6/23/2023 0 Comments Topdog underdog don cheadle![]() Much has been made of the fact that Parks, a highly regarded young playwright whose work engenders a lot of attention these days, is writing in a more naturalistic style here. He’s got a nine-to-five job now in an arcade, posing as his namesake, Abraham, in an attraction that allows folks to get their kicks by playing assassin. ![]() As the play opens, younger brother Booth is trying to master three-card monte, the scam Lincoln once specialized in and has since given up in an attempt to go legit. Unusually for this playwright, those historically portentous monikers don’t necessarily imply any fantastical layers of meaning here: These two are recognizable denizens of the real world.Ībandoned by their parents when they were teenagers, they’ve scraped a living together and separately since. ![]() ![]() The play takes place in a single shabby room, atmospherically rendered by set designer Riccardo Hernandez and lit by Scott Zielinski, that’s populated by brothers named Lincoln (Wright) and Booth (Cheadle). ![]()
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