4 high school aged girls, one black, one Latina, one must be white, and one can be cast any ethnicity.
1 adult male.
Note on the "Centers on LGBTQ Characters" tag: while one of the characters is a lesbian, the action does not center around her.

Please cast female-identified performers as the girls.

All students are 17-19. All girls. All seniors:

Tara.
Female, black, popular (by any means necessary). Wants to be seen. And wants to be the one everyone looks to for trends, advice, what to think, wear, say, and do. Incredibly sharp. She's able to use reason, fact, and logic to justify her severe attacks upon others. Because she can. Comes from money but not from love. Tara uses social media for VISIBILITY.

Andi.
Female, white. BF’s with Tara, though she may not like her all the time, she’s obsessively enamored with her. Academically mediocre and fine with that. Well-liked at school. Sliding by in all aspects of life. Distant/Absent family members. On the basketball team, and serious about it, but constantly on academic probation. Likes to talk “street” but it’s a front. Openly gay, secretly crushing on Tara. Uses social media to SEARCH and FOLLOW.

Shauna.
Female, any ethnicity. A seeker: of information, of approval, of help. Popular enough, but only at the mercy of Tara and Andi. She’s the student in class who can always find the right answer but doesn’t always know what to do with it. Interested in knowledge. She knows how to work a system to her benefit. She’s biding her time before she can get out of school and make different, better friends. Secretly a gamer. Uses social media for its PERSISTENCE and CONSISTENCY.

Mercedes.
Female, Latina. The outsider. From a different neighborhood than the other girls. Just started at this school at the beginning of her senior year, after a semester of homeschooling. Quiet, attempts to blend and disappear, but is unsuccessful due to the fact that she sticks out like a sore thumb. From a very Christian Conservative family, her manner reflects that, and when she bothers to speak in school, it's to be proudly vocal for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This doesn't earn her a ton of friends and makes her an easy target. Mercedes had an older brother who fucked up with drugs and gangs and was a fatal victim of a gang-related shooting. Her family turned to their church for succor in their time of grief, and they are very protective of Mercedes, their only living child. Mercedes uses social media to SPREAD and to HIDE.

Erik.
37. White. Idealist. Teaches English and Drama but would much rather just be teaching Drama. In recovery through AA for about three years now. Was raised religious but lost it as he entered adulthood. From a small town, Erik had dreams of making it as an actor in Chicago. Truly loves theater. Lets his job consume his life, and this sometimes allows him to get caught up in “student drama.”