PRINCIPALS
GEORGE KIPPLE, an entrepreneur with a penchant for poverty
MIRIAM, his would-be-wife, doggedly anticipating romance
MAMA ---(Ester Kipple), George's eminently practical mother
COLONEL SMILEY WEBB, a dedicated Space Program promoter
SERGEANT BERTHA BLAIR, his loving-but-stubborn secretary
ARDYX, Parga of All Mars, etc. etc. etc.
PRINCESS KARLIAN, Ardyx's betrothed, ravenous for love
SUPPORTING
ANDY, a robot with something of a heart amid his circuits
GROTTLE, a supposedly trustworthy aide to Ardyx
COURIER, an actually trustworthy follower of Ardyx
GENERAL BELL, Colonel Webb's superior officer
GENERAL FENWICK GORMLEY, reluctant warden of Mama
CHORUS
PIZZERIA CUSTOMERS, MARTIANS (Guards, Lovers, Handmaidens, etc.), Cape Canaveral GROUND CREW, and unseen CHOIR
MONSTER
THE RED NEMESIS, an insatiably hungry animated rock