THE CAST

(in alphabetical order) Luca Will Angie Thomas Max Ana Lucia Allison Eleanor Mark Madelyn Anna Aubrey Marlena Birdy Lucy R. Ernest Hannah Simon Abramov Madalyn Alfonso Tori Bocchino Mya Brady Crystal Bui Gabrielle Caroselli Brittany Davis Taylor Degorter Natalie Delille Natalya Dumont Charissa Mattera Charlotte Fenton Katie Foley Nicole Gatto Rania Ghoneim Olivia Hockenberry Sabrina Kaminer Alexis Suzanne Debbie Betsy Ray Charlie C. Charlie E. Angela Jack Johnny Lucien Bertha Clay Lucy E. Franz Frank George Grace Dalia Kirshenblat Valerie Kostiouchenko Briana Lopez Sam Luca Sofia Malmoli Charissa Mattera Emma Meyerson Rhieye Millare Julia Moore Nina Moss Samuel Netel Katherine Newell Maggie Oneil Emily Pichardo Peter Roytman Marco Varisco Zach Vogel Zuzanna Zurek

Character Descriptions in their own words Alexis a videogame programmer, and tomboy. Aged 19. Allison a widower. She killed him, but it was an accident. Newly released from an institution. Aged 42. Ana Lucia a memoirist, author of Below the Influence about her fathers substance abuse. In love with Luca. Aged 26. Angela a soon-to-be-bride in the throes of wedding planning. Aged 27. Angie a loner, who likes Central Park, pumpkin pie, and the Lower East Side. Aged 19. Anna recently lost her parents in a car accident. Is finding her footing. Aged 17. Aubrey a widower living, temporarily, on a friends couch. Is an ambulance chaser attorney. From Phoenix, but dreams of visiting Ghana someday. Aged 57. Bertha Believes she is 135 years old and the widow of JFK. Likes burritos with sour cream and without the burrito. Lives in an institution. Aged 135. Betsy Is homeless. Makes her own clothes from fabric she finds in the trash. Her parents died accidentally from a kitchen fire when she was cooking. Aged 17. Birdy Charlie M. a former construction worker. Now lives in an institution and likes bread, rice crispy treats, and his one friend, Bertha. Aged 31. Charlie E. an abstract artist and teacher from downtown Pittsburgh. Aged 47. (Please see reverse side.)

Clay a genius and truant from Jersey. Attends an all-boys school where he recently and unsuccessfully attempted to start a fire in the cafeteria. Aged 17. Debbie works with rescue animals. Loves a cat named Impulse. Aged 17. Eleanor in rehab for drug use that began in junior high school with LSD. Originally from Florida. Aged 25. Ernest a former Navy Captain in the Korean War. Earned a Purple Heart. Estranged from his son. Aged 81. Frank a former Air Traffic Controller from La Guardia Airport. Quit due to stress, wife divorced him. Lives alone in a small town. Aged 45. Franz a foreign-exchange medical student. Looking for a hard-working woman. Aged 21. George a retired bus driver and widower. Carries a Bible to be closer to the dead. Aged 64. Grace husband abandoned her with little explanation. An art teacher trying to manage her anger. Aged 32. Hannah a filmmaker/documentarian. Newly engaged. Aged 26. Jack a devoted widower. Still remembers his wedding day when his wife was dressed like a cupcake. Aged 91. Johnny wants to turn his father in for abusing his mother and abandoning them. A loner. Enjoys watercolor painting. Aged 19. Luca a math teacher. Lost his mother, tragically. Is in love with Ana Lucia. Aged 27. Lucien a hired hit-man for the family business in Chicago. Aged 35. Lucy G. the oldest of six children. Is a pre-med student with little time for fun. Aged 19. Lucy E. recently discovered her father is a mayor in Connecticut. Struggling to learn the ropes of the upper class. Aged 19. Madelyn manager of the Barnes and Noble in Park Slope, and a published author. A loner without need for friends, pets, or plants. Aged 42. Mark a ladies man who wants to change his ways, but is not sure how. Got kicked out of Yale. Stands to inherit his fathers car dealerships. Aged 22. Marlena aspires to be a NYC fashion designer. Loves the color black and a cat named Whiskers. Aged 19. Max loves the Brooklyn Public library, beat-box, and Kim Kardashian. Aged 18. Ray a visual art student from La Guardia High School. Parents own a bookstore in DUMBO. Aged 16. Suzanne aspires to be an editor for the New York Times. From a small town that shed rather forget. Aged 27. Thomas a medical student struggling with his sexuality and coming out to his father. Aged 21. Will a used car salesman abandoned by his wife and son. Hired a private investigator to find them. Has been struggling with alcoholism since they left. Aged 39.