JOE SMOOT-NIBLEY

Joe is a mild-mannered man with a deep, dark secret.  Lanky and lean, this gentle soul struggles throughout his life to accept himself for who he is and what his heart desperately desires… the sweet odor of women’s feet.  Joe uses his wits and survival instincts to play society’s game and fit in.  Yet, like any junkie, he finds creative ways to get his fix.  All he wants is to love and be loved.  Will he ever find true happiness?

RENITA

As Rose Marie’s serious yet sassy house- keeper/caretaker, Renita has spent most of her adult life trying to keep her young ingênue on the ‘noble and righteous path. More specifically, AWAY from Joe Smoot-Nibley and his depraved overtures. But even as a God-fearing, prudish woman who talks and acts just as she’s expected to, there is much more to Renita than meets the eye.

ROSE MARIE PEDALS

Sweet and beautiful, Rose Marie is the only person who has ever accepted Joe.  Not only does she understand his desires, she actually has a thing for feet herself plus she’s obsessed with shoes- lots and lots of shoes.  But the pressure of social “normality” prevents her from giving in to her feelings.  Even after becoming independently wealthy, there is hole in her heart that remains.  Will she ever break away from the societal chains that bind her?

MILLIE LISKUSKY

Being a gigantic, disgusting beast of a woman has never stopped Millie from feeling entitled.  She was born with twelve toes trying to fit into a world of “tens.”  But really, the extra toe on each foot is just more of her to hate.  As a wife, she is demanding, spiteful and loud, yet always finds a way to be disgusted and annoyed by the world around her.  She smiled once, on her wedding day but no one could tell.

LUIGI BELMONTE

The magic of Luigi Belmonte, the greatest shoe cobbler in town, can’t be underestimated.  This old Italian shoe designer with silver fading hair and a fluffy white mustache, breaths life into old shoes producing beautiful original masterpieces.  And he’s a sage when it comes to love, informing Joe that one shoe is worth nothing by itself.  You need a pair to be happy!

MR. LISKUSKY

As short, stubby and revolting as the cheap cigar he smokes, Mr. Liskusky feels that he’s doing Joe a favor by allowing him to wed his only daughter, Mille.  He even buys them a house and gives Joe a job at his mill (“Liskusky Knitting Mills- The Largest Manufactory Of Foot Gloves This Side Of The Mississippi”).  But Mr. Liskusky makes no effort to hide the fact that he can’t stand his son-in-law and doesn’t trust him.  This gruff, rude little blowhard is always a minute away from blowing the obvious toupee off his lid.