Guys and Dolls
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Directed by Piper Byrne
WHEN:
Tuesday 5/19 @ 7:00 PM
Wednesday 5/20 @ 7:00 PM
Callbacks (by invitation only):
Thursday @ 7:00 PM
Village Playbox
First Presbyterian Church of Haddon Heights
28 7th Ave, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
"Guys and Dolls"
Director/Choreographer - Piper Byrne
Music Director - Cara Barse
Technical Director - Juliana Citrone
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TRANSPARENCY:
• Village Playbox is a non-union community theatre group. This is an unpaid, all-volunteer production.
• ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE
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SYNOPSIS:
Guys and Dolls is a musical romantic comedy involving the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings: a high-rolling gambler and a puritanical missionary, and a showgirl dreaming of the straight-and-narrow and a crap game manager who is anything but. Set in the Manhattan of Damon Runyon’s short stories, Guys and Dolls tells of con-man Nathan Detroit’s efforts to find new life for his illegal, but notorious, crap game. When their trusty venue is found out by the police, Nathan has to find a new home for his crap game quickly - but he doesn’t have the dough to secure the one location he finds. Enter Sky Masterson, a high-rolling gambler willing to take on any honest bet with a high enough reward attached. Nathan bets Sky that he can’t take the “doll” of Nathan’s choosing to Havana, Cuba, with him on a date. When Sky agrees to the bet, Nathan chooses uptight Evangelist Sergeant Sarah Brown, head of Broadway’s Save-a-Soul Mission. Sky thinks he’s been duped, but he’s in for even more of a surprise when his efforts to woo Sarah are so successful that he falls in love with her himself!
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PREPARATION:
• Please prepare to sing at least 16 measures of a song in the style of the show. No accompanist, no a cappella auditions. Back track only, speaker will be available.
• After music auditions, some may be asked to stay for a dance audition.
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*IMPORTANT DATES*
Beginning 6/9
READ-THROUGH:
Tuesday 6/9 @ 6:30 PM
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
TECH WEEK [All dates required]:
Sunday 7/26 through Thursday 7/30
Six (6) Performances:
o Friday 7/31 @7:30 PM
o Saturday 8/1 @7:30 PM
o Sunday 8/2 @3:00 PM
o Friday 8/7 @7:30PM
o Saturday 8/8 @7:30 PM
o Sunday 8/9 @3:00 PM
• STRIKE – Monday 8/10 @ 5:00 PM until finished
Characters:
A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. She fully believes in her worthy cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with Sky along the way. She is prudish and uptight, but eventually lets go.
A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of women. Suave, smart, handsome.
Nathan’s fiancé and a lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn.
A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the big time. He loves Adelaide, but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways.
Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan's loyal friend and lackey.
Nathan's right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan's best interest at heart.
A crook and gambler. He is a tough guy with dollar signs as his bottom line. Brings Big Jule into Nathan's craps game and backs his cheating, but is also a man of his word in the gambling community.
The bass drum and cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah's loving grandfather. Wise and sweet, he wants nothing but the best for her.
A New York police officer who is on to Nathan's illegal craps games and is dead-set on catching him. A tough, no-nonsense character.
A big time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing. Tough looking. A bit of an oaf.
An imposing, matronly figure with a commanding presence who is dedicated to her missionary work and often clashes with the gamblers. Despite her stern exterior, her dedication is intertwined with the gamblers' actions, as they are drawn to the mission by chance.
Small-time gambler sidekick of Nicely-Nicely Johnson. He is funny and charming.
Small-time gambler sidekick of Nicely-Nicely Johnson. He is funny and charming.
professional, flirtatious, showgirls who are part of Miss Adelaide’s headliner act. Also Miss Adelaide’s close friends.
GAMBLERS
MISSION MARCHE
Individuals requesting accommodations should email info@villageplaybox.org as soon as possible.