Characters

  • LIZZIE BORDEN (Alto)

    32, wry, somber

  • EMMA BORDEN (Mezzo)

    Lizzie’s sister, 41, homely, timid, fragile

  • BRIDGET SULLIVAN (Alto)

    The Bordens’ Irish servant, 25, earthy, blunt, fearless

  • ABBY BORDEN (Alto)

    Lizzie and Emma’s stepmother, 64, flustered

  • MRS. EDITH COLE (Mezzo)

    50, patrician, officious, (Doubles as MATRON WHITING)

  • SARAH COLE (Soprano)

    Mrs. Cole’s daughter, 12, tempestuous, rebellious, an “old soul” (Doubles as YOUNG LIZZIE)

  • MRS. MARGARET HODGES (Soprano)

    35, meek, mousy (Doubles as LIZZIE’S MOTHER)

  • MRS. HELEN SWIFT (Alto)

    30, flighty, the quintessential proper Victorian New Englander

  • MRS. JOSEPHINE WORDELL (Soprano)

    45, outspoken, clairvoyant,

  • LIZZIE’S MOTHER (Soprano)

    35, tender and compassionate with an underlying dark side

  • MATRON WHITING (Mezzo)

    50, reluctantly officious