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The women vocalists who portray the radio have an important supporting role in the musical "Caroline, Or Change" at the Guthrie Theater. The radio literally comes alive in the life of the musical's main character.
St. Paul, Minn. - The three young women enter early in the story of Caroline, the African-American maid who does the laundry for her white St. Charles, La., employer. The year is l963. Caroline is a diligent, hardworking, long-suffering single mother of four, one of them off at war.
Caroline labors over the laundry in the stifling basement heat. The washer and then the dryer come to life to remind her of the unchanging nature of her existence. She clicks on the radio for escape.
Lynnea Doublette, Felicia Boswell and Aurelia Williams emerge as the voices of the radio, singing in the Motown style that was sweeping the country at the time.