Overview
Character Name
Dussie Mae
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Catalyst, Love Interest
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A Chicago recording studio during the sweltering summer of 1927, at the height of the Blues era
Analysis
Dussie Mae is Ma Rainey’s young, attractive girlfriend whose presence introduces a web of romantic and personal tension into the studio. She is a “young, dark-skinned woman whose greatest asset is the sensual energy which seems to flow from her” (Wilson’s description).
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