2. Grace Hoylard
•A middle-aged and
passionate woman
•Owner of the diner, the
setting of Bus Stop
“Help establish
the style of a
production.”
3. Elma Duckworth
• Teenage waitress at the
diner
• Intelligent, but
impressionable and
gullible
“Indicate the
Historical
period of the
play.”
4. Will Masters
• The goodhearted, moral, local
Sheriff.
“Indicate the
nature of
individual
characters…
their
occupations, the
ir personalities.”
5. Dr. Gerald Lyman
• Philosophy professor
with a drinking problem
• Has a weakness for
young women
“Show
relationships
among
characters.”
6. Cherie
• A cheap-dive nightclub
singer
• Hoping to be more than
what she is now
“Symbolically
convey the
significance of
characters or
theme.”
7. Bo Decker
• Foul-mannered young
cowboy
• Wants Cherie to be his
bride
• Orphaned at 10
“Meet the needs
of individual
performers… to
move freely.”
8. Virgil Blessing
•“Father” to Bo Decker
• Older, wiser cowboy
• Bo’s head ranch-hand
“Be consistent
with the
production as a
whole.”
9. Carl
• Driver of the bus
• Has off-and-on sexual
relationship with Grace
Hoylard
“Stage costumes
should meet [these]
seven requirements.”
-The Theatre
Experience, 12th
Ed., Edwin Wilson
