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"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"COMEDY OF ERRORS"

"BABBITT"

"BABBITT"

"BABBITT"

"BABBITT"

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Jewish, but converted to Catholicism. He is married to Gretl and is the father of Jacob. Ebullient patriarch. Warm, sympathetic and loving with a good sense of humor. He believes strongly in the process of assimilation and will do anything in his power to give a better life to his only son.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Jewish. Husband of Eva, father of Pauli and Nellie, brother of Wilma and Hanna. He is a mathematician: clever, witty, and a true intellectual. He is Hermann's ideological opposition. Despite his strong opinions, he will put his love for his family before all else.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" ERNST: Protestant. A doctor. Husband of Wilma; father of Rosa and Sally. A kind, caring family man with a level head and distaste for danger and violence. KURT: Jewish. Husband of Hanna, father of Hermine. A respectfully dressed philosopher and a Marxist academic. He is a very supportive husband to Hanna and respects her need to distance herself from his political reputation.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Jewish. Born in Vienna, moves to New York as a student and becomes a psychoanalyst. Authoritative and witty. A kind person with a ferocious temper. Despite living through a period of great historical and familial despair, she maintains that her worst moment was forgetting where she hid the afikomen as a child. HILDE: a parlor maid.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Gentile, married to Hermann. So enthusiastic and curious about her husband's Jewish culture that she is unaware of her place of privilege. She is beautiful and wants to be remembered.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" HANNA: 18. Jewish. Younger sister of Wilma and Ludwig; wife of Kurt, mother of Hermine. She starts a bit naïve and innocent, but grows to be tough. Plays piano. HERMINE: 20s through 30s. Jewish. Daughter of Hanna and Kurt, wife of Otto and mother of Heini. Flirtatious. A good dancer. Despite her love of romance, she is very understanding of her circumstances and approaches relationships with practicality in mind.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" FRITZ: 20s. A gentile. Military officer who enters an affair with Gretl. Passionate, prideful, and cunning. OTTO: 30s. Married to Hermine, father of Heini. A charming doctor of law and economics. He is in favor of the merging of Austria and Germany as one nation; he does not mince his words. PERCY: 40s. An intelligent Englishman who extends his kindness to the family after developing a deep understanding of the danger they are in. Friendly, honest, and worrisome. RP accent.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Ludwig's sister. Married to Ernst and mother to twins Sally and Rosa. Yearns to regain the love and approval of her parents after marrying a gentile and does everything in her power to earn it.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" A young Jewish boy. Son of Ludwig and Eva. Sweet brother to Nellie. ZAC: Jewish, 30s. Caring father of Nathan, Mimi, and Bella. Balances his appreciation for tradition with his love for his hesitant wife. CIVILIAN: a powerful, intimidating, and authoritative figure; an outsider.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" Son of Hermann and Gretl. After deciding he wanted to be a soldier from a young age, he is severely wounded in World War One. This experience makes him a realist with strong opinions on government, politics, Judaism, and revolution. LEO: Ages from childhood through 20s. Jewish, with a slight British accent as he ages.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" EVA: 30s. Self-proclaimed "bad Jew." A devoted wife and mother with a quick wit, unafraid to speak her mind. NELLIE: Ages from her 20s through 40s. Jewish. The daughter of Eva and Ludwig, sister of Pauli, and mother of Leo. Educated, warm, witty, and intelligent; a socialist.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" POLDI: The family's housekeeper-cook. She is unreasonably powerful yet incredibly loyal. HANNA in her 50s: Jewish. Poised. Full of protective love for her family. Plays piano as HANNA..

"LEOPOLDSTAT" AARON: Jewish. Husband of Nellie, father of Leo. A working-class intellectual who doesn't take himself too seriously. NATHAN: Ages from childhood through 30s. Jewish. Son of Sally and Zac. Auschwitz survivor. Mathematician. He has strong opinions and the ability to articulate them passionately and effectively. Proud of his heritage, outspoken about what he and his family have endured.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" EMILIA: 80s. Jewish. A loving matriarch with a quick wit who passively resents her family's turning away from tradition. She cares deeply about the preservation of family memories and identities. EVA: in her 60s. She has faith in her and Ludwig's ability to persevere. Believes that the worst is behind them, making her immobile to the possibility of the danger to come. Proudly and defiantly Austrian, Jewish, and a mother.

"LEOPOLDSTAT" JANA, the family's nursemaid, tasked with caring for several children of various ages during holidays. SALLY: Ages 30s through 50s. Jewish. A devoted mother who wants what is best for her children and is forced to navigate the uncertainty of what that might be in real time. Her passion can become loud, unabashed, and frantic at times.

"KUNENE AND THE KING" A famous White South African actor, well known for his memorable performances in classical plays, especially Shakespearean plays. He lives alone in an apartment in Killarney in the northern suburbs of

"UNCLE VANYA" A retired professor.

"UNCLE VANYA" YELENA. Alexandre’s second wife.

"UNCLE VANYA" SONYA. Alexandre’s daughter from his first marriage.

"UNCLE VANYA" GRANDMAMAN. Mother of the professor’s first wife.

"UNCLE VANYA" A doctor.

"UNCLE VANYA" WAFFLES. An impoverished landowner, lodging with the family.

"UNCLE VANYA" An elderly nanny/nursemaid to the family

"FRANKENSTEIN" Attractive and charismatic.

"FRANKENSTEIN" Plain.

"FRANKENSTEIN" Impressive.

"FRANKENSTEIN" Distinctive. Sounds like a terrifying monster when heard, apart from the specified lines/scene in the script.