Characters and Casting

Characters and Casting

1. Saint Monica- Female, African American age not specified, Mother Of Saint Augustine, Father of the Church , God’s Nag. Nags to God about whatever news bad or good, she has found out for the day. She is not liked by many people.

2. Mary Magdalene- Female, Caucasian, very shy young lady, Saint Monica Best friend, known as whore, followed Jesus through his ministry. She loves Jesus, also a witness, she tells about how Jesus and Judas were so close.

3. Jesus of Nazareth- Born: c. 5 B.C. , Birthplace: Bethlehem, Judea , Died: c. 30 A.D. (crucifixion) ,Best Known As: The son of God in the Christian religion,
Jesus of Nazareth is the central figure of the Christian religion, a savior believed to be both God incarnate and a human being. He is also known as Jesus Christ, the term "Christ" meaning anointed or chosen one.

http://www.answers.com/topic/jesus-christ?nr=1&lsc=true

4. Henrietta Iscariot- Female, mother of Judas Iscariot, Caucasian, tries to be there for Judas for emotional support

5. Pontius Pilate- Male, any race, age not specified, called to testify about what all he knows about Judas.


6. Fabiana Aziza Cunningham-Female, older than 25,Irish gypsy, an agnostic defense lawyer who obtains a writ from the God, she doesn't believe in to force a retrial for Judas.
She presents a petition signed by God to the ill-tempered Civil War era presiding judge.

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/theater/reviews/03juda.html

8.Yusef El Fayoumy, Male, older than 25, Arabian, womanizing prosecutor, wants to win the case.

9.Judge Littlefield- Male, older man, any race, went to law school, a grumpy judge who is tired of listening to all the different witnesses and seems as if he does not want to be there. He has no sense of humor and is very straight forward.

10. Gloria- Female. Any race called as an African American, older lady, God’s only Angel in the play, very mature.

Non Traditional Casting

I feel that this play has many different calls for different ethnicities , but I feel that all the men need to play men and all the women need to play women. This play is very flexible as well as diverse casting because of the language and the modernized twist of the play. Saint Monica is the only person I feel that needs to stay as what the play has called for African American. This play would seem very strange to have all her ways and language, for someone other than an African American female.
Other Characters with foreign names can also play any race just as long as they carry the accent to portray the character to the full extinct. For example, Yusef El Fayoumy, and Fabiana Aziza Cunningham.