The Sty of the Blind Pig

Philip Hayes Dean’s The Sty of the Blind Pig
Directed by Andrea Frye

October 7 – November 1, 2009

Previews October 4 & 6, 2009

Post Show Discussion with the Cast October 13, 2009

Weekday Matinee October 29 @ 11 AM

Starring Earl Billings, Tonia Jackson, Jahi Kearse and Margo Moorer

On the cusp of the civil rights movement in Chicago’s South Side, Alberta, unmarried and in her thirties, shares an apartment with her mother, Weedy, an old-fashioned woman who finds solace for her trouble in religion. 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. This intriguing, finely wrought comedy/drama explores the relationship between a headstrong matriarch and her sensitive daughter.

Southwest Arts Center