One of Miami's much-honored play-writing sons, Tarell Alvin McCraney, will see all three of his buzz-generating Brother/Sister Plays -- The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet -- produced at the Tony Award-winning McCarter Theatre in Princeton, N.J., this spring. In support of the ambitious project, the McCarter has just been awarded $90,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts' Outstanding New American Play Project, one of only two grants bestowed in the program's first year.
With multiple productions of his work around the United States and in Great Britain, McCraney -- who is also an international writer in residence with the Royal Shakespeare Company through 2010 -- continues building his reputation as one of theater's most promising new voices. Producers in his hometown, however, have yet to present any of his plays. Directed by Tina Landau, In the Red and Brown Water runs April 24-June 21 with the other two (directed by Robert O'Hara) joining it in repertory May 14-June 21. For information, visit http://www.mccarter.org/.

Source: Christine Dolen, Miami Herald