KIERAN, a poet, a musician, a vagabond. A boy who loves too much but time is always against him. IRINA, a girl shrouded in a shadowy gloom. SHERIFF BICKERS, the face of authority in Tempe and this is something he takes pride in. CORA, a woman once imbued with energy, a flower blossoming in the spring, but now she dresses in black, a mournful countenance upon her. She runs the saloon in the summer. THE MAESSEN GIRLS, three recommended: a triad, a tricolon. The best things come in threes, after all. The Fates, the Furies, even the original Muses. If needed, could go to seven or even to nine. But no more, no less. Three, seven, or nine total (including Maessen Leader). Like in a Chorus, there is a MAESSEN LEADER, she always wears a jaguar pelt (faux please) and carries a thyrsus, the others wear fawn or fox pelt (again, faux). All are barefoot, all wear ivy-wreaths. One carries a tambourine. Any other Maessen Girl lines not spoken by the leader or otherwise specified can be divided up however the director sees fit.