Kudzu: A Southern Musical

KUDZU DUBOSE - an awkward abstracted adolescent, an aspiring writer, named for the vine.
MAMA DUBOSE - Kudzu's mother--she was abandoned by Kudzu's father and isn't about to let her son get away.
REVEREND WILL B. DUNN - the ambitious, slightly profane minister of Bypass Baptist Church.
UNCLE DUB DUBOSE - Kudzu's uncle; he runs the service station where Kuydzu helps out, and is famous in Bypass for his ability to diagnose engine trouble by ear.
VERANDA TADSWORTH - the Southern Belle from Hell, baton twirling cheerleading future spokesmodel, whom our hero Kudzu adores but only has room in her heart for herself.
BIG BUBBA TADSWORTH - Veranda's daddy, the wealthy, amoral owner of Tadsworth Mills and half the county. He controls everybody in town except for the Dubose family.
MAURICE JACKSON - Kudzu's best friend and confidante, as hip and comfortable with himself as Kudzu wishes he was.
MAZEE JACKSON - Maurice's mother, she cleans house for Will B. Dunn and the Tadsworths. She has high ambitions for Maurice.
NASAL T. LARDBOTTOM - overweight, coke-bottle lensed, world class dweeb; he would give anything to be a righteous, jive-talking, high flying Soul Brother.
MIKE - a bib-overalled, apprentice grease monkey at Dubb's, a definitely unglamorous Good Ol' Gal who has a secret crush on Kudzu.

THE BYPASS BOYS  - Four loafers who hang around Dub's 
PEABO
PURVIS
HIRAM
LITTLE PRECIOUS

THE BYPASS BOYS double as YAMAMOTO KABUKI, MASAYUKI KABUKI, and THE MYSTIC PILGRIM. They can also serve as the onstage band.