CANDACE – Female, manager of the store, 30s.
RACHEL – Female, great-niece of the recently deceased owner of the store, late 20s.
MARIE – Female, assistant to real estate tycoon Max Brewer, any age.
ELLEN – Female, clerk in the bookstore, any age.
SVEN – Male, clerk in the bookstore, any age.
KIM – Any gender, clerk in the bookstore, any age.
JAMIE – Any gender, getting married today, around the age of Also Jamie.
ALSO JAMIE – Any gender, getting married today, around the age of Jamie.
ALEXIS – Female, book clerk with uncanny ability to find the right book for you, any age.
WOMAN IN A GAS MASK – Any age.
NEIL – Male, clerk in the bookstore, younger than Jane.
JANE DRICKEN – Female, a novelist, 40s or older.
RYAN – Male, English bookseller, posh English accent, 30s-40s.
A MAN IN ELIZABETHAN GARB – Male, any age.
TED – Male, around Ellen’s age.
MILES – Male, author of The Secret History of the Largest Bookstore in New England.
SUE – Female, any age.
DR. HERN – Any gender, any age.
MISS WHITHERLY – Female, around the same age as Greg.
SADIE – Female, around Josh’s age.
JOSH – Male, around Sadie’s age.
TURTLEDOVE – Any gender, attracted to Byron.
BYRON – Any gender, attracted to Turtledove.
GREG – Male, bearded, around the same age as Miss Whitherly, lost.
MARRIED FRIEND – Any gender, any age.
ANTHONY – Male, wears a suit, around the same age as Rachel.
MAX BREWER – Male, real estate magnate, fancy.
MACHINA (MAC) ROGERS – Male, around the same age as Rachel.
All characters can be any race. Please try very hard for a diverse cast in every sense of the word “diverse.” All parts can be doubled except Candace and Rachel. Jamie and Also Jamie are probably of the same gender.