MAX: mid-forties; the playwright; only partially anchored in the real world, he maintains a constant connection to the audience; a stoner with a wild, tangential imagination, and a deep rooted fidelity to several toxic obsessions.
BERT: late forties; Max's lover; a few years older and a decade more mature than his partner. Thick and strong, he takes care of others at the expense of his own needs.
WALLY: mid-forties; Max's best friend; a former actor turned restaurateur, he has a quick, acerbic wit mixed with a functional alcoholism. He makes sure people always have something to drink; he's the perfect host, even in someone else's home.
PATTY RUE: mid-forties; a smart, aggressive wine expert and celebrity chef wrangler, she is a Southern Belle with a saucy mouth, big red hair and a big, inviting bosom; a sexy Aunt Bea.
MICKEY: mid-fifties; a soft-lens combination of Park Avenue heiress, art world maven, and ex-rock-n-roll party chick. A former junkie, she is a sophisticated baby.
MIKEY: mid-forties; a solid, handsome sculptor with huge hands. A childhood friend of Max, he is a Jersey Boy, as well as a former junkie who found salvation in art, and the color black.
SHAMUS: African American; mid-forties; Max's ex-roommate and ex-best friend; in his prime, this man had no peers; but there has been some rough road. A meth addict and masseur.