David

Age: 48

Race: African-American

Soon to retire corrections officer at the city jail, good man/bad husband, struggles with honesty and boundaries when it comes to male/female relationships, speaks with a mix of southern Gullah-Geechie and inner-city slang from the 60’s and 70’s. He is fighting for order in the midst of his hectic life and contentious divorce.

Jayvon

Age: 17 

Race: African-American

David’s son, student/athlete. He is in search of manhood training and understanding male/female relationships, sides with his father when it comes to most things in life.

Montavious

Age 20

Race: African-American

David’s son, disagreeable, harmful, conflicted, attracted to the street life, does not side with his father.

Amber

Age: 29

Race: African-American

Tenant, David’s friend, an aspiring lawyer, a newly engaged woman on the cusp of starting her real career, a survivor of child abuse. She works as a bartender at her fiancé’s restaurant. Tonya is a law student by way of guile, scholarship and luck. She is a social survivalist by way of blood, sweat, and tears.

Mike

Age: 39

Race: Italian-American

Tonya’s fiancé, a New Yorker with a thick Long Island accent, a successful restaurant owner with no formal education beyond high school. He is an experienced New Yorker who is protective of his fiancé.