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Breakdown
THE SOLID SAND BELOW
FLORES
Male, early-20’s, Latino.
JACKSON
Male, early-20’s, African-American. Also plays C.R.O. and the CUSTOMER.
EVANS
Male, mid-20’s, Caucasian. Also plays JOHN.
PERRERA
Male, mid-20’s, Latino. Also plays SANTIAGO.
SARGE
Male, early-30’s. Also plays MARV.
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SAMSARA
KATIE
Female, mid to late 30s, female, Caucasian. Uptight, put together, a winner. Desperately yearns for a baby.
CRAIG
Male, mid to late 30s, male, Caucasian, her husband. A people pleaser, awkward. The beta in his marriage, slightly ambivalent about his wants in life.
SURAIYA
Female, twentysomething but appears younger, female, Indian, their surrogate (also plays BABY). Sarcastic, not easily impressed, not an emotional person.
AMIT
Male, appears to be the same age as Suraiya, Indian, a fetus (also plays INDIAN WOMAN IN LABOR, SURROGATE 1, MAILMAN). Playful, dramatic, lots of energy.
FRENCHMAN
Male, any age, male, very French, a figment of Katie’s imagination (also plays DOCTOR, ORPHAN, SURROGATE 2). French in an almost stereotypical, cartoony way, but with a hidden side of menace.
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A GREAT WILDERNESS:
WALT
Mid-seventies, male.
DANIEL:
16, male.
ABBY:
Mid-to-late sixties, female.
TIM
Mid-to-late sixties, male.
EUNICE
Forties or early fifties, female.
JANET
Late forties or early fifties, female.
VOICEOVER ON THE TELEVISION
Male or female.
LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD:
SULA
Mid 20s Haitian woman. Strong and determined. An unearthly beauty with a fierce spirit and a devotion to her child. Running from her child’s father and her past.
CAROLYN
40s White American woman. She has 13 children. She’s forward, brash at times, hardened, but also caring and kind with a wicked sense of humor. She’s a nurse at a nursing home.
JOEL
Early 30s Haitian-American man. A landlord. A caretaker-by-default-and-by-nature of most of the building’s inhabitants. He’s a little awkward, but kind and charismatic, with a good sense of humor about himself. He’s very warm.
TOUSSAINT/MAN
Early 30s Haitian man. TOUSSAINT exists only in SULA’s dreams as an adult incarnation of her son. The part is doubled with MAN. MAN is Toussaint’s father. He is a powerful, sexually dynamic force. He is darkness incarnate, ferocious, terrifying; a god of death in a man’s clothing.
MADISON
Early/Mid 30s Haitian-American woman. Upper Middle Class, out of touch with her Haitian roots. In an unhappy marriage, but trying to hold on to the idea of what her life should be. She’s married to TREVOR and hires SULA as the nanny for her son.
VISHAL
Mid/Late 20s Multi-Ethnic Trinidadian man. He is a gigolo, gay, and fabulous in his own right. Smart as a whip, witty, caring and very protective of his friends.
TREVOR
Mid 30s White American man. A white-collar guy. He’s married to MADISON, but unhappily so. He is somewhat duplicitous, but mostly he’s hurt, and very humanly weak. His power shows in his professional life.
MANUEL/REVEREND
50s/60s Latino man. MANUEL is a 113 years old Cuban man living in a nursing home. A bitter old man, with a sharp tongue. He just wants to die already. The part is doubled with the REVEREND.
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THE OREGON TRAIL
Characters in the Present:
JANE
An angsty contemporary young lady, prone to depression (plays 13 and 24)
MARY ANNE
her slightly OCD sister, a violinist (plays 16 and 28) (also plays 1848 MARY ANNE, THEN JANE’s perfect older sister)
BILLY
the hottest pre-pubescent guy in school (14-16)
Characters in 1848:
THEN JANE
a young girl traversing the country with her family, via the Oregon Trail (plays 12-13)
MARY ANNE
her seemingly perfect sister (played by contemporary Mary Anne)
CLANCY
their father, gruff, salt of the earth, 40s
LITTLE BASKET
a young Shoshone girl (also plays Jessica)
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ALL THE ROADS HOME:
MADELEINE/JULIA/ADE
A daring teenager, full of hope/A teenager in Max’s fantasy/ A traveling singer: a siren, a handful of trouble, a Southern girl with moonshine in her veins where blood should run, early 20s
CATHY/MAX/MERCY
Madeleine’s older sister, late 20’s/ Madeleine’s teenage daughter: rebellious and hungry /Ade’s sister, of a similar nature: she burned down a barn once with a man in it, early 20’s
TEACHER /DOLLY PARTON/ NIX
A dance teacher: strict but kind, 30’s/Max’s spirit guide and companion, 30’s/Max’s daughter: strong, capable, and deeply lonely, early 20’s
MICHAEL/PHOENIX/TRACE
Cathy’s husband: a doctor, mid 30’s/A shaggy haired dreamer, teenager Max’s age/ Ade and Mercy’s brother: calm, stoic, and careful, early 30’s
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EVANSTON: A RARE COMEDY
SHARON RICHARDSON
Caucasian woman, mid-40s, divorced
BETSEY
Caucasian woman, early 40s, married without kids
MARTA MENDELSON
Caucasian woman, mid 40s, intelligent but emotionally vacant
LIEF MENDELSON
Caucasian man, early 40s, a professor of economics at Northwestern University
DAN
College student, 21, any race, potentially but not necessarily androgynous
ISOBEL MENDELSON
High school student, 15, average
CARYN
Whole Foods employee, 24, African-American
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LOST LAKE
VERONICA
African-American woman, 30s
HOGAN
White man, late 40s/early 50s
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