Cast:
Mrya Kesselman- Female, 45-55, white, Jewish. The maid of the McCullough family, has been employed by the family for years.
Hank Hadley- Male, 50-60, white. Famous fashion designer, Tibby's best friend.
Tibby McCullough- Female, 50-60, white. Wife of Jack, Mother of Spencer. Best friend of Hank
Jack McCullough-Male, 50-60, white. Husband of Tibby, Father of Spencer. High powered lawyer in New York.
Spencer McCullough- 25-27, white. Daughter of Tibby and Jack. She is a lawyer. She is getting married.
Marietta Claypoole-70-80, White. Mother of Tibby and Grandmother of Spencer. She is a rich woman.
This play has a lot to do with place in society and how issues are viewed by high society. The play talks about how Marietta, Hank, Tibby and Jack are all "wasps". This means they are white and wealthy from a good family. Myra is a maid but she refers to herself as a white woman in the text. Jack and Tibby refer to themselves as white as well. The only character that never calls herself white is Spencer. She does call herself "privileged" but if a director wanted to, he could cast a Black, Asian, or Hispanic actress as Spencer because sometimes wealthy couples adopt children of any race. It is the directors choice.
Others may say that Hank is not related to the family so he may be any race but, he is supposed to be based on a current famous American male fashion designer. Currently there are no famous fashion designers of "Hank"s type of sportswear that are male in America that are Black, Asian or Latino, they are all white. So in my opinion he must be a white male in order to fit the story correctly. Their is no way the story could work if the family was not a "wasp" family with the exception of Spencer. They must all be played by the correct gender as well. There are many men and women jokes and gender specific guidelines, the show would not work if cast otherwise.
