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As part of its celebration of Black History month, the Theatre Department presents Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The characters, cruelly named Lincoln and Booth by their father, are two black brothers who struggle in their own ways for a better life. Living in a tiny urban apartment, they have had to depend on each other since they were teenagers, when they were abandoned by their parents. Linc, a retired card shark, poses as Abraham Lincoln at an arcade while customers pretend to shoot him. But the younger Booth aspires to his brother’s skill at cards, tired of living as a petty thief. The two struggle for dominance, alternately claiming and yielding the power over the other. Set amidst a chaotic, dangerous world, this play is a gripping exploration of sibling rivalry.

“Ms. Parks is, first of all, a poet of immense talent: the words she puts into the mouths of her characters are veritable explosions of wit, imagery, and imagination. But what really sets her apart from most other writers of her generation is the way she zeroes in on the human heart."
-Martin Denton, of nytheatre.com