The Brothers Size - Off-Broadway Creative Team
Production Staff
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Playwright
Tarell Alvin McCraney is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays which includes The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. Other plays include Head of Passes, Choir Boy and Wig Out! Tarell's script, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, is the basis for the Oscar-winning film Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins also won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Tarell is currently working on an original scripted TV series for Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, produced by Michael B. Jordan and Page Fright Productions.
Jonathan M. Pratt
Additional Music
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Writer
Co-Director
Artistic Director
Tarell Alvin McCraney is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays which includes The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. Other plays include Head of Passes, Choir Boy and Wig Out! Tarell's script, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, is the basis for the Oscar-winning film Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins also won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Tarell is currently working on an original scripted TV series for Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, produced by Michael B. Jordan and Page Fright Productions.
Bijan Sheibani
Co-Director
Awards and Nominations
2026 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music in a Play: Stan Mathabane (composer) and Munir Zakee (musician) was nominated but did not win.
2026 Drama League Awards
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY: The Brothers Size was nominated but did not win.
2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Tarell Alvin McCraney was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Bijan Shibani was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play: Malcolm Mays was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play: André Holland was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play: Alani iLongwe was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Revival of a Play: The Brothers Size was nominated but did not win.

