Overview
High Note: E5
Low Note: G3
Analysis
A Harvard Law graduate, Joanne is a highly successful lawyer. She is a lesbian, and is currently dating Maureen, who left her boyfriend Mark to be with Joanne. She is professional, smart, self-assured and realistic. Her parents, though they dote on her and call her
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To audition effectively for Joanne Jefferson, you must balance sharp, hyper-competent professionalism with deep, combustible passion. Joanne is an Ivy League-educated public interest lawyer from a high-achieving political family; she exists in stark contrast to the chaotic, bohemian world of the East Village. However, playing her as stiff, judgmental, or unfeeling ruins her dynamic within the ensemble. Joanne’s tension comes from the fact that despite her discipline, organization, and craving
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