Edna

When Edna Nicole Luckett sings the Blues on the stage at Red's, her voice, deep and soulful, echoes against the walls.

Joshlin's teacher, Edna Maart, described the little girl as a quiet pupil who was "very tidy".

But he also did theater, including turns on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray,” as Yvan in Yasmina Reza’s “Art” and as Santa in the musical adaptation of “Elf.”

Field won the lead actress prize for her work as single mother Edna Spalding in the Great Depression-set “Places in the Heart.”

Ulman also acts in “Magic Farm” as Edna’s producer, Elena, with a biography parallel to her own: Argentinian-born, Spanish-raised, cool and detached.