Overview
Character Name
Risa
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
the hill district, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1969
Analysis
Risa is the only woman we see in the play. She is the waitress at Memphis’ restaurant. She is “a young woman who, in an attempt to define herself in terms other than her genitalia, has scarred her legs with a razor” (Wilson’s description). Risa only says what she feels like
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