Trina

## Information

### Portrayed By

Stephanie J. Block - (2016 Broadway Revival Cast)Barbara Walsh - (1992 OBC) Alison Fraiser - (In Trousers Cast)

### Appears In

In TrousersMarch of the Falsettos Falsettoland

Trina is Marvin's ex-wife. Having married Marvin, she lived an unhappy and unfulfilling life, as well as a miserable marriage. The two get a divorce, and after Trina meets Mendel, the two begin a romantic relationship, and eventually marry.

## In Trousers

Marvin marries Trina. Trina proceeds to live an unhappy life, fueled by a loveless marriage. She had two children, and the "perfect life", yet she is very unhappy. Her neighbors talk behind her back, which she is aware of. Trina suspects Marvin is cheating on her with someone. All she wants is for Marvin to love her, yet he doesn't.

Trina catches Marvin cheating on her at some point, and divorces him.

## March of the Falsettos

Trina begins seeing Mendel, asking him if he only treats queer people. Mendel laughs, telling her no, and then asks her to continue explaining her issues. Trina tells him about her previous marriage with Marvin, and how her father eventually let her marry him. One day, Marvin had come home from work, telling Trina that he had multiple STDs. Trina is distraught, as she believes she is most likely diseased, and is also upset at how easily appeased she was during their marriage. During her marriage with Marvin, she stayed at home, spending all her time taking care of and cleaning up after Jason and Marvin. She tells Marvin about how Jason disliked Marvin, disowning his own father. Throughout their marriage, Marvin was also absent from home a lot, spending his time with Whizzer, until they finally got a divorce, after which Marvin continued to spend most of his time with Whizzer. At the end of their session, Mendel tells Trina to return next week.

Trina observes how Jason spends all his time alone, expressing her concern. She offers to take him to the Jewish center, to which Jason responds with by imitating throwing up. Trina tells him that he enjoys playing chess alone, which isn't normal. Jason asks her "what is normal," and Trina admits she doesn't know. Trina asks him why he doesn't talk to anyone over the phone, before she asks him to see a psychiatrist, as he's quite a nice guy and she admires him. She tells him that she's not trying to call him neurotic, but Mendel could help him immensely. Trina embraces Jason in a hug, asking him once again if he'll see Mendel. Jason refuses, and Marvin steps in to try and persuade him as well. Trina begs Jason to listen to Marvin, as he's "not the sharpest tool in the shed," but he, at times, is right about certain things. Jason continues to refuse, telling the two that they're failures at parents. Trina is furious, hissing at him to see the psychiatrist. Jason asks to speak with Whizzer, and Trina is confused at what he's saying. He asks once again, and Whizzer comes over. Jason asks Whizzer if he should see a psychiatrist, and Trina nods furiously at Whizzer, signaling him to tell Jason to please see a psychiatrist. Jason eventually agrees, but only if Mendel comes to their house.

Trina reflects on her marriage with Marvin, especially the way that he was hardly attracted to her at all. Trina tells herself that Marvin must've done his best, considering he wasn't even attracted to women in the first place. Following their divorce, things had only gotten worse for Trina. Her life has gone to shit, and she believes Jason to be an idiot. She chastises herself for thinking such a thing, blaming herself for the problems in her life and her thoughts. Trina thinks about her opinion on Whizzer, wishing she could hate him, but can't bring herself to. Trina continues thinking, and realizes that she likes Mendel.

Trina phones Mendel, begging him to come over to their house, telling him that he must "exorcise a devil, cause it inhabits Marvin's son." Trina asks that Mendel come and talk to Jason, claiming that it may be a slight exaggeration but he's "sick in the head." Before Mendel arrives, Trina grills Jason, telling him to be himself, yet she tries to make sure he acts "normal," telling him to stop asking questions and to not be disgusting. Mendel arrives, where Jason answers the door as Trina runs from the kitchen, holding a tray of gourmet chicken merengo. She sets the dish down and holds out her hand for him to shake, where she freezes as Mendel talks about how he'll probably faint just from holding her hand. Trina unfreezes and they sit down to eat. Eventually Trina waits outside while Jason's therapy begins.

One Trina leaves, Jason begins telling Mendel he gets apoplexy thinking of his father, and he worries that he resembles his father in too many ways, to which Mendel chuckles. He asks Mendel if he sees the similarities between them. Jason starts worrying more, asking himself "if love isn't blind, what [does he] see?" Mendel tells him to stop, assuring him that nobody is screaming at him, and urges him to feel alright for the rest of his life, telling him to drop it and smile. Mendel begins dancing, which Jason stares at until he stops with a disgusted and confused expression, and asks him, "Is this therapy?" Trina rushes back into the room, showing Mendel the chicken merengo, saying it was worth the time, but she lied. Marvin then walks into the room, asking why he is always here. Whizzer then appears, lamenting on how Mendel returned, even 5 sessions later. Jason asks again if this is therapy, when all the adults say it is therapy. Jason then yells at everyone but Mendel to scram, and they do. Jason continues to talk to Mendel, asking him about his intentions to Trina, causing Mendel to attempt to leave, but Jason grabs his wrist. Jason tells Mendel that his mothers' hand is ready, it only needs a ring. He claims he will buy confetti and sing. He says he is for having to ask him about his intentions, and wonders if it ever actually crossed his mind. Mendel begins to get nervous, when Jason tells him to stop and Mendel falls back on the table. Jason tells him to look around himself at all the nice furniture, and tells him that someone, being Trina, is bringing him dinner, brought him his lunch, and washes his laundry including his socks. Jason asks him the same thing he was asked earlier, asking Mendel why doesn't he feel alright for the rest of his life. They both dance, and climb up a short staircase where Marvin, Whizzer, and Trina dance. The song ends with Jason and Mendel jumping down one step as they each have a fist in the air.

## Songs

### In Trousers

Marvin's Giddy Seizures

How the Body Falls Apart/Yours Lips and Me

My High School Sweetheart

Set Those Sails

I Am Wearing A Hat

A Breakfast Over Sugar

Whizzer Going Down

High School Ladies at Five O'Clock

The Nausea Before the Game

Love Me For What I Am

Marvin's Final Words on How America Got It's Name/Your Lips and Me - Reprise

Marvin Takes a Victory Shower

Another Sleepless Night

In Trousers (The Dream)

### March of the Falsettos

Four Jews in a Room Bitching

Tight-Knit Family/Love is Blind

My Father's a Homo/Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist

This Had Better Come to a Stop

I'm Breaking Down

Please Come to Our House/Jason's Therapy

A Marriage Proposal/Tight-Knit Family - Reprise

Trina's Song/March of the Falsettos/Trina's Song - Reprise

Making a Home

Marvin Hits Trina

I Never Wanted to Love You

### Falsettoland

Falsettoland/About Time

Year of the Child

The Baseball Game

A Day in Falsettoland

Everyone Hates His Parents

Holding to the Ground

Days Like This

Canceling the Bar Mitzvah

Jason's Bar Mitzvah

## Trivia

In *In Trousers,* Trina doesn't have a name. Her official name is "His Wife", and she is only ever referred to as "his wife" or "Marvin's Wife." Trina is not named until This Had Better Come to a Stop, when Mendel sings "Smile Trina, I'll help you mend!"

It is theorized that Marvin and Trina married out of wedlock, based on her lines in I Never Wanted To Love You.