Overview
Character Name
Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Antagonist, Authority Figure
Relationships
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: F#4/Gb4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Vocal Technique
Rock
Time & Place
The late 1980s to early 1990s in New York City’s East Village, capturing the struggles of young artists and friends living under the shadow of poverty, addiction, and the AIDS crisis.
Analysis
A former roommate of Mark and Roger’s, Benny married Alison, a woman from a wealthy real estate family, and becomes the kind of “yuppie scum” the Bohemians detest. Newly rich from his parents-in-law, Benny purchases the industrial loft building in which Mark and Roger
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