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Brother/Sister Plays

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We talk with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney about his critically acclaimed trilogy “The Brother/Sister Plays.” The trilogy tells the stories of a community of African-Americans living in a housing project in the Louisiana Bayou.

The first two plays in the trilogy ran recently at the Marin Theater Company and Magic Theater in San Francisco. The final play, “Marcus; Or, the Secret of Sweet,” is playing through November 21 at ACT.

Guests:

Tarell Alvin McCraney, playwright and author of "The Brother/Sister Plays"

Carey Perloff, artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater

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