'The Brothers Size' Makes Public Theatre World Premiere

The Public Theater will continue its fall season with the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's new play The Brothers Size, directed by Tea Alagic, and produced in association with The Foundry Theatre who brought The Brothers Size to The Public's 2007 Under the Radar Festival earlier this year where it was the breakout hit of the festival.  It will have a full production at The Public Theater October 23 to December 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, November 6 at 7 PM.

"Playing fast and loose with West African myths, The Brothers Size brings contemporary rhythms together with traditions of ceremonial presentation to tell the modern-day story of the Size brothers – Ogun, an auto mechanic, and Oshoosi, a recent parolee. This imaginatively fresh new drama asks its audience to be at once the community, the witness, and the judge," explain press notes.

The Brothers Size features Brian Tyree Henry as Oshoosi, Gilbert Owuor as Ogun, and Elliot Villar as Elegba.  Percussion/Additional Composition provided by Jonathan M. Pratt with original composition by Vincent Oliveri.

The Brothers Size will began previews on Tuesday, October 23 and will run through Sunday, December 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, November 6 at 7 PM.  The performance schedule is Tuesdays at 7 PM; Wednesdays thru Fridays at 8 PM; Saturdays at 2 PM and 8 PM; and Sundays at 3 PM and 7 PM.  

The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street.  Tickets are $50.  Student rush tickets are available in advance, at the box office only, for $25 (1 per ID).  There are a limited number of Rush Tickets sold an hour before curtain at every performance available to the general public (Two per person, $20 each, cash only).  To purchase tickets, please call (212) 967-7555 or visit www.publictheater.org.  

Tarell Alvin McCraney (Playwright) recently earned his MFA from the Yale School of Drama's playwriting program, headed by Richard Nelson. There, under the eye of such professors as David Grimm, Lynn Nottage, Michael-John LaChiusa, and John Guare, Tarell created six new works: Without/Sin, A Lone, The Brothers Size (presented at the IN-Festival at the McCarter Theatre as well as at The Public's Under The Radar Festival), Run, Mourner Run (produced at Yale Cabaret), In The Red and Brown Water (winner of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, upcoming production at the ALLIANCE THEATRE), and Marcus or The Secret of Sweet which recently received a workshop production in the Second Annual Carlotta Festival at the Yale School of Drama. He co-wrote The Breach with Joe Sutton and Catherine Filloux, commissioned by Southern Repertory Theater of New Orleans, and he recently workshopped his newest play Wig Out at Sundance.

The work of Tea Alagic (Director) has been featured in New York, Prague, London, and Berlin. Her most recent directing credits include The Brothers Size, as part of The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival; Marcus Brutus, her adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; and Chiang Kai Chek by Charles Mee.  As Associate Artistic Director of the 2005 Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts (ECPA), she directed Woyzeck; Piano Plays; Self-Accusation; preparadise, sorry now; and Baal. Other directing credits include Sam's Perspective, The Filament Cycle, and One Day in Moscow (A Stateless Production). Alagic has trained with Anne Bogart, Theatre du Soleil in Paris, and Theatre de Complicite in London, and worked with Robert Lepage and Richard Foreman.  A recipient of many awards, her honors include a Soros Fellowship, the Interart Development Series grant, a 2004 CEC ArtsLink Performing Arts and Literature Award, and awards at the Cairo International Festival and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.

For general information, please call (212) 539-8750 or visit www.publictheater.org.

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