Miklos Karolyi:

A ninety-seven year old Hungarian former lion tamer.

Tim Smith:

A ten year old school boy.

Mr. Beans:

A middle aged hobo clown. His nose doesn’t have a name, but it ought to.

Roberto Christiani Firenelli:

“The Great Firenelli!” A flier.

David:

A young Lou Jacobs sort of clown. Slender, awkward and clumsy. He is in love with Angela Firenelli.

Angela Firenelli:

Roberto Firenelli’s daughter. A flier.

Sue:

A chorus girl. She is about thirty years old and has been in the circus for twelve of them. An old hand.

Terri:

A chorus girl. She is about twenty years old. A lovable flake.

Toni:

A chorus girl. A sexy alto of disarming proportions.

Laura Smith:

Tim’s mother. She is a very ordinary appearing working mother in her early thirties. She is haunted by a sadness that she has never had the courage to face.

Chorus:

Performers, roustabouts, carnies, etc.

Jaspar:

A not so imaginary imaginary lion.