Characters
The cast.
Everyone in Black Friday's world is a real person, except him. Meet the people who love him, push him, and keep him honest.
Black Friday
Jester, growing into Caregiver
The star: a holiday-born entertainer who never takes off his shades
Marissa
Creator
Black Friday's mother; a former girl-group singer and the founder of the Christmas Concert
Pastor Grace
Sage
Pastor and medical doctor; she delivered Black Friday the night he was born
Mother Hattie
Ruler, with a Caregiver's heart
Enoch Church's oldest church mother
Selah
Rebel
Lead voice of the Women's Choir
The Women's Choir
Ensemble
Enoch Church's Women's Choir: six voices, led by Selah
Deacon
Jester, the honest kind
Black Friday's best friend, DJ and hype man
Jaylen
Innocent
A nine-year-old from the block, and Black Friday's biggest fan
Simone
Explorer
Flight attendant on Black Friday's jet; the little sister he never had
Kingston Price
Ruler
Nigerian Nollywood producer turned media, music, fashion and tech mogul
Councilman Desmond Lyle
Ruler with a Trickster's smile
Philadelphia city councilman
Mercer
Trickster
Black Friday's manager; a New York music-industry lifer
Santa
Magician
Santa. Literally Santa.