The Brothers Size

The Brothers Size A play By Tarell Alvin McCraney

The original text

A play about a man who returns home to his brother, a car mechanic, after his release from prison. They remember. They dream. They are circled by his friend from the penitentiary. The friend lures him from the circle with a stolen car and drugs. Will he remain safe in the circle of his brother's protection? Will the law catch him again? Or will there be another way out?

Having been performed at the Syracuse Stage, April 18 – May 12, the play was then toured to South Africa. A blog called Syracuse to South Africa, was simultaneously created to document the Syracuse Stage production of McCraney’s play.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2012: Brought to South Africa from the Syracuse Stage in New York, with the support of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. Performed at the Baxter Theatre (18 May – 9 June) and the Market Theatre (15 June 15 – 1 July ). Directed by Tim Bond[1] with Rodrick Covington (as Oshoosi), Sam Encarnación (as Elegba) and Joshua Elijah Reese (as Ogun). May 18 – June 9 at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town, and June 15 – July 1 at The Market Theatre in Johannesburg.