NEW DATE!! Reading: The Sty of the Blind Pigs
Schedule
Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
36 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07733 | Holmdel, NJ
NEW DATE: MARCH 23rdJoin us in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month with a reading of classic play, THE STY OF THE BLIND PIG, with live pre-show music by Blues Hall of Fame artist, JUNIOR MACK!
The Sty of the Blind Pig
Written by Phillip Hayes Dean
Directed by Diane L. Parker
Monday March 23rd
Pre-show music by Junior Mack 6:30
Play reading 7:00
$10 suggested donation
Weedy Warren: Darlene C. Ellis
Alberta Warren: Serena Marie Smith
Doc: Arthur Gregory Pugh
Blind Jordan: Di Shawn J. Gandy
Reverend Goodlow: Lawrence Allen
Narration/Stage Directions: Gwen Ricks-Spencer
Preshow music by Grammy nominated guitarist Junior Mack.
THE STORY: The place is Chicago's south side and the time the 1950s, just before the civil rights movement began to burgeon. Alberta, unmarried and in her thirties, shares an apartment with her mother, Weedy, an old-fashioned black woman who finds solace for her troubles in religion. Their constant visitor is Uncle Doc, a sporty, down-on-his-luck gambling man who is the despair of his strait-laced sister, Weedy. Then, unexpectedly, a wandering street singer, Blind Jordan, comes to their door, searching for a woman he once knew. The others are puzzled and even frightened by their visitor, but Alberta offers to help him in his quest, and when they are alone, all the emotional and sexual frustration struggling within her bursts forth in a scene of tremendous eloquence and power. Out of the unsettling nature of their encounter comes estrangement between mother and daughter, which subsides to an uneasy truce when Blind Jordan departs—leaving behind a disturbing awareness of much that has been lost or changed, and of much greater change still to come.
This production is made possible in part by funds from Monmouth Arts, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and in Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners
Where is it happening?
36 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07733
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