The roles of SCARLET/DUCKIE/HOBBS can be played by any gender and pronouns may be changed accordingly. The name SCARLET may be changed to SCOTTIE.
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A girl with a huge heart, classic teenage angst, and a newly discovered voice (Age: 18).
Initially seen as a woman at the bottom of the barrel, and later as a woman living her best life (Age 45).
Samantha's best friend. A trend setter and feminist before feminism was trendy (Age: 18).
Samantha's secret crush, he is shy and sensitive in the way that Led Zeppelin fans often are (Age: 18).
This boy will not survive the #metoo movement as he ages. Samantha's bully of a high school boyfriend and eventual ex-husband (Age: 18).
Cooper's friend. He basically started Dungeons and Dragons as like a thing. One day, he will invent "apps" and marry Camelia (Age: 18).
HOTEL CLERK (a wry sense of humor and an unusual hairdo will get her far). SAMANTHA'S MOM (never met a Jane Fonda video she couldn't drink a Tab while watching. She's the kind of mom with secret passions who also sometimes forgets her daughter's birthday) (Age: 40s).
Spanish Teacher at the high school.
A Madonna lookalike at Studio Nightclub.
STAGE MANAGER, PRINCIPAL KANEFSKY, ADULT COOPER ROY (Samantha's husband in a revised alt-realty) (Age: 40s).
TEEN 1: HOTEL CONCIERGE, DEBBIE WALLER, Sam's replacement in the band. Never met another girl she wasn't ready to buoy. A sensitive, pragmatic feminist ahead of her time. A Joan Cusack-esque gal.
TEEN 2: HOBBS TOTONCHI. "Hobbs on Keys" is what he wants on his gravestone. Ella is what he wants for the dance.
TEEN 3: DUCKIE MELBER, the anxious drummer in Cooper's band with a mad crush on Scarlet.
TEEN 4: ELLA MENKEN, Sam and Camelia’s friend. She loves lip gloss so much, she keeps one in each pocket, her locker, and her Trapper-Keeper. She is a closet brainiac.
TEEN 5: SCARLET WALTON, Sam and Camelia's other friend. She is serious about two things in the world: Ralph Macchio and fashion.
TEEN 6: GAVIN LOUIS, Johnny's sidekick. He's never been in an actual fight, but he has threatened to "punch the lights out" of 27 kids in his graduating class. This week.
TEEN 7: HOTEL GUEST, STUDENT, LESLIE HUFFINGTON (a Teen Madonna lookalike).
TEEN 8: STUDENT, LACY (Adult Sam and Adult Cooper's daughter).
TEEN 9: STUDENT, GREG (Adult Sam and Adult Cooper's son).