Characters Overview :

Thirteen rich, and fully developed main characters slowly unravel the story through dialogue and song with 50 other cast members. There is The Gov and his chief political aide Mortimer who grew up in Palos. He becomes the Gov’s eyes and ears in Palos by dating David’s sister, Marlene who is “Stuck in the Middle” over her growing love for Mortimer and the fact that he works for the man who is running against her brother. Charlie and Sooey provide comic relief while working for the Gov, and are constantly searching for skeletons in the opposition’s closets through which “Politics and Dirty Tricks” can be played. David’s father, Ben Delano, is a newspaper magnet. Together with his friends Mayor Gaitlin McPhee, Jake Jackson, and the Professor, Wilbur Standish, run and finance David’s campaign. David’s mother, Julia, is always grounded in the practical, always knows the starting line-up of the White Sox, and helps David make decisions through song; “Ain’t it Strange”. “Judy Smith the Podiatrist”, David’s high school sweetheart, “Rediscovers Love” with David and realizes that her life was incomplete “Till Now”. However, she becomes jealous of Angelina, the mystery woman who appears in the second act to run David’s political campaign. Judy is “Feelin’ Good-Feelin’ All Right”, but wonders how things will turn out “As We Stand Here Now”. The three newspaper secretaries, Carol, Susan, and Penelope sing about Judy and help Marlene resolve her conflict, while the newspaper reporters sing about the impossibilities of life “On the Campaign Trail”.

Of course there are always the People of Palos and the dancers who support their favorite son to help discover “The Secret” through song and dance. But there are also the boys in the band, Grandma Bostina, the owner of “Bostina Cantina” in Terrasina Sicily and the newspaper boys who help the audience understand the Headlines they read throughout the play. And let’s not forget the murder of Sam carried out by Tony and Bruno from the Scolina Syndicate in the opening scene and the Little Girl who sees the murder, but never tells about it. “The Secret of Insignificance,” thus widely spreads the dialogue, action, mood, singing and dancing among the cast as they tell a story that could stand alone on its own merits while dropping clues for the clever audience member to figure out. It is clearly not your typical musical.