Overview
Character Name
Aunt Eller
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Authority Figure, Mentor/Guide
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: F5
Low Note: G3
Time & Place
Turn of the century, 1900s
Analysis
Aunt Eller is the moral and comedic center of gravity—the tough, no-nonsense widow who keeps the entire community in line with plain speech, a shotgun, and unshakable common sense. She is Oklahoma’s version of a Greek chorus and frontier judge rolled into one: mediating
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