Just in time for Valentine’s Day, 1st Stage is producing a novel little valentine to Cupid, John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine,” which looks at a variety of couples in a series of scenes, all of them having some connection to love.

Set in the mythological town of Almost, Maine, the play points out that love is not the same thing for all people and that it is created according to need. Love may arrive swiftly, at first sight, with a sudden kiss. It may also disappear without warning, for no apparent reason.