Tony-Award Winning Actress Returns To Holmdel Theatre Company

HOLMDEL, NJ — Tony-award winning actress Alice Ripley will take the stage right here in Holmdel at the end of the month, as Holmdel Theatre Company presents "The Pink Unicorn" Jan. 30 and 31 at the Duncan Smith Theater, a 125-year-old barn converted into a black box theater on Crawfords Corner Road.

Tickets are $50 and are on sale now. The play will be directed by Amy E. Jones. Both shows will be at 8 p.m.

In the play, Ripley reprises her groundbreaking role of Trisha Lee, a Christian widow living in a conservative Texas town. Her life is suddenly upended when her 14-year-old daughter Jolene announces she is “genderqueer” and starting a chapter of the Gay and Straight Alliance at the local high school. Throughout the play, Trisha recounts her story about facing a crisis she never saw coming, at a time when transgender people and gender issues weren't even on her radar.

Written by Elise Forier Edie, "The Pink Unicorn" has been praised as “profound” by The New Yorker and “[a] real treat” by The New York Times.

“We’re thrilled to have Alice Ripley back in the Barn,” said Holmdel Theatre Company Executive Director Colleen Cook, who is also a producer for this play.

Ripley is returning to Holmdel Theatre Company for the first time since kicking off their "Broadway at the Barn" series, which began with her sold-out solo cabaret performance in the barn on June 20, 2019.

Prior to this, Ripley won critical acclaim for her standout performance as Diana Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Next to Normal," the role for which she took home the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Tickets for "The Pink Unicorn" can be purchased at www.holmdeltheatrecompany.org or by calling the Box Office at 732-946-0427.

Holmdel Theatre Company at the Duncan Smith Theater is a non-profit, semi-professional theater company based on Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel. They are dedicated to presenting fresh interpretations of classic plays, as well as rarely presented modern dramas and comedies. They are based out of the Duncan Smith Theater, a historic, 125-year-old barn that has been transformed into a modern black box theater.