(Left to right) Eddie Levert, Sr. as Joseph, Walter Williams, Sr. as Frank and Eric Nolan Grant as Samuel and (seated) Darrell Vanterpool as Dean.

(Right center) Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Darrin Hill, (on stage left to right) Lou Myers as Homer T., Dave Sheridan as Bill, Mike Epps as Lucius, Eddie Levert, Sr. as Joseph, Angie Stone as Alma, Eric Nolan Grant as Samuel, Beyoncé Knowles as Lilly, Melba Moore as Bessie Cooley, Mae Middleton as Tasha, Mickey Jones as Scooter, Rosalie Washington as Faye Jenkins, Zane Copeland, Jr. as Derek and Mitchah Williams as Jimmy B.