Portland audiences have been conditioned not to expect anything so simple as a love story from Third Rail Repertory. The company's work, under the artistic direction of Slayden Scott Yarbrough, errs on the side of the comic, the dark, and the darkly comic. And while it wouldn't be quite accurate to describe their current show as a straightforward romance, it is markedly more sentimental than the company's typical offerings. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? That depends—how did you feel about Sleepless in Seattle? ALISON HALLETT