Overview
Character Name
Moritz Steifel
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Foil, Protagonist
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: A4
Low Note: C3
Vocal Technique
Falsetto, Rock
Time & Place
1891, Germany
Analysis
Moritz is the tragic heart of the musical – an intensely anxious, high-strung, and deeply overwhelmed student cracking under the immense pressure of his conservative academic and family life. Haunted by vivid, confusing sexual dreams that he doesn't understand, Moritz is
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