Meet the Cast
Bertram Cates
Smarty Pants McCates Creates ControversyBert's the poor (but smart) sap at the center of all this controversy. He's a schoolteacher who decided to teach Darwin's theory of evolution in his public s...
Matthew Harrison Brady
Big Man in Hillsboro (BMIH)Matthew (or, as Mrs. Brady calls him, Matt) is a loud-talking, big-eating, three-time presidential candidate. And no-time president. In this story, though, he's best know...
Henry Drummond
The Man Whose Reputation Precedes HimAgnostic. Vicious. Godless. Agent of darkness. Creature of the Devil. The Devil himself. These are all ways that the townspeople characterize Henry Drummond, Be...
Rachel Brown
The Weak-Willed But Dynamic WomanRachel is Bert's "special friend." The two are, indeed, friends, but there are always hints that they are crushing on one another. She's a schoolteacher, too, but i...
Minor (But Feisty) Characters
Reverend Jeremiah BrownThe Rev is basically a big symbol of all the nastiness that can come along with religion. He's heavy on the hellfire, easy on the forgiveness, and has pretty much everyone in...