It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Larry Gopnik
Uncle Arthur
Sy Ableman
Judith Gopnik
Danny Gopnik
Mr. Brandt
Arlen Finkle
Rabbi Marshak