Characters from Still Life with Iris

 

Iris - (9-13 yrs old)

an adventurous girl who loves Nocturno life & her mother and misses her father.

Iris is very good at solving problems.

 

Hazel - (9-13 yrs old)

A friend of Iris & sister to Elmer; always struggling with her brother,

and looks for Iris to settle conflicts and to help find things.

 

Mozart - (9-13 yrs old)

a young Mozart searching for the perfect end to a musical piece,

discovers Iris as she escapes form Great Island.

 

Annabel Lee  - (13 and up)

a young woman searching for her ship and captain, also meets Iris as she escapes.

 They become close friends helping one another on their journeys.

 

Gretta Good - (14-and up)

Queen of Great Island, wants to have ONE of the best of everything.

 

Grotto Good - (14-and up)

King of Great Island, wants to have ONE of the best of everything.

 

Mother / Miss Overlook - (14 and up)

Mother of Iris, becomes Miss Overlook on Great Island, and is the Wind Maker in Nocturno.

 

Father / Mister Matternot / Man - (14 and up)

Father to Iris, mister Matternot on Great Island and is the Sun Raiser and Lassoes the Moon.

 

Thunder Bottlers (up to 4 flexible in age)-

Preparing for “a forty bottle order of thunder”, they capture the noise of thunder vocally

to help create the “Storm”.

 

Leaf Monitor – (14 and up)

Hazel and Elmer’s mom. Busy deciding which leaves are “old” and which are the “new”.

 

Memory Mender – (14 and up)

Cranky old man, adamant about his work.

He has the job of ensuring that all PAST coats are kept in tack.

 

Rain Maker – (flexible in age)

guides in the clouds so they can fill with rain water.

 

Mister OtherGuy – (flexible in age)

is the servant for Grotto Good. He works with Matternot and wears a tool belt

so he can hurriedly make any repairs that the Goods may require.

 

Ray - (flexible in age)

lives with Captain Also in the “Tunnel”. He longs to be wanted.

 

Captain Also - (flexible in age)

lives with Ray in the “Tunnel” she/he is labeled as number 2, never the best.


Flower Painter- (flexible in age)

turns large gray flowers into bright beautiful flowers.

 

Elmer – (9-13 yrs old)

is a friend to Iris, sister to Hazel and son to the Leaf Monitor. He loves to create mischief like taking the spots form the Lady Bugs and wants to add instead stripes from a zebra.

 

Third String – (flexible in age)

lives in the “Tunnel” with Captain Also and Ray. He is covered in third place ribbons.

 

Bolt Bender – (flexible in age)

always searching for the right shape to his/her lightening bolts.

He works along side the Thunder Bottlers and the Rain Maker.

 

Mister HimToo - (flexible in age)

works as a servant to the Goods and takes his job very seriously.

 

Fantasticals – (9-13 yrs old)

extras used in the show to help create the different worlds that will appear within the play.

 



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Last update:  Saturday, 17 May 2008