This character list reflects the Broadway cast in which one female actor and one male actor played all the female and male roles other than Delia and Peter. Productions can recreate the Broadway casting or can use individual actors to play one or any combination of the characters.
DELIA – Somewhere north of fifty, a writer, girlish, funny, emotional, and very alive.
PETER – Somewhere north of fifty, a psychiatrist/Jungian psycho-analyst, intense, confident, an outdoor guy.
HONEY – A small dog.
CHARLOTTE – Another small dog.
Additional female roles:
DEENA – Delia’s age, screenwriter and novelist, rabid Dodgers fan, a California woman, very pulled together.
JULIA – Delia’s age, English, a writer, theatrical.
JESSIE – A little younger than Delia, a writer/director, soulful, both compassionate and tough, spiritual and earthy.
ALICE – Delia’s age, one hundred percent Berkeley, a practicing psychologist.
DR. ROBOZ – Late forties to early fifties, a brilliant oncologist, a doctor with a touch of girlfriend.
VERIZON PHONE REPRESENTATIVES and ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROSIE
WAITRESS
BRIDE IN SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS DANCE
PILOT
HOSPITAL VISITOR
NURSE
Additional male roles:
MITCH – Early sixties, Delia’s neighbor, cool, a designer.
RICHARD – Charming infirm older man, English.
DR. KOEN VAN BESIEN (also known as VB) – Fifties, head of the transplant unit, Belgian, dignified, brilliant, modest, fluent in English.
VERIZON PHONE REPRESENTATIVES
EYE DOCTOR
VERIZON REPAIR PERSON
WAITER
GROOM IN SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS DANCE
PILOT
ORDERLY
MALE NURSE
If possible, the dogs should be real. Their independent actions can be limited to running out onstage if the actor offers a treat. Otherwise the dogs can be carried, handed from one actor to another, or fussed over (on the ground) so they are almost never running around loose.
This character list reflects the Broadway cast in which one female actor and one male actor played all the female and male roles other than Delia and Peter. Productions can recreate the Broadway casting or can use individual actors to play one or any combination of the characters.
If possible, the dogs should be real. Their independent actions can be limited to running out onstage if the actor offers a treat. Otherwise the dogs can be carried, handed from one actor to another, or fussed over (on the ground) so they are almost never running around loose.