Photo by Dahlia Katz
Table For Two
by Akosua Amo-Adem
“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 & Creative
Akosua Amo-Adem
Abena (Abby)
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Akosua Amo-Adem is a Ghanian born, Canadian raised actor and writer based in Toronto. Her credits include:
Writing: Table for Two, Universal Child Care (contributing writer), The Home Project (author of When Home Calls), See Me (Intermission Magazine article). Select Theatre Performances include Soulpepper Theatre and Obsidian Theatre’s Table for Two, Three Sisters (Nigerian adaptation by Inua Ellam); Soulpepper Theatre’s Pipeline; A Streetcar Named Desire, For Colored Girls…, Father Comes Home From The Wars…, The Crucible; Stratford Festival’s Much Ado About Nothing, Death and the King’s Horseman; Obsidian Theatre’s Venus’ Daughters; Theatre Passe Muraille’s The Middle Place. Film/TV include Appearances on Odd Squad, Bitten, Frankie Drake Mysteries, In The Dark, Most Dangerous Game, American Gods, Kim’s Convenience, Children Ruin Everything, Moter Heads, Overcompensating, and Ginny & Georgia. Akosua has a BFA in Theatre from York University and was a member of the 2011/2012 Soulpepper Academy. Her play Table for Two received three 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations including outstanding new play, outstanding direction (Djanet Sears), and outstanding performance by an individual (Akosua Amo-Adem). When she is not on stage or writing Akosua is in her kitchen cooking up something tasty!
Bola Aiyeola
Mom
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Bola Aiyeola was born in Shagamu, Nigeria. She moved to the UK at the age of 12 and immigrated to Canada as a young adult.
Theatre credits include: Table for Two (Soulpepper ); Stratford Festival: Hedda Gabler, Les Belles Soeurs, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Container (Canadian Stage), Petra (Theatre Direct), Death and the King’s Horseman (Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Beatification of Area Boy (Everyman, Liverpool), Medea (Royal Exchange, Manchester).
Film and Television (selected): Clarice, Coroner, Lucky Day, The Expanse, Damien, 11.22.63, Da Kink In My Hair.
Megan Swaby
Janelle/Server
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Meghan Swaby was born and raised Toronto, ON.
SELECTED THEATRE: Table For Two (Soulpepper), Interior Design (Tarragon Theatre), Prodigal (Howland/Crow’s Theatre), Controlled Damage (Neptune Theatre/ b current), Calpurnia (Nightwood), Venus’ Daughter (Obsidian Theatre), All Our Happy Days Are Stupid (Harbourfront/The Kitchen - NYC), Family Story (Birdtown and Swanville/Summerworks), In This World (Roseneath).
FILM & TV: Accused S2, Brilliant Minds, VOICE OVER: Let’s Go Bananas!, Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes,
OTHER: Meghan’s play Venus’ Daughter is published by Scirocco. Meghan also created and co-hosts Beneath The Ceiba Tree, a podcast about Caribbean folklore from a contemporary diasporic lens.
Ryan Allen
Reggie Johnson / Patrick / Terrance / Marcus007
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BROADWAY: The Book of Mormon. SELECTED OTHER THEATRE: Table for Two (Soulpepper), The Color Purple (Neptune, Citadel and MTC); Twelfth Night (Theatre Calgary); Controlled Damage (Neptune); Martyr (ARC); Metamorphses (NAC) Oil and Water (Factory Theatre and Canadian Tour) SELECTED FILM/TELEVISION: Cross (Amazon); Shoresy (Crave); Five Days At Memorial (AppleTV);Titans (HBOmax); Between (Netflix) OTHER: Ryan is also a classically trained singer and most recently was the Tenor Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra. UPCOMING: Ryan has just finished principal photography on the upcoming action movie “Normal” opposite Bob Odenkirk, so keep an eye out for it in Theatres!