FSU Theatre Stuns the Crowd with their Production of Top Dog Underdog
posted by Breyonna Hardy | April 4, 2023 | In Arts and Culture, NewsFayetteville State University Theatre took the crowd on wild ride of emotions for the last night of their production of Top Dog/Underdog on April 1.
The play premiered on March 29 and was showcased through April 1 at the Seabrook Auditorium. April 1 was the last night that the Fayetteville community could come to the play and experience a show that had them challenging their morals and values.
The play delves into the lives of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, and how they try to coexist living together in one small room. The brothers have two different mindsets when it comes down to career and life choices and often chastise each other for it.
Lincoln was played by Adrian Knight and Booth was played by Joshua Barrett and Harmony Hill (understudy). The creative process is credited to David Griffe.
“I love the play so much. It’s a really great story,” Knight stated. “It took a lot of hard work, dedication and sacrifices for sure to really paint this picture” he added.
Lincoln is an ex-Three-Card-Monty dealer who makes a living as portraying Abraham Lincoln and letting people shoot at him for a check, while Booth is a booster, but is completely enamored with the hustler aspect of being a Three Card Monty dealer.
Booth tries to persuade Lincoln to quit his job and they join forces as being Three Card Monty dealers. “I don’t touch the cards no more,” Lincoln repeated throughout the beginning of the play.
Booth is still trying to learn the finesse of the game in which Lincoln constantly points out he lacks, and he begins to teach Booth. Tensions start running high when jealousy, resentment, and egos come out through the game.
The tension reaches its breaking point when Booth finds out that Lincoln went back to being a Three Card Monty dealer and didn’t tell him. Lincoln and Booth then play for money.
“I do like the play that was on the story of Lincoln and Booth” Barrett stated. “I also like the levels that we played at. Whereas, in the first half, he has that big bro role, and I have that little bro role. And then towards the second half, you see that switch where its like he might not be the man no more, and I’m on top now.”
The play made the audience laugh and also appalled them when Booth pulled the ultimate betrayal.
“I think it was very well produced,” audience member Deneen Royal stated. “I was shocked.”
“I thought it was a great show from the start,” Hill said. “It was a dedicated process for sure because there were so many lines to learn and there were only two people on stage.”
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