Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Lead

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

  adopted sister bitter middle resilient depressed melancholy outcast british accent volatile envious resentful 

Supporting

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

  ethnic housekeeper fortune teller soothsayer visions prophecy voodoo african-american hispanic latina asian middle eastern 

Supporting

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

  aspiring actress innocent naive starstruck sincere hopeful sweet neighbor actor performer delicate enthusiastic optimist optimistic 

Lead

Variation

  dancer retired professional hard-working new work contemporary ill african-american poc 

Lead

Variation

  voice offstage voice artificial intelligence probing new work contemporary gender flexible genderfluid casting ageless 

Lead

Vega

  ex girlfriend break up friend friendship hostile determined dominant clown performer american accent new work contemporary one act plays 

Lead

Vega

  sister break up energized suicide attempt friend friendship clown performer 1m 2f scenes american accent new work contemporary one act plays 

Lead

Venus

  black african historical 1m 1f scenes tragic spectacle ambitious dreamer sideshow postcolonial postcolonialism 

Lead

Venus

  exploitative colonizer spectacle sideshow cruel manipulative greedy double cast double casting 

Supporting

Venus

  postcolonialism sideshow spectacle doctor anatomist court witness judge jury spectator actor chorus 

Lead

Venus in Fur

  scattered sexy actress seductive smart new yorker 

Lead

Verifying Graffiti

  comic monologue professor scientist enthusiastic passionate contemporary