‘Clybourne Park’

The cast rehearses a 1959-set scene in Bruce Norris’ abrasively funny and fiendishly provocative play at the Mark Taper Forum. The play fills in the story of the Chicago house in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

March 22, 2014 8:44 AM PT

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The rich and darkly satirical 2011 Pulitzer Prize and Olivier Award (London)-winning comedy -- every bit as provocative as it is entertaining -- comes to the Mark Taper Forum.

Christina Kirk stars as Bev and Kathy in the play. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Starring in the play are, from left, Damon Gupton, Annie Parisse and Jeremy Shamos. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Brendan Griffin plays the roles of Jim, Tom and Kenneth in the production. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Crystal A. Dickinson and Damon Gupton in a scene from the production. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

The scene involves, from left, Damon Gupton, Crystal A. Dickinson and Jeremy Shamos. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Frank Wood, left, and Brendan Griffin in a scene from the biting satiric comedy about racial discord and communal disingenuousness. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)