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CHARACTERS
DOUBLE ROLES:
MS MAGGIE MACWIGGEL: (40-45) Manageress of The Merry
Go Round Restaurant; strict, "by the book", Doubles
as:
ELISABETH BERGHOFF: Private Investigator working
under cover as Maggie MacWiggel; sympathetic and
likable
MAX: (62-65) accordion player at The Grinzing Inn;
traditional older Viennese man; Doubles as:
MR. CHAIRMAN: Chairman of the Board of MGRRC;
dressed in black cape, top hat and eye mask, white
gloves and identity withheld from audience, always
behind the silhouette screen, intimidating and only
interested in money
MGRRC EMPLOYEES
MR. TYLER TALIHOE: Assistant Manager of The Merry Go
Round; company man, only interested in his own
ascent in the company as a CUP member; belittles
employees with sarcastic comments and tone of voice;
immediate ambition: to replace Maggie MacWiggel (the
"woman") as manager
HOMER PODERMEYER: (18-19) Busboy; eager to please,
good-natured, possesses a subtle wit, intelligent
ROGER RUTHAFORD III (23-26): Cook with Walter,
Helen's boyfriend; friendly and fun-loving, young at
heart and carefree
HELENE WINDSOR (21-25): Waitress; Roger's
girlfriend, motherly, stable, conscientious
ZACK HEATH: (20-21) Waiter, vain and self-centered,
likes to believe he is popular with the ladies,
arrogant
FANNY FEATHER: (18-19) Hostess, vain and arrogant;
gossipy, shows no interest in the job
MORRIS T. ASTERSON: (30-35) Dishwasher but trained
as a bookkeeper; hard-working, clumsy, pleasant and
likable
WALTER DILLCOX (35-40): Cook, can be intimidating,
sensible, hard working, warm, looked up upon by his
fellow employees; was cook from The Grinzing Inn
CONNIE: (35-40) Bartender/Lounge Waitress; former
Grinzing Inn employee; minds her own business, does
not get directly involved in house politics
ALEX APPLEBEE: (22-23) waiter; hard-working,
friendly, well liked by his fellow employees,
outspoken
EXTRA EMPLOYEES: Waiters/waitresses
MGRRC BOARD MEMBERS & CORPORATE UNITED PARTY (CUP)
MEMBERS / SUPPORTERS
GUSTAV GRABENHEIMER: Head of the CUP; Well-groomed
and smartly dressed; confident, convincing,
narrow-minded and power-hungry politician;
independently wealthy; seen at isolated moments
delivering speeches
MR SCHMIDT: Colleague of Mr Schnitzel; CUP member
(dressed in long trench coat and 1940s-style rimmed
hat) and MGRRC Board member (dressed as board
member); character: underhanded and sneaky,
self-serving, unfriendly
MR. SCHNITZEL: Colleague of Mr. Schmidt; Like Mr.
Schmidt also is a CUP member and MGRRC Board member;
character: naive, slow to catch on, pleasant and
positive through his own ignorance
MR. ROGER RUTHAFORD: Roger's father, the President
of Ruthaford Investment Bank, undercover, makes
himself appear a bit naive as an MGRRC board member.
Puts the money up MGRRC.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS: Mr. Robolite (also MGRRC
customer), Mr. Humblenot (also MGRRC customer), Mr.
Moneymaker, Mr. Dunkem, Mr. Takeall, Mr. Getmore
ANDY FARGONE: rough mannered, CUP
supported
ROBOLITE FAMILY (Mr. and Mrs., Brucy and Lucy):
children are younger "copies" of parents, boring,
CUP supporter
LOUISE CRABBLE: lonely, complains constantly, CUP
supporter
MR. AND MRS. L.P. HUMBLENOT: snobs; act "royal", CUP
supporters
SUPPORTING ROLES:
HERR BERGHOFF: owner of The Grinzing Inn; friendly
and caring
FRAU BERGHOFF: wife of Herr Berghoff, kind and warm
SOPHIE: Zack's cousin, bright and good-humored;
modest and sincere
ETHYL VON TEUFEL: Cabaret-style entertainer at The
Merry Go Round
EXTRAS
Customers: Mr. and Mrs. Customer,
Dorothee and Frank, Rollie, Pierre, Herbie and extra
customers in The Grinzing Inn and Merry Go Round;
Police Officer
Note: Both CUP and MGRRC are
“spelled out” when spoken as dialog. MGRRC is spoken
as M-G-double R-C, CUP as C-U-P
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