Overview
Character Name
Levee
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dramatic Function
Antagonist, Foil
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A Chicago recording studio during the sweltering summer of 1927, at the height of the Blues era
Analysis
Levee is the passionate, tempestuous trumpet player whose fierce ambition, traumatic past, and obsession with modernizing the blues drive the play’s tragic arc. Unlike the older band members who accept their place within the system, Levee envisions a bright future where he
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