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Danny Feldman, Producing Artistic Director of Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award, announces Brandon Gill (NY Public Theater’s Hamlet, Shakespeare in the Park, Broadway’s A Christmas Carol) to star as Booth and Brandon Micheal Hall (Broadway’s Trouble in Mind, TBS/HBO MAX’S Search Party) to star as Lincoln in Pasadena Playhouse’s Topdog/Underdog  (February 26 – March 23, 2025, Press Opening March 4) by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Gregg T. Daniel (HBO’s True Blood,  HBO’s Insecure, NAACP Theater Award winner as Best Director for Fences at International City Theater). The Playhouse also launches a “Pay It Forward” ticket initiative, which enables audiences and community members to purchase tickets that will be distributed free of charge to people impacted by the tragic Los Angeles fires.

The full creative team is rounded out with Tesshi Nakagawa (Scenic Designer), Angelene (Angie) Storey (Assistant Scenic Designer), Angela Balogh Calin (Costume Designer), Jared Sayeg (Lighting Designer), Jeff Gardner (Sound Designer), Andrea Allmond (Associate Sound Designer); with Composition by DJ Tru, Guitar Composition and Musical Performance Coaching by Maritri, Movement Consultation by Joyce Guy, Intimacy and Fight Coordination by Sasha Nicolle Smith, and Casting by RBT Casting (Ryan Bernard Tymensky, CSA).

In Topdog/Underdog, two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their fate. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Suzan-Lori Parks’ darkly comic fable is poetic, gripping, and unforgettable.

The  New York Times calls Topdog/Underdog “The Greatest American Play of the Past 25 Years.”

Tickets for Topdog/Underdog are currently available at pasadenaplayhouse.org, by phone at 626-356-7529, and at the Box Office at 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101.

About Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse, the official State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is one of the most prolific theaters in the country. The Playhouse has staged thousands of original productions since its founding in 1917 including premieres of works by Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Suzan-Lori Parks and hundreds more. For decades, its pioneering School for Theater Arts was a training ground for actors and theatermakers who went on to make significant contributions to the entertainment industry. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman since 2016, Pasadena Playhouse’s productions and community programs are centered on its founding idea of being a living force in its community, making theater for everyone.