Courtesy Mike Zaller (from left), Becky King, Lindsey Williams and David Alford star in ‘I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!' which debuts on Feb. 1.

Mike Zaller, unlike many of his fellow 30-something friends, does not have any children. As Zaller admits, such a stark lifestyle contrast often impedes communication between him and his friends.

“Where I'm at in my life, in my early 30s, all of my friends are having kids, and there's less and less to talk about,” he said. “The conversation is always focused on babies and day care.”

Luckily for Zaller, and anyone else who has ever been in or around a romantic relationship, catharsis will soon be provided with “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!,” which debuts at the Cameo Theatre on Friday, Feb. 1 and runs Thursdays-Sundays through Feb. 24.

The musical, a long-running off-Broadway production, examines various facets of relationships, from first dates to honeymoons to children to divorce.

And it's just in time for the godfather of romantic holidays — Valentine's Day.

“It goes both ways,” said Zaller, who not only stars in the production, but directs as well.

“People are always looking for something to do on Valentine's Day, and this is something they would consider a true Valentine's thing to do. Then there are some people that want to poke fun (at the holiday), and they come out to the show.”

“I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!,” which also stars David Alford, Becky King and Lindsey Williams, traipses through a variety of relationship-oriented vignettes. Among Zaller's favorite scenes:

- Two women, on dates with men they're not exactly into, sing to one another about their perpetual disappointment in love.

- A guy goes to visit a friend and his wife, but because of the couple's newborn baby and the resulting baby talk that ensues, the conversation is less than engaging.

- An elderly man attempts to pick up an elderly woman at a funeral.

The production — not recommended for those under 16 — is a comedy, one to which Zaller insists anyone who buys a ticket can relate.

“Everyone will have some kind of personal connection to something in the show,” he said. “Every situation (the characters) have been in, you can sit there and say you've been through that, or you know people who have.”

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