Senior Lecturer Malcolm Pelles is directing Suzan-Lori Parks’s Topdog/Underdog for Stage Left Theater, an award-winning theater in Spokane.
The production opens on Friday, June 13, and runs until Sunday, June 29. This play is a dark comedy about family love, identity, and history. It tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke. Haunted by their past, the siblings are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
Topdog/Underdog was the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2023.
This is Pelles’ follow up to his production of Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over, which was selected to represent the United States at Mondial du Théâtre 2025.
