A first look at Topdog/Underdog starring Brandon & Jason Dirden

Topdog/Underdog is one of the most powerful dramas in the American theater.

Acclaimed for its taut theatricality and surprising humor, Topdog/Underdog play tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth-names given to them as a joke by their father.

Topdog/Underdog is Two River Theater’s first play on the season.

The production will star real-life brothers Brandon J. Dirden as Lincoln. Jason Dirden plays Booth.

Each day, Lincoln puts on a top hat and a fake beard. He goes to work in a seedy arcade, where tourists come for the chance to shoot Honest Abe.

Booth is obsessed with a street con game, three-card monte.

Striving for a better life, bound by their love for each other, they are haunted by their own pasts-and our country’s history.

Topdog/Underdog contains adult language and content and is recommended for mature audiences.

The play runs September 8 to September 30. For more information please visit www.trtc.org

To build up momentum before opening night on Friday September 14th, the theater company has released some photos and a promo video.