Cast of characters

Hadley Reese
Donatello Stefani
Colby Stone
Jimmy Franklin

Hadley Reese

age 30

Hadley is a recent transplant to Normal from the Bay Area, where she worked at the Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). She was tapped as Head Curator for the Normal Historical Museum (currently under construction), and works out of temporary offices in the library. Due to a huge donation from an anonymous VC to build the museum, Hadley has plenty of leeway in her quest to unearth Normal's unique contribution to global innovation.

Donatello Stefani

age 32

Donatello Stefani works alongside Hadley as Director of Displays and Programs at the Normal Historical Museum. His focus is CGI and his specialty is holograms, both of which will be a large part of the museum displays. Before moving to Normal six months ago, he worked at Pixar. He knows Hadley from when they both lived in the Bay Area, and recommended her for her current position.

Colby Stone

age 33

Colby Stone is the MAYOR of NORMAL He is also an avid outdoorsman and CEO of EVO. He went to Stanford, where he and a couple of pals dropped-out and started a software company that took the world by storm. Known worldwide for his outsize public persona and his creative flair, Colby recently got venture capital for EVO, a green company that is developing a charging system for electric vehicles. Colby has an eco-modern estate just outside Normal city limits, and spends his time jetting among residences in Paris, Woodside and Manhattan. He relocated EVO's corporate offices to Normal to take advantage of snowboarding, biking, and kayaking.

Jimmy Franklin

age 26

Jimmy Franklin works for a start-up that develops third party gaming apps. While he comes across on first meeting as a directionless slacker, he is in fact an award-winning tech wizard, responsible for "Prison Breakout," voted Most Popular iPhone and Facebook Game App in 2009. Like Colby, when he isn’t working 24/7 he spends time snowboarding and biking. He also plays the drums.