Topdog/Underdog (TCG Edition)
<div><P>A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest 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.</P><p><B>Suzan-Lori Parks</B> is the author of numerous plays, including <I>In the Blood</I> and <I>Venus</I>. She is currently head of the A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.</P></div>