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Sunday, September 12, 2010

PINOCCHIO CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Here's a run-down of the characters in our version of Pinocchio:

Glissandra: The Blue Fairy, wise and magical
Walnut: 1 of 3 of her wood-elf helpers, Walnut always gets in trouble
Maple: Wood-elf #2, the one who keeps giving away the story
Spruce: Wood-elf #3, the one who has to fix what the other 2 mess up
Mastroni: Bad guy puppeteer
Pinocchio: Stringless puppet who wants to be a real boy, but has to learn how
Geppetto: Italian pappa full of emotion who believes in Pinocchio
Fox: con artist down on his luck
Cat: con artist down on her luck
Candlewick: bully who becomes a friend...but then becomes a donkey
Carlotta: School-mate who teases Pinocchio
Tony: bully type school-mate
Maria: School-mate who teases Pinocchil
Mario: another bully
Coachman: Makes a living selling boys to be turned into donkeys...oh my!
Donkey: Tries to warn Pinocchio but can only say "hee-haw"
Policeman: Gets rid of the bad guys at the very end