Salt-Water Moon
Mary Snow
Played by: Holly Gauthier-Frankel
Age 17, in service to The Right Honourable Henry and Lady Emma Dawe. She is engaged to Jerome McKenzie. Her father, Jim, was killed at Beaumont-Hamel in World War I. Mary's mother never recovered from the loss of her husband, and Mary had to find work. Her younger sister, Dot, was sent to a home for poor girls in St. John's.
- Major Role
Jacob Mercer
Played by: Jamie Mac
Age 18, recently returned from a year in Toronto, where he had gone to make something of himself, and escape from his father's shame at having been humiliated by the wealthy William McKenzie. He returns home to Coley's Point, Newfoundland, when he hears his true love, Mary, is engaged to William McKenzie's son.
- Major Role
Also mentioned in the play:
Jerome McKenzie
Mary's fiancé, 20 years old, the local schoolmaster
- Mention
William McKenzie
Jerome's father; employed Jacob's father in the fishing industry
- Mention
Esau Mercer
Jacob's father
- Mention
Dot
Mary's sister, age 14
- Mention
The Right Honourable Henry and Lady Emma Dawe
Mary's employers
- Mention
Billy Parsons
a tooth charmer that Jacob and Mary visited before Jacob left for Toronto
- Mention
Sam and Lucy Boone
the people Jacob stayed with in Toronto
- Mention
Rose
Jacob's imaginary girlfriend in Toronto
- Mention