cost drivers

6 characters • 2 settings onstage at the same time • scalable

  • 6 Characters

    • ANNE 40-60  White; David’s wife; middle class heroin addict; childless; maternal; educated; kind; lost

    • DAVID 40-60  White; Anne’s husband; immigration lawyer; wound tight; whoever he was, he isn’t now

    • SAVANNAH / JULIE 40-60  White; Anne’s fiercely protective childhood friend; a culturally conservative, red, white, and blue hot mess; fakes (badly) a Southern belle, but is actually from New England; her real name is Julie but she has adopted the name Savannah

    • RAFIQ 20-25  LGBTQ+; Afghan refugee; he is the beating heart and soul of the play; onstage almost all the time, he is quiet, watching, reacting

    • JASON 45  inclusive casting; a mysterious, brilliant, curious man unfettered by personal, geographical, or national boundaries; wry; detached; kind; Savannah mistakes his attention for romantic interest

    • HENRY 29  Black, LGBTQ+; bartender; funny; straight shooter; takes care of people

    • TV ANNOUNCER VO Only; can be recorded or a doubled role

  • 2 Settings, real or impressionistic, simple or elaborate, can be onstage at the same time

  • Scalable to theatre type and size