TOPDOG/UNDERDOG - By Suzan - Lori Parks
Top Dog:
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 winner. This play will leave you changed as it reveals the topsy-turvy world in which brothers—Lincoln and Booth—live. A chaotic world that is as dangerous as it is illusory. Abandoned by first one parent and then the other, the brothers have had to depend upon each other for survival since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, they struggle to make a new life, one that will lead them out of poverty.
The show was set in 1998 Coney Island, Brooklyn area, This was the height of the east coast and west coast rival for hip hop, rap and r&b. Lincoln being the more studious type I depicted him for the east coast and Booth being west coast. Each song I chose to use in this production was from that time era and was either east coast or west coast.
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 winner. This play will leave you changed as it reveals the topsy-turvy world in which brothers—Lincoln and Booth—live. A chaotic world that is as dangerous as it is illusory. Abandoned by first one parent and then the other, the brothers have had to depend upon each other for survival since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, they struggle to make a new life, one that will lead them out of poverty.
The show was set in 1998 Coney Island, Brooklyn area, This was the height of the east coast and west coast rival for hip hop, rap and r&b. Lincoln being the more studious type I depicted him for the east coast and Booth being west coast. Each song I chose to use in this production was from that time era and was either east coast or west coast.
Production Team:Director: Maggie Lally
Scenic Design: Sarah E Martin Lighting Design: Jared I Klein Costume Design: Sarafina Bush Sound Design: Tracy Cowit Awards:
KCACTF REGION 1 SOUND DESIGN AWARD (NATIONAL PROJECT)
KCACTF REGION 1 SOUND DESIGN FELLOWSHIP AWARD RECEIPT O'NEILL THEATER Folio Award for Top Dog / Under Dog podcast |
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