Casting Performers for "Guys & Dolls" Play
Looking to cast male and female talent for the "Guys & Dolls" theatre show. See the details below. About the project: The setting is Broadway as seen through the eyes of Damon Runyon where two love stories are interwoven with gambling gangsters, nightclub dancers, and the work of missionaries. The songs are among the best in musical theatre history, and Guys & Dolls is considered the finest musical comedy of all times. Additional info: Possible callbacks will be held on Tuesday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. in Heiland Theatre in the Boy Cultural Arts Center. For auditions, you do not need to prepare anything. This is a workshop-style audition; everything you need will be provided. Both nights of auditions will include group/solo singing, movement/dance, and reading from the script. Please plan on staying for the entire time (about 2 ½–3 hours). Rehearsals will typically be held Sundays through Thursdays from 7:00–10:00 p.m. However, we are going to build a rehearsal schedule around the availability of our cast, so please be detailed in listing your evening conflicts. After the show is cast, a specific rehearsal schedule will be provided. You will only have to attend rehearsals for scenes in which your character is present. Performances will be on: Thursday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20 at 2:30 p.m. See the attachment for details. If you are interested, please apply.
19 role s
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.. Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: B3 3
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 loosens up. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: B3
A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the bigtime. He loves Adelaide but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: D4
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. Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: A3
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. Vocal range top: B5 Vocal range bottom: D4
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. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: D4
A small-time gambler who is a sidekick of Nicely and Benny. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: D4
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. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: D4
Regional representative for the mission. She is powerful, matronly, and no-nonsense. Vocal range top: A5 (or high C if she has it) Vocal range low: A3
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. Open Age Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: F3
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. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: F3
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. Non-singing role.
All ages and vocal ranges. Nightclub Dancers who are backup performers with Adelaide. The dances and song lyrics have some playfulness and innuendo. They are just a little naughty, but not raunchy like Kit Kat dancers from Cabaret. These ladies at least put on an air of sophistication. Mimi comes from this group.
All age and vocal ranges. Additional gangsters who want to be a part of Nathan Detroit's "oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York." They even follow into the sewers and the mission revival for a chance to play. Liver Lips Louie, Angie the Ox, Scranton Slim, Society Max, Brandy Bottle Bates are from this group.
All ages and vocal ranges. Members of the Save-a-Soul Mission who go out and try to drum up business. These performers may play instruments on stage or fake it depending on the actors' abilities. Agatha, Calvin, and Martha are from this group.
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