a charming, quietly confident young boy, people couldn’t help but gravitate toward him. But trouble had a way of gravitating too. Often, despite his best wishes, Bobby could not get out of his own way. This came to a head when, in an attempt to be playful with Joanne, he ended up ripping her stuffed dog in half. A feud was born, with Joanne vowing to never see the boy again. I’m sure it’ll stick.
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an equal parts mix of her two parents. One half: the sweetest young girl you’d ever meet, caring and sensitive, treating a stuffed dog as if it were flesh and blood. The reflection of her father. The other half: is stubborn and driven, knowing what she is capable of. A brick wall when it comes to matters of principle. The reflection of her mother. She is devastated by the divorce of her parents, and her natural reaction is to fight against her mother, tooth, and nail. Rejecting her advice on love, as it led to the absence of her father. She is a young girl who will hang on to her beliefs, whether through a storm fighting against them. This core persistence was embedded in Joanne’s childhood and carries through every stage of her life. Or so it seems.
Ethnicity: White / European Descent
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four ex-husbands of the recently deceased socialite, Lois; he was powerful and wealthy woman, who made her money jumping from husband to husband; you all would be playing those husbands; production states: "I am looking for a variety of characters, all fringes welcome; this woman had eclectic tastes, and you all will be joining together for the first time at her funeral, where you each went through the same wonderful hell that was married to Lois, and share the evening telling stories of the difficult, but a marvelous woman."
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mother five times divorced, taking a healthy check from each of them; a cut-throat sweetheart with sharp features and an elegant demeanor. Lois is not afraid to get right to the point. She knows her way into a man’s heart, and more importantly, a way out. But in her later years of life, her priorities have shifted somewhat. From a self-starting opportunist to the raising of her only daughter. She sees Joanne as her successor, to pass her perfected methods of achievement unto. All the right clubs, with all the right people. But what may be missing is the tender attention, which could arguably be just as important. It's not that Lois is incapable, it just takes a different form. She’s out of practice. Less warm cookies by the fire, more hard liquor, and harder advice. Lois is a woman who shows her love through actions. What she does and does not, says everything about her priorities. And in her eyes, the greatest love she can give her daughter, are the answers she fought and bled to learn in her own life. The things that got her everything she has. "The kinda woman who knew her worth and wasn't gonna waste time debating it." But everything is at an arm's distance. And far enough to be left behind should the moment call for it. And you have to wonder, if maybe she wishes she could be the soft and caring mother Joanne may need at times, or if it’s just not in her blood.
Ethnicity: White / European Descent
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was the fifith and final husband of Lois, but the only one she had a child with. Surely, there is a reason for this. He is a natural father and embraced the role. His tender and constant attention served balance to Lois' harder nature. Sugar and salt, like a chocolate-covered pretzel. But the constant love that Tom gives requires fuel. And that fuel is constant love in return. This is not something Lois was capable of, at least not in the way he expected. And after years of this unbalanced love in their relationship, it proved too much to bear. His outbursts were regular, and at a certain point, Lois decided it wasn't worth the burden anymore. Leaving him heartbroken, but worse than that, far from his daughter. Tom's absence was felt in Joanne. While she rebelled against her mother’s idea of love, it was her father's idea of love that she embodied. A love that is self-aware, unashamed, and constantly churning. And when Tom was reunited with his daughter upon Lois' death, he reaffirmed in her this idea of love: That true, undying love can and does exist. But the tragedy comes when that love only burns one way.
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20-30; the young Bobby has grown into his shell. Taking ownership of his clumsiness, he now wears it as a badge. A coy, and confident young bachelor. If he’s going to trip into trouble, might as well introduce himself and buy it a drink. But when Joanne shows back up in town, fate can’t help but yank him right to her. He’s infatuated, mostly for the fact that she just doesn't gush over him. It’s a welcome challenge. And a challenge completed. The starting gun fires and they’re off to the races. Their love is electric and constant, the pops and crackles like candy, shoveled in their mouths with no worry of a stomach ache. A child is born, and their love matures. Responsibility steps in, but shows no signs of dimming its flame. They will do it better than their parents, and they will be better at it together. But motherhood takes Joanne's top attention. And soon the boy who couldn’t get away from trouble, suddenly can’t find it no matter how hard he looks. And he misses it. (40-50) The electric candle still dimly glows, but the wiring is tired and faulty. It’s enough for the two of them, while they still have a daughter to raise, but when their kid leaves home for college, the problem makes itself all too apparent. The fire is gone, and neither of them has the energy, or desire to kick it back on again. So they argue if only to feel some friction again, but in the back of both of their minds, they know it’s a bandaid on a hand grenade, and sooner or later. It's gonna blow.