MONDAY READINGS
#HTCMondays
Join us on Monday at 7PM!
Our popular play reading series is a forum where new works are given their first voice, and established works are performed just for fun...or sometimes, for possible inclusion as main stage productions in future seasons!
Evenings consist of a play reading performance followed by a lively audience discussion.
Admission is free.
Donations are welcome! (Suggested: $10)
THE STY OF THE BLIND PIG
March 23rd, 2026
6:30pm - Live Music!
7:00 - Reading
The Sty of the Blind Pig
By Phillip Hayes Dean
Directed by Diane L. Parker
Holmdel Theatre Company proudly presents a staged reading of the powerful dramatic play The Sty of the Blind Pig, produced in partnership with the New Jersey Creative Arts Collaborative (NJCAC) in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month. This special event celebrates a landmark moment in cultural history while spotlighting a resonant work of African American theatre.
Set in 1950s Chicago, The Sty of the Blind Pig captures a Black family’s fragile balance as an unexpected visitor stirs buried hopes and long-held wounds. A 1971 New York Drama Desk winner, the play is intimate, lyrical, and quietly explosive, revealing how faith, desire, and change collide in one small apartment.
CAST:
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
Monday, March 23rd
Doors open at 6:30 pm, featuring soul-stirring music by Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer Junior Mack.
The reading begins at 7 p.m.
Suggested donation of $10.