Overview
Character Name
Alison
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: C#5/Db5
Low Note: E4
Vocal Technique
Belting, Gospel
Time & Place
beech creek, 1970s; oberlin college, 1980s; new york, present day, pennsylvania
Analysis
40s. Our narrator, and the grown-up version of the Alison Bechdel we see in her memories. Alison is a self-described butch “lesbian cartoonist” who is attempting to write a graphic autobiography about her family -- particularly her relationship with her enigmatic and
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