Topdog / Underdog, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, is Suzan-Lori Parks' riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.

The play won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.