Overview
Character Name
Merrell
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
late spring, mid-summer, and late summer of the same year, various locations in and around the brownsville and east flatbush neighborhoods in brooklyn new york
Analysis
Korean American. Age 36. Devine’s mama and Tray’s step-mother. When Merrell chose a black man as her partner, her own Korean family rejected her. Because of this, when Tray and Devine’s father died, Merrell felt completely and totally alone. She turned to drugs and alcohol,
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