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Overview
Character Name
Ellard Simms
Show
Gender
Male
Late Teen, Young Adult
Supporting
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
The play is set in the early 1980s in the main room of a rural fishing lodge in Georgia’s backwoods. The cozy, rustic space serves as the single location for all the action, capturing the charm and isolation of small-town Southern life.
Analysis
Ellard is Catherine’s younger brother, often treated as slow-witted and underestimated by those around him. In the beginning, characters—including Catherine—speak of him as though he is incapable of learning or handling responsibility. Betty suggests that teaching Charlie
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