Characters
The characters who appear onstage are as follows:
- Max, 70 - The patriarch of the family.
- Lenny, early 30s - Max's son.
- Sam, 63 - Max's brother.
- Joey, middle 20s - Max's son.
- Teddy, middle 30s - Max's son.
- Ruth, early 30s - Teddy's wife.
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“For the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?”
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