Amanda Hawkins

Amanda Hawkins is the professor of Popular English Literature at Haswell University. She is the best friend of Edith Kittle and the girlfriend of Redmon Hunter.

At the beginning of the play, Amanda is shown with her boss, Alexander LaBrae, and they do not get along at all. Amanda isn't really that well liked at the university because she is very beautiful and popular with her students, unlike her co-workers. She is in the process of getting tenure,and it's crucial because she has to get tenure to keep her job. Amanda is different from her co-workers because she prefers more modern day writers than the old-school writers that the other professor's teach. Her favorite author is Redmon Hunter.She goes to the Goal Post where she gets hit on by Don. Betty, the bartender, tells Amanda to go the apartment above the sport's bar so she could hide from Don. When she gets up there, she meets Redmon. She and Redmon talk, but Amanda is unaware that Dutch, Gino, and the other imaginary characters were talking about her. Millie gets jealous of Amanda because Redmon is paying more attention to Amanda rather than Millie's book. Over time, she and Redmon form a relationship with each other (much to Gino's dismay.) Amanda invites Redmon to the faculty party that Chancellor Cedric Chandler is hosting. They go together and the imaginary characters tag along. Amanda and Redmon's relationship is put to the test when Sylvia falls in love with Redmon and falls into him. Amanda runs away from the party in tears.