Ken Kesey
Novelist and leader of the Merry Pranksters
Babbs
Prankster, Vietnam veteran, and Kesey's second in command
Stewart Brand
Prankster; brains behind the Trips Festival
Neal Cassady
Prankster; real-life inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road
Jerry Garcia
Band leader of The Grateful Dead
Allen Ginsberg
Writer, poet, and frequent party companion of the Pranksters
Larry McMurtry
Author of novels including Lonesome Dove and friend of Kesey
Owsley
Chemist and manufacturer of LSD
Faye Kesey
Ken Kesey's wife
Mountain Girl
Prankster; becomes pregnant with Kesey's child
Gretchin Fetchin
Also known as the Slime Queen; Prankster who covers herself in mud during their first bus trip East
Sandy Lehman-Haupt
Prankster; continually has mental breakdowns because of having taken too much LSD
Black Maria
Prankster; girl whom Kesey meets as a fugitive in Mexico
The Hermit
A kid who lives in the woods, at Kesey's house
Doris Delay
Prankster
Hassler
Prankster; tries to convince Wolfe of all the "games" that society plays
George Walker
Prankster; marries Mountain Girl
Paul Foster
Prankster; responsible for the audio and visual technology at the Acid Tests
Freewheeling Frank
Prankster; member of the Hell's Angels
Paul Sawyer
Unitarian Youth minister who invites Kesey to speak at a Unitarian conference
Zonker
Prankster; runs away to Mexico with Kesey
Fritz Perls
Head of the Esalen Institute; invites Kesey to lead a seminar
Big Nig
Allows the Pranksters to use his house for an Acid Test
Stark Naked
Prankster; loses her mind on the trip to New York
