Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing is a play by Canadian writer Tomson Highway (Cree), which premiered in 1989 at Theatre Passe-Muraille in Toronto.
Nanabush (playing the spirit of Gazelle Nataways, Patsy Pegahmagahbow, and Black Lady Halked): A mythical and spiritual creature that possesses the female characters.
Zachary Jeremiah Keeschigeesik: He is the main character and is having a nightmare that Nanabush put on him. He fears coming home to his wife after losing his underwear at a party but ends up waking up from the nightmare next to his wife and child.
Hera Keechigeesik: Zachary's wife
Big Joey: Is a warrior for the rez. He denies being the father to Dickie Bird Halked. His violence is supposed to be against the oppressive white systems but instead his violence is more against the other Natives of the rez.
Dickie Bird Halked: He was born in a bar and suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome; he is unable to talk. He intimidates people and kills Patsy's baby, ending all hope for the future.
Pierre St. Pierre: The Rez bootlegger
Spooky Lacroix: He has an obsession with Christianity and an addiction to alcohol. Uses his religion for intimidation and a crucifix as a weapon for sexual violence against Patsy.
Simon Starblanket: He is struggling with self-realization because he lost his belief in spirituality and tradition. His girlfriend is pregnant. He intends to go to South Dakota because of the Native suppression
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