Overview
Character Name
Emma Borden
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: D5
Low Note: F#3/Gb3
Vocal Technique
Belting
Time & Place
Fall River, Massachusetts, 1892
Analysis
Emma Borden is Lizzie’s older sister. Unlike Lizzie, Emma remembers their mother, and tries to give her sister the mothering and comfort that will never come from their stepmother. When Emma finds their father’s new will, she realizes that Mrs. Borden has cut out Emma and
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