Cast
The cast includes 10 members – 5 men and 5 women. The main characters also double as minor characters during certain scenes, creating a virtual cast of 18.
- (The 1996 publication added the "Host", an MC or the director of the play, who is not part of the cast. He or she only reads an introductory monologue after the first scene.)
Main Characters:
- Jim Elliot
- Elisabeth Elliot
- Pete Fleming (student)
- Olive Fleming (Miriam Shuell)
- Ed McCully (Wayne and Albert Shuell)
- Marilou McCully (Dayuma)
- Nate Saint (Bob)
- Marj Saint (Mrs. Shuell)
- Roger Youderian (Preacher)
- Barbara Youderian
Minor Characters:
- Wayne, Jim's high school friend
- Bob, Jim's high school's student body president
- an unnamed Wheaton College student
- Preacher, the pastor of the Shuells' church (also the leader of the Christian club)
- Albert Shuell
- Mrs. Shuell, his wife
- Miriam Shuell, their daughter and friend of Nate Saint
- Dayuma
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