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The Public Theater is presenting a universe premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraneys THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS PART 1 & PART 2, with performances by Dec 13. McCraney, a single of Americas many acclaimed young writers, returns to The Public to complete his trilogy following a success of The Brothers Size in 2007. Tina Landau is a executive for In The Red as well as Brown Water as well as Robert OHara is a executive for The Brothers Size as well as Marcus; or a Secret of Sweet.

The 3 plays have been being presented as two separate shows to be enjoyed independently, in any order, or gifted together. Marathon performances have been scheduled for weekends so audiences can experience all 3 plays in a single day.

Tarell Alvin McCraneys trilogy is a pick up of modern-day stories of kinship, love, heartache as well as coming-of-age centered around an extended family as well as village in a Bayou. Winner of a inaugural New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, McCraneys stories traverse a gritty as well as lyrical, urban as well as mythic.

The expel for THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS facilities Sterling K. Brown as Shango/Shua; Kimberly Hbert Gregory as Aunt Elegua/Shun; Brian Tyree Henry as Egungun/Oshoosi/Tarell; Andre Holland as Elegba/Marcus; Marc Damon Johnson as Ogun; Sean Allen Krill as O Li Roon / Man From State; Nikiya Mathis as Shun/Shaunta Iyun; Kiann Muschett as Oya/Osha; as well as Heather Alicia Simms as Nia/Mama Moja/Oba.

THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS facilities scenic pattern by James Schuette; costume pattern by Karen Perry; lighting pattern by Peter Kaczorowski; as well as sound pattern by Lindsay Jones.

TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY (Playwright) is a author of a Brother/Sister Plays The Brothers Size, In a Red as well as Brown Water, as well as Marcus; or a Secret of Sweet - that have been produced during The Public, Studio Theater, Abbey Theatre (Dublin), Foundry Theater, a McCarter Theater, a Young Vic, as well as Alliance Theater. His alternative works embody The Breach (So! uthern R ep. Theater New Orleans, Seattle Rep.), Wig Out! (The Vineyard, Sundance Summer Theater Institute), Without/Sin (Yale Cabaret), Run Mourner, Run (Yale Cabaret), as well as A Taurian Tale (52nd Street Project). McCraney is a connoisseur of a Yale School of Drama as well as has been respected with a 2009 Steinberg Playwright Award, Cole Porter Award, Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Whiting Writing Award, Outstanding Achievement by an Affiliate Theater Olivier Award nomination, residency during a Royal Shakespeare Company, Hodder Fellowship during Lewis Center for a Arts, as well as a seven-year residency during New Dramatists in New York.

TINA LANDAU (Director) returns to The Public following a acclaimed prolongation of Space, that she wrote as well as directed. Her Broadway directing credits embody a current prolongation of Tracy Lettss Superior Donuts as well as a 2001 revival of Bells Are Ringing. Her off-Broadway credits embody Wig Out! (Vineyard), Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature), Mary Rose (Vineyard), Miracle Brothers (Vineyard), Saturn Returns (The Public), as well as Cloud Tectonics (Playwrights Horizons). She wrote a book as well as lyrics for Dream True: My Life With Vernon Dixon (Vineyard) as well as Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons), that she additionally directed.

ROBERT OHARA (Director) wrote as well as destined Insurrection: Holding History during The Public in 1996, that won a Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play. In 2006, he perceived an OBIE Award for his citation of In The Continuum; in addition, he has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, TCG Extended Collaboration Grant, NEA/TCG Fellowship, a Van Lier Fellowship, a Mark Taper Forums Sherwood Award, as well as a TANNIE Award for Exceptional Body of Work. He has been an artist-in-residence during a American Conservatory Theater as well as Theater/Emory as well as a Visiting Professor during DePaul University School of a Arts, Mark Taper Forum, National Endowment of a Arts, McCarter Theater, Theatres de Nimes, Le Theatr! e Lodeon , as well as Theaterworks/USA.

STERLING K. BROWN (Shango/Shua). His off-Broadway credits embody Macbeth (The Public, 2006) as well as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (National Actors Theatre). Regional credits embody Intimate Apparel (Guthrie Theatre); Someone Wholl Watch Over Me (Westport Playhouse); Topdog/Underdog (Hangar Theatre); Romeo as well as Juliet (McCarter Theatre); as well as Much Ado About Nothing (Berkeley Rep).

KIMBERLY HBERT GREGORY (Aunt Elegua/Shun). Her informal drama credits embody Amen Corner (Goodman), Nickel as well as Dimed (Steppenwolf), Waiting to be Invited (Victory Gardens Theater) as well as Julius Caesar (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). In addition to informal work, she played a role of Shenzi in a national debate of Disneys The Lion King. Her TV as well as movie credits embody I Think I Love My Wife, Gossip Girl, New Amsterdam, as well as The Black Donnellys.

