Characters

Young Hadassah (age 10)
Sweet Jewish girl

Female

Two Amalekite Girls (age 10)
Cruel, anti-Semitic

Female

Hadassah, later called Esther (age 17)
Beautiful leading lady, smart, sweet, spunky, Jewish orphan who becomes queen of the Persian Empire

Female

Mordecai (40’s or 50’s)
Hadassah’s Jewish uncle who has raised her, head gardener at the palace, a man of courage and integrity

Male

Xerxes (20’s or 30’s)
Handsome leading man, charming king of the Persian Empire, insecure due to a disastrous defeat in battle

Male

Haman (20’s to 40’s)
The king’s charismatic, cunning adviser, obsessed with destroying the Jews

Male

Marjan (20’s)
Beautiful, sexy, sly, will stop at nothing to become queen, dancer

Female

Pari (20’s)
Beautiful, enthusiastic, dim-witted, dancer

Female

Cyra (20’s)
Beautiful, insecure and self-deprecating, dancer

Female

Hegai (20’s to 40’s)
The head eunuch of the harem and palace scribe, a kind man of integrity

Male

Zenda (40’s or 50’s)
Harem instructor

Female

Benjamin (20’s)
A nerdy, enthusiastic Jewish boy, Esther’s suitor

Male

Adar (40’s or 50’s)
Benjamin’s pushy, talkative mother

Female

Asher (40’s or 50’s)
Benjamin’s henpecked father

Male

Rachael (40’s or 50’s)
Benjamin’s talkative aunt

Female

Teresh (30’s-60’s)
The king’s ambitious vizier, a traitor

Male

Bigthana (30’s-60’s)
An adviser to the king, a traitor

Male

Guard (any age)

Zoroastrian Priest (any age)

Citizens of Susa