CASTING CALL

ALEX 

Late 40’s, comfortably off, academic. Upper middle class. Relaxed, sophisticated of thought. Genial but somehow reserved. 

HETTY 

Early 30’s, bubbly, ex-dancer, photographer. Bright and cheeky. Sex positive but innocent with it. Genuinely vivacious. Disarmingly frank.

GILLY 

Mid 40’s, handsome, housewife. Intelligent and curious. Oppressed but not defeated by the trials of marriage. She rises to most occasions. Her slight bitterness with life’s disappointments she takes out only on her husband, and herself. Her sexual drive has been smothered, but is still there.

JAKE 

Late 40’s, casual conservative, teacher. Lower middle class, working class background. Personable but slightly edgy. Chippy on occasions.  

JEFF 

Mid 50’s, strong-jawed American, Republican through and through. A business consultant. Dominant in most situations, respectfully or otherwise, as the whim takes him.

MAGDALENA 

Mid 40’s, Russian, wiry, attractive. Very outspoken and honest. A nymphomaniac. An alcoholic. Underneath her lust for life, a huge sadness born of displacement.

TIM 

Early 40’s, amiable, actor and phone sales. He’s gauche and genuine. He likes soft drugs. Hard to discern his level of intelligence because he’s refused to grow up. 

CAMILLA 

Late 40's, austere, painter, arts and craft supplies. She’s controlling and opinionated.

LUCY 

Late 30's, angular, quiet, dignified. A trans-woman. Lucy plays gentle high or low status. Knowing when to display which is her hard-earned survival strategy.