Minerva

Minerva is an antagonist of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. She is the shorter, fleshier sister of Calliope, a stepsister of Cinderella, and a daughter of the latter's stepmother. Natalie Desselle-Reid played her.

It is shown that when she is nervous, Minerva scratches herself.

It is said that the reason Minerva was chosen to have a different skin tone was to avoid an allegory to slavery because in this production, her biological relatives were played by white actress and Cinderella was played by a black one.