[FOSTER DADE] Character portrayed is Male, 18+ to play 15–16, Open ethnicity.  In 2009, Foster Dade ascended to myth, as the center of the greatest scandal at Kennedy, a 200-year-old elite American boarding school.  A ferocious reader, a blogger (his psychologist’s idea), a child of a bitter divorce, Foster is a self-medicating modern-day Holden Caulfield.  As aloof as he presents himself, he badly wants to be liked, to fall in love…to be happy, without getting his heart broken.  Foster worries that going to boarding school will instill in him the same life of striving to be a part of an elite society that would never accept him, just like his father, who he despises.  But he must leave home, he can no longer stand to be around his mother’s brokenness.  He hungers for life, experiences, and sees Kennedy as his shot at being someone else.  Someone who is seen, truly known, and loved.  Our eponymous lead and narrator has no idea what lies ahead.  American accent…AEP SERIES LEAD. THIS ROLE MAY REQUIRE PARTIAL NUDITY AND/OR SIMULATED SEX.

[ANNABETH WHITTAKER] Character portrayed is Female, 18+ to play 15–16, Open ethnicity. Striking looks, the Queen Bee of Kennedy (but not a mean girl), layered and quick-witted, she is the object of Foster’s infatuation when he arrives at Kennedy. Effortlessly magnetic, with a disarming appeal.  Annabeth was once a golden girl of privilege, but now she’s the scholarship kid whose family’s financial ruin made her infamous at Kennedy.  She takes Foster under her wing, and their chemistry is undeniable, but it’s uncertain if she’s using him or if his infatuation is reciprocated.  American accent…AEP SERIES REGULAR. THIS ROLE MAY REQUIRE PARTIAL NUDITY AND/OR SIMULATED SEX.

[JACK ALBRIGHT] Character portrayed is Male, 18+ to play 15–16, Open ethnicity. From one of NY’s richest families, Jack is a “perfectly constructed boy.” He’s tall and has thick hair, god-given confidence, and a bright, wicked smile.  The star of Kennedy’s Lacrosse team, on the outside Jack radiates golden boy energy, but on the inside, he’s holding on by a thread.  He befriends Foster upon his arrival at Kennedy and quickly welcomes him into his clique as a peer, keeping an eye out for Foster’s social survival as an unspoken tension bonds them.  American accent…AEP SERIES REGULAR. . THIS ROLE MAY REQUIRE PARTIAL NUDITY AND/OR SIMULATED SEX.