11/08/2025 - 11/16/2025
Sat: 3 + 8 pm | Sun: 4 pm
$22 | $17 (Ticket Specials - see below)
36 Church Street, Middletown NJ 07748
Dunbar Repertory Company presents
1982 Pulitzer Award Winner for Drama
A SOLDIER’S PLAY
by Charles Fuller
Directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr.
SHOW DATES AND TIMES:
Sat, Nov 8 at 3 + 8 pm | Sun, Nov 9 at 4 pm
Sat, Nov 15 at 3 + 8 pm | Sun, Nov 16 at 4 pm
In a segregated Louisiana army camp in 1944, the murder of a rancorous Black sergeant stirs deep-seated animosity and corruption among the soldiers under his command. When a clean-cut Northern captain arrives to investigate, truths are confessed and a shocking secret is revealed.
TICKET SPECIALS:
Final Matinee Tickets (Sun, Nov 16 at 4 pm): $17
Group Tickets (10 or more): All Shows are $17 | Call the MAC box office at 732.706.4100 to purchase.
CAST:
Tech/Sergeant Vernon C. Waters – Arthur Gregory Pugh (Englewood, NJ)
Captain Charles Taylor – Stephen Mennella (Somerset, NJ)
Corporal Bernard Cobb – Jo-Leo Carney-Waterton (Newark, NJ)
Private First Class Melvin Peterson – Malik Abdul Khaaliq (King Of Prussia, PA)
Corporal Ellis – Kylensky Miracle (Asbury Park, NJ)
Private Louis Henson – Travis Whitaker (Neptune, NJ)
Private James Wilkie – Bellamy Shivers (Neptune, NJ)
Private Tony Smalls – Collin Roach (Freehold, NJ)
Captain Richard Davenport – Damien S. Berger (Hammonton, NJ)
Private C.J. Memphis – Antonious Thigpen (Asbury Park, NJ)
Lieutenant Byrd – Griffin Holland (Toms River, NJ)
Captain Wilcox – Hudson Eder (Freehold, NJ)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Director – Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr. (Howell, NJ)
Assistant Director – Mark Antonio Henderson (Eatontown, NJ)
Production Stage Manager – Stephanie Schoppe
Assistant Stage Manager – Fabiola Bien-Aime