APT presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks. The informal reading will be held at Hava Java of Allentown (526 N. 19th St.) at 7pm on February 16, 2016.
The play follows the story of African-American brothers, Lincoln (late 30s) and Booth (early 30s), living together. They must face addiction, white supremacy, their troubled upbringing, and who the world thinks they’re going to be. After their parents deserted the boys at 16 and 11, they depended on each other. To support themselves now, Lincoln has taken a job as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator while Booth is trying to become a card shark at three-card monte.
Part of the monthly reading series, Theatre Cafe (every third Tuesday of the month), the performance is also featured under the Valley-wide Voices of Conscience (VOC) series because its deals with themes of race, gender and economic class. Artistic Director of APT, Anna Russell, praises the play as “a very powerful story about social issues and divides [written] in a deep and powerful way that is accessible yet unconventional.”
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