Overview
Character Name
Mama Murphy
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dramatic Function
Confidant, Foil, Mentor/Guide
Relationships
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: C5
Low Note: G3
Vocal Technique
Folk, Country
Time & Place
Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, Asheville, 1923, 1945
Analysis
Mama Murphy is Alice’s mother and a deeply religious, tradition-minded woman shaped by the expectations of rural North Carolina in the 1920s. She cares deeply for her daughter but places great importance on reputation, morality, and social order. Her instincts are
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