1) As always, prepare a 2-3 minute review of any play that you have recently seen. Choose 2 technical aspects of the play.

2) Read the play by Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog

Parks, Suzan-Lori. Topdog/Underdog. Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2001. 

African American playwrights of importance:

• Langston Hughes: Mulatto (1935)
• Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
• Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)
• August Wilson
• George Wolf
• Suzan Lori-Parks

The following videos will be played during the class (you don't need to watch them at home)

Some additional videos for you