hard-of-hearing patrons› Friday, Feb. 17: 8 p.m., with Ghost Light Q&A with actors and director following performance› Saturday, Feb. 18: 8 p.m.› Sunday, Feb. 19: 2:30 p.m.› Thursday, Feb. 23: 7 p.m.› Friday, Feb. 24: 8 p.m., Girls Night Out featuring complimentary preshow drinks and snacks› Saturday, Feb. 25: 8 p.m.› Sunday, Feb. 26: 2:30 p.m.
“Love/Sick,” a romantic comedy from John Cariani, opens Friday, Feb. 10, at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre with a bonus segment that can be seen only by CTC audiences.
A darker cousin to “Almost, Maine,” also by Cariani, “Love/Sick” is a collection of 10 slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays in which couples meet or break up or learn to love each other more. Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, this romp explores the pain and the joy that come with being in love. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, “Love/Sick” may be best described as an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.
“Love/Sick,” as published, is made up of nine short plays, but CTC director Scott Dunlap is a longtime friend of the playwright, so Cariani gave the CTC a 10th segment exclusively for this production.
That one, titled “Chicken,” is about a man who surprises his wife with the revelation that he is tired of the “highs and lows” of life and their relationship and wants to try life on his own.