About the Play:

A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women is a drama by Andrew Moodie. A hilarious and insightful look at how men feel about their relationships with women. Three twenty-something black men, have gathered at their friend's apartment on a Friday night. It was supposed to be a stag party, but the bride has just called off the wedding. A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women probes the lives of four young professional black men as they spend their evening in a soul-searching journey about the meaning of it all.

A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women is a male-bonding play about four black men who meet on the eve of a wedding. Just as the stag party is about to begin, the bride cancels the wedding. Chris, the jilted fiancé, is a walking wounded, but as his three buddies Wendle, Robin and Greg attempt consolation we discover that they, too, are relationship-challenged. The four guys sit around and talk about sex, love, women… and the meaning of life. Jocular and playful, these men can also be frank in revealing their vulnerability and profound desire for love and understanding. A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women examines the dynamics of group conformity, gender equity and political correctness.

A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women premiered in 1999 in Toronto at Canadian Stage Theatre and in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre. Since then it has been performed across Canada, including Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax, and Vancouver.

Cast: 4 male

What people say:

"Moodie has a sensitive ear for language, faithfully reproducing the prosaic absurdities inherent in daily conversation even as he burnishes them with a fine comic sheen – not unlike a David Mamet who's lightened up and decided to laugh." — Ottawa Citizen

About the Playwright:

Andrew Moodie is an Ottawa-born and raised actor, with extensive stage, film, and television credits. He exploded onto the theatre scene in 1995 with his first play, Riot, which won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award. Since then he has been a mainstay of Canadian television and theatre, both as an actor and a writer.