CHARACTERS

LEADS (3)

(VOCAL RANGES)

WILL DU BOIS – FCC Clerk (light tenor)
20-something, gangly, suit with frayed hole in knee, red/bright sneakers

Traits: Expressive face/body, thinker, listener, tries to please

 

SANKET PATEL – FCC Boss (dark tenor)
Middle-aged, large, imposing physique, yet controlled

Traits:  Dominates, commands, can mock conduct,  mouths words with choir, can transform into looming presence

 

ARIEL (ARI) – Nature's Witness (child or light-voiced adult soprano)
Ageless ethereal person, wearing street clothes

Traits: confident, a little bit naughty like child (expression-wise), yet stately

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC (4)

JENNIFER (JEN) WRIGHT – artist, activist (soprano)
50-something, tough red-head, short hair
Traits: assertive, bold, action-oriented

 

PETER (PETE) CALKINS – organic farmer (tenor)
30-something, strong family/farm protector, baseball cap, diabetic
Traits: shows physical support, gives an arm, escorts others

 

TRACI MORRISON – school teacher (alto)
20-something, long flowing hair, wide-brimmed hat, casual hippie style, wooden cross around neck
Traits: sensitive, capable, standing up for children, faith-filled

 

DR. ALFRED (AL) SHEPHERD– geophysics professor (bass)
45 to 50-something, jazzy looking African American man, intellectual,
Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) for Parkinson’s

Traits: mental acuity (facial expressions, thinking stances), and gracefully show loss of balance/falling issue

INDUSTRY CHOIR (4)

Choir as regulators, salespeople, engineers, consumers & zombies

Casey Montgomery (soprano)
slim brunette with flip hair

Roger Kraft (tenor)
bearded fair-haired man with glasses

Giuseppe (Beppe) Rossi (bass)
seasoned, weathered-looking gentleman

Judith Steele (alto)
African American woman, strong, aware

 

Sanket Patel (silent choir member)
(see leads)

BIT PARTS Silent (6 to 10)

(Doubling is possible)

 

Baby Will and Mom

High School aged Will, teacher & 2 classmates

 

1 Physician in doctor garb

1 Scientist holding volume(s) of studies

Mother holding baby

Girl with mother, age 7 to 10, pouty

2-3 more mixed adults, onstage audience in FCC hearing room