News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Angey Saucier Date: 11/12/04   SOUTHEASTERN THEATRE PRESENTS "TOPDOG/UNDERDOG" HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University Theatre will present its production of “Topdog/Underdog” Nov. 16-20 in the Vonnie Borden Theatre on the Southeastern campus.      Written by 2002 Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks,  “Topdog/Underdog” is rated NC-17 due to graphic language and adult situations.       “Topdog/Underdog” is a funny, yet sad portrait of two orphaned and down on their luck African-American brothers whose father has jokingly named Lincoln and Booth, said theatre director Steve Schepker.      Lincoln earns his living as a target in a carnival game, dressed in whiteface as Abraham Lincoln. Booth is a petty crook who has issues with his brother's more honest path. With limited life chances in employment, housing and girlfriends, the two brothers are haunted by their past.  Their obsession with the street con card game Three-Card Monty causes them to confront the shattering reality of their future.       Southeastern's production of "Topdog/Underdog" is directed by theater instructor Selisa Hue of Ponchatoula. The all-student cast includes Corey Brown of LaPlace as “Lincoln” and Dennis Thomas of Ponchatoula as “Booth.” Kenneth Green of Hammond is the understudy. Assistant director is Benjamin Pletcher of Dallas, and set design is by Schepker. Josh Tillotson of Dallas serves as lighting director.       Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performances will be available at the Vonnie Borden box office in D Vickers Hall, 985-549-2115, on evenings of the performances. Tickets are $10 general public; $6 seniors, Southeastern alumni, and non-Southeastern students; and free for Southeastern students with a valid university ID.        For more information on the play, contact Hue at shue@selu.edu or 985-549-3546.