Characters
The original was a one man show, with four band members. The star would play Jesus, Matthew and several minor characters. The band members played characters that required minimal acting. The show is also commonly done with a full cast where the characters are played by different people.
- Matthew
- Also plays: Messenger, Joe, Cattle Farmer, Herod, Politician, Jesus, John the Baptizer, Satan I, Satan II, Satan III, Rock, Tourist, Reverend Boyd Bissel, Businessman, President, Senator, Television Preacher, Jud, Pilate, Angel.
- Band/Disciples
- Also plays: Heavenly Host, Herod's Men, Neighbors, Wedding Reception Guests, John's Choir, God, Heavenly Choir, Gospel Quartet.
The four band members are also:
- Jim (plays Neighbor I, Joe in "You Are Still My Boy", Gossip II)
- Jack (plays Woman in "Mama Is Here", Senator's Daughter, Timmy, Mary, Gossip IV)
- Andy (plays Gossip I)
- Tom (Plays Tanya, Gossip III)
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Famous quotes containing the word characters:
“To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has “never had a chance, poor devil,” you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.”
—Margot Asquith (1864–1945)
“White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light.... They are too pure to have a market value; they contain no muck. How much more beautiful than our lives, how much more transparent than our characters are they! We never learned meanness of them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)