In its second, updated edition at Theater Schmeater, Adventures in Mating joyfully explores the comedy of unpleasant people being unpleasant to one another. And there’s a choose-your-own-adventure twist: By way of applause, the audience decides just how miserable and awkward the evening will be for an ill-fated couple on a blind date. (For us, at least, the evening is delightful.) Miranda (Teri Lazzara), a type-A perfectionist with an obscene number of cats, and Jeffrey (Alexander Samuels), a Star Wars nerd with a missing testicle, meet for dinner at Café Surprise, a romantic restaurant frequented by no one else. The lack of patrons can be explained by the abrasively offensive waiter (Brandon Ryan), who doubles as the evening’s host. To the audience, he poses important, date-determining questions. For instance, red wine (which she hates), white wine (which he hates), or rosé (which they both hate)? Written by Joseph Scrimshaw, the script is full of brilliant one-liners, always punchy and occasionally poignant. Under the direction of Peggy Gannon, Adventures is a consistently funny production, best enjoyed by a full house. (8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Aug. 20.) BRENT ARONOWITZ

Thu., July 21, 8 p.m.; Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Starts: July 21. Continues through Aug. 20, 2011