Ethel Gardener

Ethel is the picture-perfect suburban housewife, always seen in immaculate pastel dresses with every hair in place. She runs the household with rigid perfection to keep up appearances, masking her deep loneliness and growing panic with daily doses of prescription nerve pills. She senses the family is fracturing, but will do whatever it takes to pretend everything is fine

Rosalie Gardener

Role: The Rebellious Daughter Outwardly, Rosalie dons the requisite poodle skirts and plays the dutiful suburban daughter. Inwardly, she is suffocating under the rigid expectations of Oakridge Estates. Sharp and perceptive, Rosalie sees right through her parents' polite smiles and secret-keeping, constantly testing boundaries and looking for a way out of the suburban cage.

James Gardener

Role: The Golden-Boy Son With his Brylcreem-slicked hair, pressed slacks, and crisp varsity sweater, James looks like the ideal mid-century teenager. He desperately craves his father's approval and tries to embody the perfect, successful son. However, the relentless pressure to perform perfection leaves him constantly anxious and terrified of making a single mistake. He's secretly gay.