Topdog / Underdog
John Golden Theatre
Previews Began: March 12, 2002
Opening Night: April 7, 2002
Closing Night: August 11, 2002
Playwright: Suzan-Lori Parks
a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Mos Def Booth
Jeffrey Wright Lincoln
Standby: Jeremiah W. Birkett (Booth), Kevin Jackson (Lincoln)