Overview
Character Name
Dussie Mae
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
A Chicago recording studio during the sweltering summer of 1927, at the height of the Blues era
Analysis
Ma Rainey’s lesbian lover. She is a “young, dark-skinned woman whose greatest asset is the sensual energy which seems to flow from her” (Wilson’s description). She is a very ambitious, attractive girl, who uses people to get ahead. She thinks Ma can help her, and she even
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