Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright, bookwriter whose BroadwayWorld credits include The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Golden Boy. Awards include Drama Desk Awards for Plays for the Plague Year (2023).
Birth Place: Kentucky, USA
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[ 1996 ] writer
[ 2010 ] Skye Brown - the director
[ 2021 ] writer
Awards and Nominations
Suzan-Lori Parks, Plays For The Plague Year
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Plays for the Plague Year
Suzan-Lori Parks, The Harder They Come
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Suzan-Lori Parks, White Noise
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Suzan-Lori Parks
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog / Underdog
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
Suzan-Lori Parks, In The Blood
Suzan-Lori Parks, In the Blood
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Suzan-Lori Parks
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Venus
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom
Videos
Video: SUFFS Hosts Roll Call With Representatives from the 36 States that Ratified 19th Amendment
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-08-25 10:11:28
Video: Watch a Trailer for THE BOOK OF GRACE at Arcola Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-05-11 16:34:18
News
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
National Black Theatre and Theatre for a New Audience will host a series of post-show discussions during the run of AMERICA, WHO HURT YOU? at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, featuring Sarah Jones and guest panelists.
by BWW Special Offer - Sep 3, 2026
American Theatre ranked it #3 among the most influential shows of the past 25 years. Now see Topdog/Underdog at Curious.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 2, 2026
People's Light will co-produce Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning TOPDOG/UNDERDOG with Arden Theatre Company, starring Akeem Davis and George McGriff, directed by Amina Robinson.
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 3, 2026
Two River Theater kicks off their 2026/2027 Season with August Wilson's The Piano Lesson directed by Francois Battiste. Previews begin September 12 and the production runs through October 4 in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2026
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will launch its 51st Season with Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Topdog/Underdog, helmed by Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon. Check out rehearsal photos here!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2026
Elijah Jones and Alano Miller will star as brothers Booth and Lincoln in Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III at The Old Globe in San Diego.
by Tessa Nelson - Aug 31, 2026
Two brothers inherit a joke, a rivalry, and a whole lot more in Curious Theatre’s Topdog/Underdog.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 26, 2026
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will launch its 51st Season with Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Topdog/Underdog. Topdog/Underdog will play a limited engagement
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2026
San Jose Stage Company will present five productions in its upcoming season, including the Bay Area premiere of BARCELONA along with CLUE, THE FULL MONTY, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG and NETWORK.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 25, 2026
Timothy Bloom will receive The Prince Fellowship and Chase Parker will receive The Prince/TTLP Fellowship, programs supporting early-career producers in association with Columbia University School of the Arts.
by Joni Lorraine - Aug 20, 2026
What did our critic think of SALLY & TOM at ZACH?
by Joshua Wright - Aug 17, 2026
Steppenwolf co-Artistic Director Audrey Francis discusses the company's 2026/27 season, including TOPDOG/UNDERDOG and ADIRONDACK CHAIR CIRCLE, and stepping onstage herself in the psychological thriller ELLEN B.
by Joshua Wright - Aug 12, 2026
Curious Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director Jada Suzanne Dixon discusses staging Season 29 in residence at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's Historic Shorter AME building, a partnership with deep personal and family significance.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2026
Lakewood Playhouse will present a seven-production season themed Heroic Acts, opening with the Tony-winning musical Kiss of the Spiderwoman, directed by Joseph C. Walsh.
by Robert Diamond - Aug 10, 2026
Single tickets are now on sale for a season of Pulitzer winners, regional premieres, and unforgettable conversations.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2026
Lincoln Center Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for August Wilson's SEVEN GUITARS, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2026
After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 9, 2026
The Flea announced the cast of BEYOND THE STARDUST, an immersive nightlife show conceived by Niegel Smith and The Illustrious Blacks, featuring aerialists, vocalists, and dancers in an Afro-disco-space-punk production.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2026
Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company has revealed its 2026/27 Mainstage Season, featuring a lineup of distinct and wide-ranging productions, including reimagined songs by Bob Dylan to Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and more.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2026
NextStop Theatre announced its 2026/27 season, 'Reimagining Resiliency,' featuring five productions including the U.S. premiere of THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING and the world premiere jukebox musical FOLLOW YOU DOWN.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Suzan-Lori Parks has written 9 shows including Unchain My Heart (Bookwriter), The America Play (Playwright), Urban Zulu Mambo (Playwright), Topdog / Underdog (Playwright), F-ing A (Composer), The Book Of Grace (Playwright), The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Playwright), The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood (Author), White Noise (Playwright).
Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Plays For The Plague Year, Outstanding Music in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Plays for the Plague Year, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Harder They Come, Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for White Noise, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels) for , Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Topdog/Underdog, John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Topdog / Underdog , The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Topdog/Underdog, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Topdog/Underdog, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for In The Blood, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for In the Blood , Guest Judges (Obie Awards), Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Venus and Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom.
Suzan-Lori Parks has received several awards throughout her career, including Outstanding Music in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Plays for the Plague Year; the Playwriting Award (Obie Awards) for White Noise; Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels); Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III; Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Topdog/Underdog; the John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Topdog/Underdog; The Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog; Guest Judges (Obie Awards); Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Venus; and Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom.
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