Directed by Ray Vrazel, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Topdog/Underdog, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, is Suzan-Lori Parks’ hip riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future. Suzan-Lori Parks is the author of numerous plays, including In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer Prize nominee), and Venus (OBIE Award), and Imperceptible Mutabilities in ...Read More
Directed by Ray Vrazel, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Topdog/Underdog, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, is Suzan-Lori Parks’ hip riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future. Suzan-Lori Parks is the author of numerous plays, including In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer Prize nominee), and Venus (OBIE Award), and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play). Topdog/Underdog was the 2002 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama.
This production will be entered in the American College Theatre Festival, Region VI, to be held in November on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, LA.
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