Overview
Character Name
The Ingenue (Chana)
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto
Vocal Technique
Folk
Time & Place
Warsaw, 1906, to Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1950s, and everywhere in between
Analysis
20s-30s. Chana Mandelbaum is the ingenue in Lemml’s acting troupe. She plays all the young female roles; everyone who is, as Lemml describes, “so ardent in their beliefs, so passionate in their lovemaking.”
Chana plays the following roles in their play:
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