Overview
Character Name
Ronnette
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Comic Relief, Narrator/Chorus
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: F5
Low Note: G#3/Ab3
Time & Place
Set in the early 1960s on Skid Row, the story unfolds in Mushnik’s struggling flower shop, surrounded by urban grit and poverty, with the era’s music and style woven throughout.
Analysis
Ronnette is one of the three street-smart young women who serve as the show’s Greek-chorus-style narrators. Alongside her friends Chiffon and Crystal, she lives on Skid Row and knows firsthand the struggles of urban poverty. The trio provides running commentary on the
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