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:
“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)
“Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Waxed-fleshed out-patients
Still vague from accidents,
And characters in long coats
Deep in the litter-baskets
All dodging the toad work
By being stupid or weak.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)