Overview
Character Name
John
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Child
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Treble/Boy Soprano
Time & Place
beech creek, 1970s; oberlin college, 1980s; new york, present day, pennsylvania
Analysis
6 to 9 years old. Alison and Christian’s younger brother, John is eager to please, funny, and imaginative. John can be bossy, but on him it reads as precociousness. He is the “lead singer” in the kids’ “commercial” for the funeral home, and he brings down the house.
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