Age: 53 (early 40s in some flashbacks)

Occupation: Retired (formerly mechanic)

Born into a broken home in Philadelphia, Ralph's teenage years in the 1980s saw him with little direction in life and nothing but time to have stupid fun with his friends. He barely passed high school and found himself working several dead end jobs, washing dishes or cleaning hotel rooms. He finally found stability in working as a mechanic on semi trucks, and in his mid-20s he met a woman named Charlotte at a party.

After a few years of dating, the two got married and moved to the suburbs of Trevose after the birth of their son, James. At this point, Ralph had started working as the manager of a bus station, while Charlotte quit her job as a toll booth operator to stay at home with their son. As he began to accrue some wealth, Ralph would buy the occasional luxury for the family or himself, such as a new car or a family dog, which were met with screeching resistance by his wife, though she would eventually come around.

Ralph was happy to welcome their second child, a baby girl named Nicole, into the world, despite Charlotte's frustration at having another child. It was around this time that Ralph's crippling back problems forced him into early retirement. With his wife refusing to return to work, two young children to take care of, and the cost of living in the area rising, Ralph moved the family to Florida, where it was much cheaper. Charlotte soon began working at a local hospital, where she made friends with several divorced co-workers who convinced her that Ralph was a detriment to her. Despite his best efforts to keep their marriage afloat, Ralph and Charlotte divorced while James was in high school, and Nikki in elementary.

For the next several years, he would be dealing with the fallout of the divorce, mostly in the form of his ex-wife's pettiness in her parenting style, which adversely affected Nikki's mental and emotional development. He dated several women after moving out, and finally married another divorcee, Mary, a couple years later. They weren't in love, but he knew he wouldn't be able to make ends meet on his own. It was a union borne out of necessity and survival rather than affection.

After a lengthy custody battle, Ralph moved Mary, James, and Nikki to Orlando, where his wife had been working for some time and James started attending the University of Central Florida to finish his Bachelor's degree. As the sociopolitical climate began to darken in the mid-2010s, his wife began to bring out the worst in him, as he started championing a corrupt political leader's policies and following them uncritically. This combined with his deference to Mary's mental and emotional abuse of a now-teenage Nikki alienated his children from him. He never heard from James again after his son left for California, and Nikki would rarely talk to him. Despite having their best interests at heart, neither of his children held him in particularly high esteem.

Now in his 50s, crippled, and in a loveless marriage, Ralph Greene has resigned himself to where he is in life, despite being confident that none of his decisions or judgments have been in error. All he wants for now, though, is to talk to the son of whom he is so proud.

Ralph Greene is best summarized as a mercurial person. He would do anything for his kids, but doesn't understand the modern world. He can use a computer or smartphone with little issue, and regularly checks emails, does online banking, and files his taxes through the internet. He distrusts smart home devices and is aware of data collection, but is not savvy to exactly how far-reaching such endeavors have become, to the point where elections can be swayed with propaganda and false information. He is uncritical of certain political figures to the point that he could be considered part of a cult. His moral compass has been warped and corroded, which in turn corroded his relationships with his children, something which he is vaguely aware but hasn't properly dealt with. He rarely examines his own views, words, and actions in a critical or impartial light, and as such comes off as a bigoted racist under the guise of "speaking truth". While James has tried to show him the errors of his ways, Ralph can be so thickheaded that he simply disregards James' and other contrary viewpoints as alarmist or hyperbolic. Just as Ralph has privately grieved at how he screwed up raising Nikki, he has beaten himself up over losing his son's trust and respect.

Note: Some of Ralph's dialogue will be indisputably offensive to certain ethnic and minority groups. While we understand that this sort of language can and does incite actual, serious harm towards these groups, his dialogue is meant to be framed as immoral, wrong, and not to be celebrated. Please keep this in mind if you plan to audition, as Ralph will be a recurring character.