THE BROTHERS SIZE Cast & Creative Team Announced at The Old Globe

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the Southern California premiere of The Brothers Size by award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. Directed by Tea Alagi?, The Brothers Size will run Jan. 26 - Feb. 24, 2013 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run Jan. 26 - Jan. 30. Opening night is Thursday, Jan. 31 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

Infused with the music and rhythms of the South, The Brothers Size blends West African mythology with a modern-day story of the Louisiana bayou. After his release from prison, Oshoosi Size seeks out his brother, Ogun, who is an upright and law-abiding car mechanic. When their family is threatened by the reappearance of Elegba, a figure from Oshoosi's past, they must learn what it truly means to be brothers. The Brothers Size is part of McCraney's acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays, which also includes In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet and which garnered McCraney London's Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.

"The love that binds Ogun and Oshoosi Size is primal, the stuff of myth and fable," said Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. "Tarell Alvin McCraney is a writer brave and bold enough to take on such big material and such eternal themes. The Brothers Size establishes Tarell as one of the most original and unique talents working today. His exciting play, in the wonderful Tea Alagi?'s production, will give San Diego audiences a chance to hear a voice that's sure to shape the future of the American theater."

The cast of The Brothers Size features Antwayn Hopper (Elegba), Okieriete Onaodowan (Oshoosi Size) and Gilbert Owuor (Ogun Henri Size).

The creative team includes Peter Ksander (Scenic Design), Michelle Hunt Souza (Costume Design), Gina Scherr (Lighting Design), Paul Peterson (Sound Design), Jonathan Melville Pratt (Original Music, Percussionist), Jan Gist (Dialect Coach), Caparelliotis Casting (Casting) and Diana Moser (Stage Manager).

The Brothers Size is supported in part through gifts from Production Sponsors Microsoft and National Corporate Theatre Fund.

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