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McCarter Theatre Announces Cast for Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister Plays

Tarrell Alvin McCraney
(© Greg Funnell)
Tarrell Alvin McCraney
(© Greg Funnell)

The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey, has announced casting for its world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays, to be presented April 24-June 21. Tina Landau and Robert O’Hara will direct.

McCraney’s trilogy is comprised of three distinct works — In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, and Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet. The first two parts have been previously produced, while the third will be presented for the first time.

All three plays will be performed by a single company of nine actors, including Barnaby Carpenter, Samuel Ray Gates, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Brian Tyree Henry, Marc Damon Johnson, Nikiya Mathis, Alano Miller, Kianne Muschett, and Heather Alicia Simms.

For more information, visit www.mccarter.org.