The Brother/Sister Plays
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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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-McCraney may be the hottest you new African-American playwrght to emerge since August Wilson.

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Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Year
2010
ISBN
9781559366557
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
American Drama
Index
Literature
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...

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Citation styles for The Brother/Sister Plays

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.