LUKE JAMES - 25-30; likeable; enthusiastic; hopelessly incompetent. A
CIA agent on his first field assignment. We are left to wonder how he
ever got the job. He gets caught in his own booby traps, he walks into
walls, he sets fire to the kitchen, he gets a bucket stuck on his head,
etc. In short, if there's a wrong way to do something, he'll find it! He
continues to repeat throughout the play, "I can do that!" but, in fact
as Margaret says, "He really can't do anything."
DANIEL WARREN -
50-60; competent, a "tough guy" with a quick, dry wit. Daniel introduces
himself as a retired Marine Corps Sergeant. In fact, he is a mercanary
hired by OPEC. He is "all business," and quickly realizes how easily he
can handle Luke James. Possessing a sharp southern wit, he is never at a
loss for words, especially when he repeatedly catches the Reverend
Samuel Abernathy in compromising situations. Pursued relentlessly by
Margaret, he manages to remain professional, and complete his
assignment.
MARGARET JOHNSON - 35-55; attractive; determined; a
"sexual predator." She is an Assistant Secretary of State, she is a
professional, and as we would expect, good at her job. However, it is
the other side of Margaret, which brings her character to life. She
appears to be run by her libido. Never subtle, Margaret relentlessly
pursues Daniel throughout the play. Despite his repeated rejections, she
will not take no for an answer. Ever resourceful, she continually finds
new ways to entice him into her bed.
THE REVEREND SAMUEL ABERNATHY -
50-60; arrogant; bombastic; but never-the-less, sincere in his beliefs.
A quintessential television evangelist, complete with white linen suit
and pompadour hairstyle. He tends to "talk down" to people and is
constantly preaching. Eventually however, we see he does not always
practice what he preaches. Throughout the play, he constantly
misinterprets everything he sees and hears, until finally, he is left
totally and thoroughly confused, and presents himself as a rather
pathetic figure.
MILLICENT - 25-30; shy; frumpy; compassionate; then
finally, "a bombshell." The Reverend Samuel Abernathy's secretary. She
is correctly referred to by Samuel as "an innocent". She is dowdy and
unglamorous, in fact, "A Plain Jane," who makes no attempt to improve
her appearance. It is only when she finds herself attracted to Luke,
that we see what is perhaps the real Millicent. After taking a seduction
lesson from Heather, she emerges from her shell, in one of the plays
most hilarious scenes.
HEATHER ANN FARADAY - 30-35; glamorous; sexy;
smart; has a great sense of humor. Introduces herself as the neighbor
from the next cabin, but she is, in fact, Daniel's partner and fellow
O.P.E.C. agent. She plays the role of the Chagos Islands Representative
with competence and a great deal of Panache. Although a mercenary, she
shows a kind and sympathetic side when Millicent asks her for help.
RANGER
DON - Unassuming; competent; business-like. He is, in fact, Donna
Yarid, the real representative of the Chagos Islands, Disguised as a
man. A brief role, but one, which at the very end of the play, holds the
key to the entire plot.