{"title":"Suzan-Lori Parks","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"topdog-underdog-suzan-lori-parks-paperback","title":"Topdog\/Underdog -- Suzan-Lori Parks, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of numerous plays, including \u003cem\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVenus\u003c\/em\u003e. She is currently head of the A.S.K. Theater Projects Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzan-Lori Parks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 6.78w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the contemporary American theater's most innovative wordsmiths. Her plays include: Topdog\/Underdog (2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer-nominee), Fucking A, Venus (OBIE Award), The America Play and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play). 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What emerged \u003cbr\u003eis a breathtaking chronicle of our collective experience throughout the \u003cbr\u003etroubling days and nights that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlays for the Plague Year \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cbr\u003e at once a personal story of one family's daily lives, as well as a \u003cbr\u003esweeping account of all we faced as a city, a nation, and a global \u003cbr\u003ecommunity.\u003cbr\u003e Parks' groundbreaking new work is brimming with humanity, bears witness\u003cbr\u003e to what we've experienced, and offers inspiration as we look ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzan-Lori Parks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636701813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2002, \u003cb\u003eSuzan-Lori Parks\u003c\/b\u003e became the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play \u003cem\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/em\u003e. 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