Characters
- Albert Peterson – Conrad Birdie's manager who formerly aspired to be an English teacher
- Rose "Rosie" Alvarez – Albert's secretary and long-suffering girlfriend
- Conrad Birdie – a 1950s rock and roll star a la Elvis Presley
- Kim MacAfee – a teenage girl who is chosen to receive the 'one last kiss' from Conrad Birdie
- Mr. MacAfee – Kim and Randolph's befuddled father
- Mrs. MacAfee – Kim and Randolph's mother
- Randolph MacAfee – Kim's well-behaved younger brother
- Hugo Peabody – Kim's boyfriend or "steady" who is quite jealous of Conrad
- Mae Peterson – Albert's overbearing and prejudiced mother
- Ursula Merkle – Kim's hyperactive best friend, a Conrad Birdie enthusiast
- Gloria Rasputin – a curvaceous blond Mae hopes will entice Albert away from Rosie
- The Mayor – the mayor of Sweet Apple
- The Mayor's Wife – his repressed wife
- Ed Sullivan – the host of the Ed Sullivan Show; an unseen character
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“It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect. The human being disappears to the same degree as the individual emerges.”
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