Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning work kicks off the company's 2012-13 season. Parks (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) also — for the first time — directs the work, which officially opens Sept. 14 at the Rechnitz Theater.

Topdog/Underdog, according to Two River, "tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth — names given to them as a joke by their father. Each day, Lincoln puts on a top hat and a fake beard and 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." Performances continue through Sept. 30.

Other members of the creative team include Tony Award-winning scenic and lighting designer Christopher Akerlind, Tony-nominated costume designer ESosa, sound designer Brendan Connelly, fight director Thomas Schall and production stage manager Amanda Michaels. 

Two River Theater is located at 21 Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, NJ. For more information and tickets, call (732) 345-1400 or visit TRTC.org.