ACTOR 1 - JAY - African-American Male
ACTOR 2 - QUINTON - African-American Male
ACTOR 3 - OOBIE/DAD - African-American Male
ACTOR 4 - CASSIE - African-American Female, brown-to-dark skinned
ACTOR 5 - GRANDMOTHER/SASHA/PUPPET 1 - African-American Female
ACTOR 6 - AARON- White Male, short
ACTOR 7 - MELODY/BARBARA MANDRELL/SALESPERSON - Jewish/White Female
ACTOR 8 - CHAD/PUPPET 2 - White Male, tall
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
JAY African-American male, marches to the beat of his own drum. Wide-eyed, naïve and sensitive.
QUINTON African-American male, Cool. Jay's earliest friend from childhood. Protective. Considers himself a lady’s man.
OOBIE African-American male, materialistic and worldly. Mispronounces words.
AARON White male. Follower. Tries too hard. Not self-conscious in regard to his racism.
CASSIE African-American female, brown-to-dark skin. Resilient. No-nonsense and yet vulnerable.
MELODY (MEL) Jewish female. Middle class. Genuine. An optimist. Comes from a liberal family.
CHAD White male. Older kid. Bully. Perhaps failed a grade. Brash and bristly.
GRANDMOTHER African-American adult female. Cassie's grandmother. Strict.
SASHA African-American female. Speaks and acts her heart. Down-to-earth. Confident.
DAD African-American adult male. Jay’s father. Loving and supportive.
BARBARA MANDRELL White adult female. Legendary country singer. Figment of Jay’s imagination.
SALESPERSON White adult.
PUPPETS 1 & 2