Manny Elindio Todopoderoso

He comes across as an asshole but is a good person deep down. He is a good friend of Robert's but has been sleeping with Margaret. He is a wanna be actor who always decides not to go to auditions. He refuses to be an “actor chappy.” He places himself in harms way to help kenny get out of a jam.

A mid-level drug dealer who's threatened by Kenny's romantic involvement with his sister Virginia. He has recruited Daryl to spy on them, and to carry out the dirty work of getting rid of a rival drug dealer. He is volatile.

A catholic school girl who lives with her brother Willie, a mid level drug dealer who has an iron like grip on her. She has been the unwilling participant of an incestous relationship. She is in love with kenny and her world is falling apart around her now that kenny is in the picture.

a young sensitive poet who is in touch with himself and his mortality. He has decided to move on with his life after the loss of a loved one. He is in Love with Virginia Muerte. All he wants is to do well in school, and does not want to join his buddies Daryl and Ronnie in making a name for themselves by taking to the ways of the streets and climbing up the ranks of gangsterdom.

She has a tough Jersey girl attitude and disposition. She is a probation officer. She wants Robert to make a commitment to their relationship. She has been sleeping with Manny, one of Robert's close friends, but has decided to put a stop to it. She really loves Robert but cannot abide by the fact that Robert wants to keep their relationship a secret so she decides to give him an ultimatum.

one of Robert's close friends. His wife wants them to move to the suburbs. He is always at odds with Robert about his conditioning and way of thinking.

Outward appearances are most important to him. He has been secretly sleeping with Margaret and does not want to make their relationship public. He is also sexually confused and has a secret life style. He is concerned that his brother kenny is keeping bad company. Robert is being pressured by Margaret for a commitment. Unbeknownst to him his friends and brother are aware of his secret life style.

He has come to the conclusion that it does not matter if a person is good or bad cause in the end we all end up in the same place, a grave. He wants power and has managed to convince Ronnie that the only way to make a name for themselves is by climbing up the ranks of gansterdom.

His mother is a coke head and when Ronnie confronts her she tells him to give her the keys to the apartment they share and throws him out. All he wants is a family. His friends are all he has.

These two walk hand in hand. Their actions affect everyone. They are everywhere.

He works in an insane asylum and himself has a loose hold on reality due to over indulgence in mind altering substances. He is having problems with his girlfriend and often falls into a dream state where he envisions his friends as characters in the asylum.