ACTOR ONE:
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin: An 18-year-old visionary navigating intense personal isolation. Traumatized by the real-life deaths of her mother and her premature infant, she channels her grief and fears of parental abandonment into creating her monster.
Elizabeth Lavenza: Victor’s adopted sister and eventual fiancée. She represents love, purity, and domestic peace, making her the ultimate target for the Creature’s ultimate act of revenge.
ACTOR TWO:
Claire Clairmont: Mary’s lively stepsister and Byron’s pregnant lover. She acts as a grounded emotional compass in the villa, highlighting the female vulnerability and social pressures of the era.
Other Minor Characters: Portuguese Sailor/Mother/Villager/Sofia/Angel of Death/William/Woman in Black/Wedding Officiant
ACTOR THREE:
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Mary’s idealistic, brilliant, but emotionally volatile lover. His grand, narcissistic poetic ideals and obsession with intellectual defiance mirror the single-minded hubris of the character he ends up portraying.
Victor Frankenstein: An intelligent but ego-driven young scientist obsessed with conquering death. Once he successfully animates a corpse, his immediate terror and abandonment of his creation set off a tragic cycle of destruction.
Other Minor Character: Felix
ACTOR FOUR:
Lord Byron: A notoriously flamboyant, arrogant, and larger-than-life poet hosting the group. His haughty and dynamic physical presence directly informs his transition into the play’s most physically demanding role.
The Creature: A physically massive, powerful being brought to life through aerial aesthetics. Far from a simple brute, he is eloquent, deeply lonely, and driven to extreme vengeance only after facing brutal rejection from humanity.
Other Minor Characters: Scottish Sailor/Professor Waldman
ACTOR FIVE:
Dr. John Polidori: Lord Byron’s clinical and skeptical personal physician. He serves as the intellectual observer of the group, fascinated by scientific and psychological boundaries.
Other Minor Characters: Walton/Henry Clerval/DeLacey
