Overview
Character Name
Helen
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: E5
Low Note: G#3/Ab3
Vocal Technique
Belting
Time & Place
beech creek, 1970s; oberlin college, 1980s; new york, present day, pennsylvania
Analysis
The long-suffering, self-deluded, exhausted wife of Bruce, and mother to Alison, John, and Christian. Helen struggles to be the kind of wife and mother she feels she “should” be, which sometimes means turning a blind eye to the untoward behavior of her husband with young
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