Characters
- Ti Moune, a peasant girl
- Daniel Beauxhomme, a grande homme; Ti Moune's love interest ("Beauxhomme" means the beautiful man).
- Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death; the main antagonist of the show. He tricks the main character into giving her life for another. He is seen as a skeleton and is very sneaky. The people on the island fear him because of what he represents: the unknown that is death.
- Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love; the foil to Papa Ge
- Agwe, God of Water
- Asaka, Mother of the Earth
- Mama Euralie, Ti Moune's adoptive mother
- Tonton Julian, Ti Moune's adoptive father
- Andrea Deveraux, Daniel's promised wife; also "Madame Armand"
- Armand, Daniel's stern father; also "Armand", the ancestor
- Gatekeeper, the Hotel Beauxhomme's fierce guard (commonly played by Armand)
- Little Ti Moune, Ti Moune as a child; also "The Little Girl"
- Daniel's Son, Daniel's young son (commonly played by Daniel)
- Storytellers/Gossips, various Grands Hommes and peasants (in most productions, the storytellers are shown as playing the parts of the Gods)
Note: The original cast was chosen along racial lines, with darker-skinned actors portraying the peasants, and lighter-skinned actors portraying the upper-class landowners. In the script, the writers provide small line changes that can be used to remove references to skin color to accommodate multi-ethnic productions, while preserving the storyline about differences between the upper and lower classes.
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