BRIAN TYREE HENRY (Egungun/Oshoosi/Tarell) not long ago appeared in a universe premiere of Paula Vogels A Civil War Christmas (Long Wharf). He played Oshoosi Size in a universe premiere of The Brothers Size during The Public Theater as well as Studio Theatre as well as not long ago toured with a play to a Abbey Theatre (Dublin). Additional drama credits embody Tybalt in Romeo as well as Juliet (The Public), Marcus G. in a universe premiere of Marcus Gardleys Dance of a Holy Ghost (Yale Rep), as well as Sterling in Radio Golf (Yale Rep).

ANDRE HOLLAND (Elegba/Marcus) not long ago played Eric in Tarell Alvin McCraneys Wig Out! during a Vineyard Theater. His alternative New York drama credits embody Tempest Tossed during Classic Stage, Blue Door during Playwrights Horizons, as well as As You Like It as well as Much Ado About Nothing during Shakespeare in a Park.

MARC DAMON JOHNSON (Ogun) final appeared during The Public in a universe premiere of John Bellusos The Poor Itch. He played Bronson in a universe premiere of Paula Vogels A Civil War Christmas during Long Wharf as well as earned ! a Drama League assignment for his opening in Mr. Fox: A Rumination during Signature Theater Company. He played Ogun Size in a Abbey Theatres prolongation of The Brothers Size as well as appeared during Shakespeare in a Park in Measure for Measure as well as Two Gentlemen of Verona.

SEAN ALLEN KRILL (O Li Roon/Man From State) not long ago starred upon Broadway as well as upon debate as Sam Carmichael in a strike musical Mamma Mia! (Outstanding Leading Actor Award, BroadwayWorld.com). His informal credits embody Sunday in a Park With George, The Comedy of Errors, as well as Brigadoon. Krill is a recipient of a Lily Tomlin Scholarship for Theatre.

NIKIYA MATHIS (Shun/Shaunta Iyun) originated a role of Maima in Danai Guriras Eclipsed during a 2009 IN-Festival (McCarter). A 2008 connoisseur of NYUs Graduate Acting Program, her favorite credits embody The Glass Menagerie, The Continuum Companys Romeo & Juliet, Crumbs from a Table of Joy, Sparkle: a Musical, as well as The Bluest Eye.

KIANN MUSCHETT (Oya/Osha). Recent theatre purposes embody Inez in Our Lady of 121st Street, a title role in Ella, as well as T-Anne/Andwyneth in Anton in Show Business. Her TV as well as movie credits embody Guiding Light, One Life to Live, The Forgotten Ones, as well as Tricks.

HEATHER ALICIA SIMMS (Nia/Mama Moja/Oba) appeared upon Broadway in Ma Raineys Black Bottom, A Raisin in a Sun, as well as Gem of a Ocean as well as off-Broadway in The Exonerated, Insurrection: Holding History, as well as Breath, Boom. Her informal credits embody The Kennedy Center, Alliance, Denver Center, The ONeill, Sundance Institute Theater Lab in Residence during The Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Stamford Theatre Works, as well as New York Stage as well as Film.

THE PUBLIC THEATER (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) was founded by Joseph Papp in 1954 as well as is right away a single of a nations preeminent cultural institutions, producing new plays, musicals, ! as well as productions of classics during its downtown as well as during a Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Publics mandate to emanate a drama for all New Yorkers continues to this day onstage as well as by extensive outreach as well as education programs. Each year, over 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions as well as events during 6 downtown stages, including Joes Pub, as well as Shakespeare in a Park. The Public has won 42 Tony Awards, 149 Obies, 40 Drama Desk Awards as well as four Pulitzer Prizes. The Public has brought 52 shows to Broadway, including Sticks as well as Bones; That Championship Season; A Chorus Line; The Pirates of Penzance; The Tempest; Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk; On a Town; The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; Topdog/Underdog; Elaine Stritch during Liberty; Take Me Out; Caroline, or Change; Well; Passing Strange; and, many recently, a current Tony Award-winning revival of Hair.

The opening report varies; greatfully check www.publictheater.org for a many present information. The Public Theater is located during 425 Lafayette Street. Tickets have been $60 for all performances with a difference of Saturday evening tickets, that have been $70.

Subject to availability, $20 Rush Standby tickets will be sold 60 mins prior to any opening during a Public Theater Box Office. The series of tickets varies from opening to performance. Limit two tickets per person. Cash only.

Subject to availability, $25 Student Tickets can be purchased in allege during a box bureau for every Public Theater opening upon sale to a ubiquitous public. Must have a current student ID during a time of purchase. Limit a single sheet per person. Cash only.

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