Female, 25-30. Sassy, world-weary yet small town girl who used to work as a stripper in a peep show but now works in a diner.

female, 30s, attractive, mid-western blonde, strong, middle-class working mom, former high school prom queen, slightly weathered and just past her prime.

The mother is the realist of the partnership, she is well aware of the family’s ever-worsening financial situation and is frustrated by her husband’s inability to face facts. There is also an element of jealousy over the relationship the father and son share, as she is not party to their little fantasy world. She feels that the father hides to much from their son and her concern is their future in the way that their life is now, not stuck in the past like her husband.

A confident, restless and vivacious woman, filled with personality. A spontaneous self-starter who is blunt in her words and actions. At times, self-centered and quick to anger, like a firecracker with a short fuse. She is easily frustrated with routine.

Female / 25-30 yrs. / White / Non-Union. GEORGIA, white, female, 20s, attractive, small town bowling alley owner’s daughter

Dianne: Female / 25-30 Years. / Any Ethnicity. Donald’s lawyer, she is a very professional woman in her late 20’s/Early 30’s. She seems refined as though her every thought and action is well planned out. She is slowly becoming unnerved by Donald’s increasingly bizarre behavior.

Lucia: Female / 18-24 Years. / Any Ethnicity. Donald’s Maid/Cook, she is streetwise but somewhat naive.

STORY LINE: The Suffering is a Gothic Horror Film. It deals with revenge, family guilt, and mental breakdown. The film concerns a young man named Robert who visits a friend of his (Donald) in the country. Upon his arrival, Robert learns of Donald’s family curse, which might be powerful enough to destroy them both.

Holly: late 20’s early 30’s, pretty upper-east side wife / lady who lunches, doesn’t work, drinks too much, is having an affair with her therapist.

Story: An upper-east side housewife must tell her husband that she is cheating on him with her shrink.