Sidonie Moon Pruett (early 60s)

56 speeches, 186 lines, 9 scenes

Mother to Irene, Britta Jean --grandmother to Newley, Stacy, Barth, Paige –sister to Archer, Hamlin, Half-sister to Jasper, Caucasian

Hamlin Moon (late 50s)

56 speeches 161 lines, 13 scenes

Sidonie & Archer’s younger brother, Jasper’s half brother, Caucasian

Newley Bitterman (9)

Major character 42 speeches 89 lines 13 scenes

Sister to Paige, Barth, Stacy, Daughter to Britta Jean, Sidonie’s granddaughter, Cousin to Jazz, Caucasian

StacyMoon Bitterman (16)

40 speeches 116 lines 9 scenes

Daughter to Britta Jean, Sister to Paige, Newley, Barth; Cousin to Jazz, Sidonie’s granddaughter, Caucasian

Alma Moon (late 40s)

34 speeches, 92 lines, 4 scenes

Jasper’s Wife, Jazz’s mother, African-American

Jasper Moon (late 40s)

29 speeches, 59 lines, 5 scenes

Alma’s husband, Jazz’s father, half brother to Sidonie, Hamlin, Archer, African-American

Britta Jean Moon Bitterman (40s)  

26 speeches, 6 scenes

Sidonie’s daughter, Newley, Paige, Stacy and Barth’s mother, Caucasian

Irene Moon Pruett (30s)

26 speeches, 5 scenes

Sidonie’s youngest, Caucasian

Paige Moon Bitterman (19)

20 speeches 40 lines, 7 scenes

Sister to Newley, Stacy, Barth, Britta Jean’s Daughter, Caucasian

Jasper Moon, Jr. “Jazz” (13)

14 speeches, 6 scenes

Cousin to Newley, Stacy, Barth and Paige, Alma & Jasper’s son. African-American

Archer Moon (64)

13 speeches 32 lines, 2 scenes

Sidonie’s oldest brother great uncle to Newley, Paige, Barth, Stacy; half-brother to Jasper and Nainsi, Caucasian

Coleen Moon (60s)

11 speeches, 29 lines, 5 scenes

Archer’s wife, Hamlin and Sidonie’s sister-in-law, great aunt; to Newley, Paige, Barth, and Stacy, Caucasian

Barth (15)

3 scenes, 9 speeches

Sidonie’s grandson, Britta Jean’s son, Brother to to Newley, Paige, and Stacy, Caucasian

Guard

4 speeches, 2 scenes

Caucasian

Young Sidonie (teen)

2 speeches, 3 scenes,

Sidonie in the early 1960s, Caucasian

Young Hamlin (pre-teen)

1speech, 4 scenes

Hamlin in the early 1960s, Caucasian

Young Archer (teen)

No speeches, 2 scenes

Archer in the early 1960s, Caucasian

Nainsi Moon (5 or 6)

No lines, 7 scenes

Ghost and in flashback African-American

Baby Jasper (baby)

No lines, 4 scenes

Jasper as a baby/flashback, African-American

Babette Moon (20s)

No lines, 2 scenes

Cecil Moon’s 2nd wife, African-American

Uncle Ferrell (40s)

One scene/photographs/no lines

Cecil Moon’s brother, flashbacks, Caucasian

Cecil Moon (40s)

One scene, photographs, no lines

Hamlin, Archer, and Sidonie’s father, Ferrell’s brother, Babette’s husband, Caucasian

Sheriff (adult)

one scene, no lines

Caucasian