Overview
Character Name
Bruce
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: G4
Low Note: B2
Time & Place
beech creek, 1970s; oberlin college, 1980s; new york, present day, pennsylvania
Analysis
40s to 50s. A closeted gay man-- husband to Helen and father to Alison, John, and Christian. Bruce is a high school English teacher, runs the Bechdel Funeral Home, and in his spare time, refurbishes old homes. Bruce is a complicated, self-loathing man with a fierce temper.
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