Chris Tolley talks to playwright and performer Akosua Amo-Adem about her hit play Table for Two, a funny, candid, and deeply relatable look at modern dating. Set in Toronto and centred on Abby, a hopeful romantic navigating apps, expectations, and one bad date after another, the play explores the search for connection in a world that can feel both hyper-connected and isolating.

Akosua shares how the play grew out of real observations and research into dating-app culture, why humour is essential to telling this story, and what audiences respond to most when they see Abby onstage. Together, they talk about vulnerability, rejection, desire, and the pressure to find love on a timeline that doesn’t always match real life.

Table for Two by Akosua Amo-Adem.

Still carrying the sting of a major breakup, Abby is trying to reset and move forward, but it feels like her best friend’s love life is racing ahead while she remains stuck in the same exhausting dating cycle. With pressure building from family, friends, and her own expectations, Abby puts her hope in a promising new match and a long-awaited dinner at Lucia’s, a night that just might shift everything.

Cast: Bola Aiyeola, Ryan Allen, Meghan Swaby and Akosua Amo-Adem

Table for Two by Akosua Amo-Adem.

If you’re interested in hearing more plays by Black female playwrights, check out the hit show Da Kink in My Hair by Trey Anthony, available on our feed.

“Ghanaian parents don’t talk about sex, and when they do, it’s not very helpful.”

Abena Ohemaa Frimpong is thirty-five, accomplished, and dating in Toronto. A Ghanaian Canadian woman with an impressive resume and a dating history that has taught her to manage expectations, Abby still shows up hoping this time might be different.

On the night she is meant to meet JD45, a man she has grown cautiously excited about, Abby arrives early and waits. As the table stays empty, the evening slips into memories of first love, missed timing, and the quiet pressure of a best friend’s engagement and a mother who wants answers. Faith, family, and romantic history all press in as the minutes stretch.

Abby sits with her phone in hand, the chair across from her untouched, and the possibility of connection hanging by a thread.

Cast: Bola Aiyeola, Ryan Allen, Meghan Swaby and Akosua Amo-Adem

Table for Two by Akosua Amo-Adem

If you’re interested in hearing more plays by Black female playwrights, check out the hit show Da Kink in My Hair by Trey Anthony, available on our feed.