Of all the talking heads in operation last week, the best one I heard was at Dreamweaver’s. It was a deer head, complete with antlers, mounted trophy-style. It spoke out at various times, and as far as making sense and being useful, it left all political pundits far behind in the dust. For that matter, so did the singing fish.

These props were part of the set for the theater troupe’s new show “Weekend Comedy,” which opened Friday. The play, written by Jeanne and Sam Brobick, takes place in a rustic cabin, which has been accidentally rented to two couples for one weekend.

The couples, unknown to each other until they arrive at the same place with their suitcases, are as different as two couples could be, unless, perhaps, one were gay. As it is they have conflicts enough, all of which make for a highly entertaining show.

The first to arrive are Frank (Bruce Carlton) and Peggy (June Alane Reif). They’ve been married 23 years, and Peggy has planned this weekend retreat to inject a little elusive romance into their lives — or failing that, at least some form of healthy recreation. One gathers she’ll settle for just about anything, but even this may be a challenge. Frank, an obsessive office supply salesman, views the prospect with dread. When Peggy makes her first appearance in a negligee get-up, Frank tells her she had better wear something more practical for this ordeal to which she has subjected them.

 “For once in your life, enjoy yourself,” Peggy tells him, and his response is “Do I have to? If that’s what you really want, I’ll be unhappy.”

Just as Frank appears to be reconciling himself to spending two days with his wife when “there is nothing to do but eat and have sex,” the second couple arrives.

They are Jill (Lyndsy Kail) and Tony (David Ewing). Gorgeous, young, rich and free-spirited, they have a standing reservation for this cabin, where three years ago they spent their first weekend together. Since then they have traveled to Paris, Mexico and Greece, but they still attach a sentimental importance to being in this cabin on this weekend.

The cast is gifted and fun, and the story evolves with a touching hilarity, after Frank, imbibing two and a half bottles of Tony’s Champagne and eating four of Jill’s frozen dinners, invites the other couple to share the cabin and even gives them the sole bedroom.

In the manner of the aging stag and the young buck, Tony and Frank set to sparring. Tony ( who “had a terrible childhood, his parents gave him everything,” as Jill explains) uses the benefit of his five years of analysis to advise Frank. Frank reacts to the handsome, privileged Tony with comic, defensive disdain. “Why go to Paris?” he asks. “We have everything they do and it’s not as old.”

The tables are turned on the all-wise Tony when Jill, who wistfully admires the enduring relationship of the older couple, announces she wants to get married and plunges the thunderstruck boyfriend into a marvelous panic.

How is it all resolved? As a woman sitting behind us in the sold-out house on opening night observed, “There’s a lot of truth in this show.”

“Weekend Comedy”is directed by Julia Glattfelt, who mentions in her director’s notes that she undertook this project while her own husband is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Supported by her excellent cast, she’s produced a light-hearted but touching entertainment, and we join in her hopes that her husband will be back from Afghanistan in time to enjoy the show himself.