The title of my yet-to-be-written autobiography is “O, the Laundry.” Not kidding.

I am still knee-deep in the laundry years.

So, I was excited to see the title of Prince Edward Community Theatre’s current production. If you’re getting a lot of laundry, it might as well be sexy, right?

But that’s not what this play is about at all.

Michele Riml’s Sexy Laundry is a gentle yet forceful examination of the nature of a love relationship over time. It is funny and honest, pressing questions about commitment to another person as a commitment to oneself.

Thom Harrison and Colleen Simm play Henry and Alice, an empty-nested couple who, after the laundry years, find very little that is sexy remains between them.

With gentle humour—Sex for Dummies plays an important part—Sexy Laundry offers us a night in a hotel room with the couple as they attempt to rekindle their relationship. Kids and careers have absorbed attention; biological imperatives have shifted; bodies have grown in different directions. What about the emotions hosted by those bodies? What constitutes an intimate relationship after 25 years? Ought it to be the same way it was at the beginning? Have they paid enough attention to this?

Conflict is inevitable. Long-harboured grievances must be aired. Will the relationship survive this experiment?

Both actors stress the play’s emotional accuracy. Mr. Harrison, who recently celebrated his 36th anniversary, notes, “I’ve said this line. I know exactly the motivation and feeling behind this line, because we’ve had these conversations. Exact conversations, in some cases.”

“It’s been a really wonderful experience to do this play,” adds Ms. Simm, “and at the same time to go home and see your own partner, and think, ‘Wow, I’m learning a lot from doing this.’ There’s so much truth to how Alice and Henry talk and communicate … or don’t.”

Director Cheryl Singer stresses the power of the intimate setting. “I approached Colleen and Thom because if you’re going to do a two-hander, you want the right people. And it’s been an absolute dream working with these two.

“It’s not a farce. It’s situational comedy and it really works in those awkward moments. That’s part of what makes it humorous: when it’s played straight and real.

“I love showing emotion. I love showing vulnerability. There are some moments where they’re not saying anything, but their faces show so much. Being in a small audience, like at this theatre, allows you to see all that, to see the eyes and all those little moments.”

Sexy Laundry opens at the Mount Tabor Theatre in Milford, Saturday June 6th, and runs until the 14th. Click here for information and tickets.