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Tarell Alvin McCraney - The Brother/Sister Plays

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McCraneys 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. . . . McCraneys 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, McCraneys 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 mans relationship with his history and friends as he discovers his sexuality and true self against the backdrop of an impending storm.

Tarell Alvin McCraneys 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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Table of Contents To my best PRODUCTION HISTORY Marcus Or the Secret of - photo 1
Table of Contents To my best PRODUCTION HISTORY Marcus Or the Secret of - photo 2
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To my best
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet has been produced as part of The Brother/Sister Plays in numerous productions starting in 2009 (see In the Red and Brown Water). Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet was first produced at the Yale School of Drama in 2006 as part of its first Carlotta Festival of New Plays.
CHARACTERS
MARCUS ESHUson of Elegba and Oba, sixteen; a young man of color
OSHOOSI SIZEa spirit, brother to Ogun Size
OBAmother to Marcus; a young mother of color
OGUN SIZEbrother to Oshoosi Size; a man of color
OSHAdaughter of Shun and Shango, best friend of Marcus Eshu, sev enteen; a young woman of color
SHAUNTA IYUNdaughter of Nia, best friend of Marcus and Osha, eighteen; a young woman of color
SHUNmother of Osha, godmother of Shaunta Iyun; a young mother of color
ELEGUAaunt to Ogun and Oshoosi Size; a woman of color
SHUA OR JOSHUAfrom the Bronx nee Stratford, Connecticut; a man of color
TERRELLa young man of color
TIME
Late August

PLACE

San Pere, Louisiana
PROLOGUE
A Dream

The lights come up on Marcus in his bed sleeping and Oshoosi Size standing in a pool of water crying gently at first until he covers his mouth, doubles over, and...

OBA
(Offstage)
Marcus...

(Lights out on Oshoosi. Marcus wakes breathing heavy.)

OBA
(Offstage)
Marcus!
MARCUS
Maam?

OBA
(Offstage)
Cmon, we gon be late!

(Shift.)

A Processional

The cast forms a funeral processional led by Ogun Size and trailed by Marcus.

OGUN SIZE
A funeral processional for Shango.
(Singing)
Walk with me Lord!
Walk with me.
Walk with me Lord!
Walk with me.
While I am on this...
Tedious journey.
I want you Lord. To walk
With me.
Ogun breaks down: he puts his hand to his mouth, doubles over, and cries to himself. He walks offstage. Marcus stops, stares at Ogun.
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... cant go down there.

OSHA
Why?

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
Its a funeral...

SHAUNTA IYUN
We all been here before.

OSHA
Lets just go down so we get it over with.

SHAUNTA IYUN
Osha dont pull him girl let Marcus
Foolish self sit right here if he want.
This aint your day. This aint his day.
This your daddy, Shango, funeral, girl cmon.

OSHA
No, wait, I barely knowd 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
Aint even his peoples funeral.

OSHA
For me.

(Osha moves closer.)

MARCUS
Marcus uncomfortable...
All right!

OSHA
All right?

SHAUNTA IYUN
All right. Shoot lets...

(Cast, offstage, sings.)
Oh when the saints
Oh when the saints
Go marching in...
Hmmm.
SHAUNTA IYUN
Aint this about a...
Now we done missed the damn burial.
Whats wrong with you?

MARCUS
Shaunta...

SHAUNTA IYUN
I want to know.

MARCUS
I told you Im tired.

OSHA
You aint say that.

MARCUS
I...

OSHA AND SHAUNTA IYUN
I...

SHAUNTA IYUN
You got a secret!

MARCUS
No, I...
Im just dreaming.

OSHA
Like sweet dreams?

SHAUNTA IYUN
Or beautiful nightmares?

MARCUS
Just a dream...

SHAUNTA IYUN
Whats in it?

OSHA
Who in it?

SHUN
(Offstage)
Osha!

SHAUNTA
Ms. Shun!

OSHA
Mother of Osha...

MARCUS
She cant stand Marcus.

SHUN
Shun enters.
Staring at her daughter like, She mustve 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
Thats all I ask.
Thats 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 sipping on time and sunshine with
Candy Marcus! Lord! If it aint one thing its
Another. Osha, girl, if you dont get your ass over here!
Ooh!

OSHA
Kisses her teeth:
Stch.
I gotta go yall, she trippin.

SHUN
Oh Im trippin uh, Im falling? You wait
Till we get to this house Osha see how fast
I can get down.
Exit Shun holding hard to her stubborn child.
I done told you he just
Like his dead damn daddy, Legba.
SCENE 2
MARCUS
(To us)
Marcus stares.

SHAUNTA IYUN
Eh.

MARCUS
Huh?

SHAUNTA IYUN
Forgive her she buried her man today.

MARCUS
Im used to it.

SHAUNTA IYUN
Too used to it.

MARCUS
She been saying it since...

SHAUNTA IYUN
Is it true?

MARCUS
That Im like Legba...

SHAUNTA IYUN
Was he sweet?

MARCUS
Wait a...

SHAUNTA IYUN
Are you sweet, Marcus Eshu?

MARCUS
Marcus stung, steps back.

SHAUNTA IYUN
Marcus?

MARCUS
I heard you, Shaunta.

SHAUNTA IYUN
Seem like you aint never gon confess it.
Surely not to Osha. You know she like you,
Huh? You know she think, We best friends
Better lovers! I aint Osha. I am just your
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