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The Brother/Sister Plays
Tarell Alvin McCraney
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The Brother/Sister Plays
Tarell Alvin McCraney
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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 . . .
Like he just heard a ghost.
Or remembered a . . .
SHAUNTA IYUN AND OSHA
Marcus!
MARCUS
I . . . canât go down there.
OSHA
Why?
dp n="10" folio="250" ?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
Itâs a funeral . . .
SHAUNTA IYUN
We all been here before.
OSHA
Letâs just go down so we get it over with.
SHAUNTA IYUN
Osha donât pull him girl let Marcus
Foolish self sit right here if he want.
This ainât your day. This ainât his day.
This your daddy, Shango, funeral, girl câmon.
dp n="11" folio="251" ?Foolish self sit right here if he want.
This ainât your day. This ainât his day.
This your daddy, Shango, funeral, girl câmon.
OSHA
No, wait, I barely knowâd 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
Ainât even his peopleâs funeral.
OSHA
For me.
(Osha moves closer.)
dp n="12" folio="252" ?MARCUS
Marcus uncomfortable . . .
All right!
All right!
OSHA
All right?
SHAUNTA IYUN
All right. Shoot letâs . . .
(Cast, offstage, sings.)
Oh when the saints
Oh when the saints
Go marching in . . .
Hmmm.
Oh when the saints
Go marching in . . .
Hmmm.
SHAUNTA IYUN
Ainât this about a . . .
Now we done missed the damn burial.
Whatâs wrong with you?
Now we done missed the damn burial.
Whatâs wrong with you?
MARCUS
Shaunta . . .
SHAUNTA IYUN
I want to know.
MARCUS
I told you Iâm tired.
OSHA
You ainât say that.
dp n="13" folio="253" ?MARCUS
I . . .
OSHA AND SHAUNTA IYUN
âI . . .â
SHAUNTA IYUN
You got a secret!
MARCUS
No, I . . .
Iâm just dreaming.
Iâm just dreaming.
OSHA
Like sweet dreams?
SHAUNTA IYUN
Or beautiful nightmares?
MARCUS
Just a dream . . .
SHAUNTA IYUN
Whatâs in it?
OSHA
Who in it?
SHUN
(Offstage)
Osha!
Osha!
SHAUNTA
Ms. Shun!
dp n="14" folio="254" ?OSHA
Mother of Osha . . .
MARCUS
She canât stand Marcus.
SHUN
Shun enters.
Staring at her daughter like, âShe mustâve lost her . . .â
Through clenched teeth, âmotherfuckinmind!â
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!
Staring at her daughter like, âShe mustâve lost her . . .â
Through clenched teeth, âmotherfuckinmind!â
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
Thatâs all I ask.
Thatâs 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...
Thatâs 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...
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APA 6 Citation
McCraney, T. A. (2010). The Brother/Sister Plays ([edition unavailable]). Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/729645/the-brothersister-plays-pdf (Original work published 2010)
Chicago Citation
McCraney, Tarell Alvin. (2010) 2010. The Brother/Sister Plays. [Edition unavailable]. Theatre Communications Group. https://www.perlego.com/book/729645/the-brothersister-plays-pdf.
Harvard Citation
McCraney, T. A. (2010) The Brother/Sister Plays. [edition unavailable]. Theatre Communications Group. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/729645/the-brothersister-plays-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
McCraney, Tarell Alvin. The Brother/Sister Plays. [edition unavailable]. Theatre Communications Group, 2010. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.