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The Brother/Sister Plays

Name: The Brother/Sister Plays
ISBN: 9781559366557

Tarell Alvin McCraney,

180 pages
English
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The Brother/Sister Plays

Tarell Alvin McCraney,

About this book

“McCraney’s richly drawn characters and colloquial poetry . . . manages to sound both epic and rooted in a specific place. Listen closely, and you might hear that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theater, that beautiful music of a new voice.”—The New York Times

“Taut, expressive drama, The Brothers Size realizes the potential of theater to elevate the ordinary. . . . McCraney’s writing can be arresting.”—Time Out New York

This is the first collection by Tarell Alvin McCraney, a major new playwright of the American theater. Lyrical and mythic, provocative and contemporary, McCraney’s dramas of kinship, love, and heartache are set in the bayou of Louisiana and loosely draw on West African myths. In the Red and Brown Water charts the story of Oya, a fast and beautiful track star who must make difficult choices on her journey to womanhood. The Brothers Size dramatizes the struggle between brothers who have taken different paths: Ogun, single-mindedly running his auto shop, and Oshoosi, recently returned from prison and fallen back with trouble. Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet explores a young man’s relationship with his history and friends as he discovers his sexuality and true self against the backdrop of an impending storm.

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s other works include Wig Out! and The Breach. His plays have been produced at The Public Theater in New York, internationally at the Royal Court Theatre and Abbey Theatre, and throughout the United States.

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ACT 1

SCENE 1

OSHA

Marcus?

MARCUS

Ever seen a black boy stop n stare?
Like he just heard a ghost.
Or remembered a . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN AND OSHA

Marcus!

MARCUS

I . . . can’t go down there.

OSHA

Why?

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MARCUS

I got this feeling.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Shaunta moves to leave his butt right there.

OSHA

Shaunta?

SHAUNTA IYUN

What?

OSHA

Describe the feeling?

MARCUS

Strange like, like I been here before.

OSHA

It’s a funeral . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN

We all been here before.

OSHA

Let’s just go down so we get it over with.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Osha don’t pull him girl let Marcus
Foolish self sit right here if he want.
This ain’t your day. This ain’t his day.
This your daddy, Shango, funeral, girl c’mon.

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OSHA

No, wait, I barely know’d the n . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN

Osha!

OSHA

Marc . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN

Here she go.

OSHA

Osha steps to her best friend.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Ackin like he her boyfriend.

OSHA

Come down.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Boy holding us up . . .

OSHA

I need you to.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Ain’t even his people’s funeral.

OSHA

For me.

(Osha moves closer.)

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MARCUS

Marcus uncomfortable . . .
All right!

OSHA

All right?

SHAUNTA IYUN

All right. Shoot let’s . . .

(Cast, offstage, sings.)

Oh when the saints
Oh when the saints
Go marching in . . .
Hmmm.

SHAUNTA IYUN

Ain’t this about a . . .
Now we done missed the damn burial.
What’s wrong with you?

MARCUS

Shaunta . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN

I want to know.

MARCUS

I told you I’m tired.

OSHA

You ain’t say that.

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MARCUS

I . . .

OSHA AND SHAUNTA IYUN

“I . . .”

SHAUNTA IYUN

You got a secret!

MARCUS

No, I . . .
I’m just dreaming.

OSHA

Like sweet dreams?

SHAUNTA IYUN

Or beautiful nightmares?

MARCUS

Just a dream . . .

SHAUNTA IYUN

What’s in it?

OSHA

Who in it?

SHUN

(Offstage)
Osha!

SHAUNTA

Ms. Shun!

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OSHA

Mother of Osha . . .

MARCUS

She can’t stand Marcus.

SHUN

Shun enters.
Staring at her daughter like, “She must’ve lost her . . .”
Through clenched teeth, “motherfuckinmind!”
Girl! How many times, too many, have I
Told you to stay away from hanging as you
Calls it with that boy, sweet Marcus, huh!

MARCUS

See.

SHUN

That’s all I ask.
That’s all I say. See him in school, at home
Hang with your other girl friends. I says it time
And time a . . . But I look up and here you go
Again down the way from the ceremony putting
Your fallen father in the fucking floor and you
Sitting here sip...