Can be performed with 2 women or female-identifying actors, or up to 4 women or female-identifying actors.
THE LIBRARIAN, female or female-identifying. Any age over 35. A person who might have lived in a city, or thought she'd live in a city, or did live in a city until life happened. Funny with a side of sly. Smart without question. A woman who loves what she does.
Most of the time.
THE MOTHER, female, late 30s - 50s. A Woman Who Cares. Who has lived a surprising amount of life. More layered than she appears, than she's allowed to be, or than she chooses to reveal. Genuinely religious. A woman who loves her children. All of the time.
THE MANAGER, may be played by the same actress as The Librarian. A middle manager on her way to the next level. Corporate Material. Compulsively inarticulate, often interrupting herself. Not a word person. Something surprising and almost violent dressed in management training. A woman who loves her job. And her fish.
THE EDITOR, may be played by the same actress as The Librarian and The Manager. Another mother. A different mother. A hugger. A woman who loves a good book. A woman who wants to help.