Five chuavinists and a supremely confused dumpee will grace Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre stage this weekend.

These six characters, all played and written by Robert Dubac, will perform in “The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?” Friday through Sunday.

“The show is a way to show women that we’re more compassionate than they think we are,” Dubac said. “So it’s a trick, but one with compassion and a lot of laughs.”

The plot revolves around Bobby, a man whose fiancée has walked out on him and given him two weeks to discover the answer to what woman want. To do so, Bobby summons his memories of five men to guide him on his quest.

Dubac finished the play in 1995, writing it through the early nineties, between playing Alex on the soap opera “Loving” and other acting gigs. Around the same time, Dubac met his wife, Lauren, at an audition for a Visa commercial.

“At this point, Robert is most like the character Bobby, the guy that’s really trying to figure it out,” his wife, Lauren Dubac, said. “He’s the guy who wants to understand women are different than men. He doesn’t want to change that, just understand.”

Dubac performed the show in East Lansing last year and has added material since then. Each character he plays represents a part of every guy, whether they’d like to admit it or not, he said.

“There’s a little part of every man in every part of those characters,” he said. “After the show guys will say, ‘You know, I acted like one of those guys,’ and every woman will say ‘I dated one of those guys.’”

Lauren Dubac agreed.

“You really feel like you know these guys, even though they are extremes,” she said. “There’s truth in every single one of them.”

Unlike much conventional theater, the imaginary “fourth wall”- a theatrical term used to describe what separates the actor’s world from the audience - is broken, as Dubac speaks to the crowd in character.

“The audience is a part of the show,” he said. “I’m talking to the audience as a separate character. It’s more participatory.”

Bobby will discover the ever-eluded question: What do women want? But for Lauren Dubac, the answer is simple.

“I think that, all said and done, men and women aren’t that far apart,” she said. “Everybody just wants love and acceptance. It’s a fun night out to see this show, and everyone leaves feeling good.”

Tickets can be ordered by calling 432-2000 or 1-800-Wharton. Student and group discounts are available.