Outside Mullingar

Call this one a “comedy of hesitation.” This is a sweet story involving “boy likes girl,” and “girl likes boy.” However the boy, in this case, is a 42-year-old with a touch of gray, and the girl is six years his junior, and they're hardscrabble farmers in a rural Irish village where family conflicts simmer for generations. The story gets plenty of laughs stemming from caustic comments by salty parents nearing the end of life, and fumbling overtures between socially awkward adults who've never married. It's also very Irish, a category that has always done well on the B Street stage under Buck Busfield's deft, sympathetic direction. Thu, Fri, 8pm; Sat; 5 & 9pm; Su, 2pm; Tu 2pm; Wed 2pm & 6:30 pm. Through 11/23. $25-$35. B Street Theatre, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. J.H.