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The Brother Sister Plays Broadway:
The Brother Sister Plays plays at Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
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A trilogy of modern-day stories of kinship, love, heartache and coming of age centered around an extended family and community in the Bayou from Tarell Alvin McCraney, the winner of the New York Times Playwright Award and Steinberg Playwright Award.
Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water
By Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Directed by Tina Landau
How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER is the intoxicating story that charts a young girl’s thrust into womanhood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life.
Part 2: The Brothers Size and
Marcus;or the Secret of Sweet
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Robert O’Hara.
Reconceived since it premiered as part of The Public’s 2007-2008 season, THE BROTHERS SIZE is a taut, rhythmic and playful drama that follows two brothers as they walk the line between law and liberty.
MARCUS; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET is a beautiful and touching tale of a young man’s awakening to his tenuous connections with his history, his friends, his sexuality and himself.
Presented by The Public Theater in association with McCarter Theatre.
NOTE: It is not necessary to see Parts 1 and 2 in sequence.
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