A while back, you might have been lucky enough to catch a performance of an original play, “Women of a Certain Age,” by local playwright Steve Duprey. That was a funny, well-plotted and well-acted production presented by the Geneva Theatre Guild. The play centered on a group of close female friends spending a couple of eventful days together in a cozy mountain cabin. The story was imaginative and even a tad far-fetched, but it was delightful and enjoyable in every respect.

Now here comes what might be thought of as a sequel — except that it isn’t.

“Men of a Certain Age,” also by Duprey and also presented by the Geneva Theatre Guild, tells the story of four men, friends since their youthful days, gathering in another cozy cabin. Similar setting, but not the same cabin — and these men have no relationship to the women in the previous play.

The male story is an entirely different one, but it has a ring of truth that may be difficult to observe by anyone who has lost a spouse or mate.

This tale centers on two men — best friends and brothers-in-law — both of whom were widowed and are dealing with their losses in two completely different ways.

Alan (actor Glen Wyand) lost his wife, Helen, to illness less than two years before the time of the cabin gathering. Helen was the younger sister of Chris (actor Llewellyn Lafford) who lost his own wife, Janet, in a traffic accident more than twice that long ago.

Chris hasn’t taken it well at all. Idolizing his sister and feeling guilty that his wife died and he didn’t, he has moped and become sullen and obsessed with his own health.

Alan, on the other hand, has found new love with a nurse who cared for Helen during her long illness. The nurse, Stephanie (actress Abigail Adams), is younger than Alan — much younger. And, therein lies the rub. Alan hasn’t mentioned to any of his close friends that he has a new woman in his life, let alone one he describes as young enough to be his daughter.

In the course of two emotionally charged acts, these two men and their friends, Jimmy (actor Steve Mitchell), a happily married man with a living wife, and Rob (actor John Gibbon), a priest, deal with the issues of loss, guilt, renewal, trust, and deep friendship — the sorts of things that don’t generally make up the story of a bunch of men drinking beer and wine and playing euchre together in a pleasant getaway cabin.

There are moments of humor in this play — quite funny moments — but it’s really a drama, and a good one at that. The interactions among those men realistically reveal the depths of emotion that can happen in a small group of men who have known each other through all sorts of ups and downs for a lifetime.

You think guys can’t really feel much of anything? Think again.

Duprey, who is the director of his own play, has chosen a superb group of actors to bring to life the complex characters he created in this play. They’re all men of the right age, and they’re all very good. And, the one woman in the cast, Abigail Adams, is equally well cast and does a superb portrayal of her character.

If you see this play, you will laugh several times, but you also might find yourself tearing up a bit as the story unfolds, so have some tissues handy. Just in case.

Carol Ritter Wright is a retired journalist who has been active in community theater, in the Finger Lakes and Rochester, as an actor, singer and director for more than 50 years.