World Premiere Play PIG to Receive Private Industry Reading in NYC
Written by Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke and directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, PIG is set in Sri Lanka.
PIG, the new play by Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke (The House is Burning) and directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant (Practice, Animal Wisdom), will receive a private industry reading on Friday June 12, 2026, at 2pm at Sunlight Studios (321 West 44th Street, 2nd Floor).
Set in Sri Lanka, where same-sex relations remain criminalized and the wounds of civil war still shape everyday life, PIGfollows Sudhu and Mythri, two childhood friends who reunite at an underground orgy in a rundown Colombo hotel years after a traumatic event split them apart. For the upper-class Sudhu, the encounter is transactional, but for the working-class Mythri, it could mean the start of a new life. Amidst a group of like-minded men seeking connection in secrecy, the pair begin to circle one another once again. But when an unexpected visitor from the north arrives carrying wounds of his own, the fragile private world they've constructed begins to collapse.
PIG explores queer desire in the shadow of ethnic conflict, asking what intimacy can mean in a country still haunted by violence, hierarchy, and historical rupture.
The cast of PIG will include James Baksh (“A Rare and Unique Item”), Vish Ishaan (“The Equalizer”), Beejan Land(The Kite Runner), Omar Maskati (“Better Call Saul”), Omar Shafiuzzaman (“CIA”), and Alok Tewari (Monsoon Wedding).
Colleen Rooney (You Got Older) is the Production Stage Manager. Casting is by Victor Vasquez of X Casting. The presentation is being produced by David J. Lynch and Joe Hornberger. Mix and Match Productions serves as General Manager.
