The Piano Lesson
Act one
Doaker character description
Doaker character description
Doaker is the closest thing the Charles family currently has to a patriarch, as the more stable and grounded of the two surviving siblings. He has worked his entire life on the railroad, first laying rail and now as a cook, and is given to incorporating the mythos of the rail into his everyday philosophy. He refuses to take sides in the drama over the piano, but steps in to stop the situation from getting out of hand.