Marvin (lead)
Tenor/Baritone; 30-40. Marvin has left his wife Trina for his lover, a gay man named Whizzer, despite being the one responsible for breaking up his family Marvin fully intends to “have it all.” He is not able to accept reality or to understand adult relationships in a meaningful way. He is desperate to reconcile his traditional family life with his love for his gay lover.

Trina
Mezzo/Soprano; 30-40. Marvin’sex-wife, mother of Jason. Charmingly neurotic in her effort to understand the conflicting feelings she has in the aftermath of her divorce. She consults Mendel, her husband’s psychiatrist, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries.

Whizzer
Tenor; 25-35. Marvin’s exciting lover, handsome, athletic, confident, and HIV-positive. Has a tempestuous relationship with Marvin. Whizzer does not see the point of monogamy. Marvin and Whizzer both love fighting and are extremely competitive.

Mendel
Tenor/Baritone; 30-40. Initially Marvin’s psychiatrist, he becomes the family psychiatrist, treating Trina and Jason. He falls desperately in love with Trina and shows more maturity toward her family situation than Marvin ever did.

Jason
10-18 (able to play 13). Marvin and Trina’s son. Bookish and awkward, Jason’s impending bar mitzvah, his parents’ divorce, and the entrance of Whizzer into his life leave him confused, angry, and trying to sort it all out.

Dr. Charlotte
Mezzo Soprano; 30-40. Dr. Charlotte and her partner Cordelia are neighbors and friends of Marvin’s family. Charlotte loves her job as a doctor, but becomes increasingly concerned when she notices a mysterious illness circulating among the gay men in NY.

Cordelia
Soprano; 25-35. ‘’Shiksa’ Cordelia, very sweet and friendly, and although not Jewish, is a kosher caterer in NY. She and Charlotte have no children of their own, so they’ve been more or less adopted into Marvin’s.