Auditions
CASSIDY THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR
“GUYS AND DOLLS”
Directed by AMY MCSWEENEY
Musical Direction by DAVID COPSEY
Choreographed by MELANIE LEIBOLD
Stage Managed by JEN SINDYLA
Set Design and Construction by SHAWNA MELNYKOWSKI
Props Design by GRETCHEN WOODS
Costumed by KATIE WELLS
Produced by JOELLEN WOODRING and STEVE DELUCA
WHEN: Sunday April 14th and Monday April 15th from 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Callbacks will be Thursday April 18th from 7pm until finished
*ALL ROLES AVAILABLE FOR ALL ACTORS. AGES 16 AND UP*
PREPARE: 32 bars of a musical selection in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided. Please present music in a binder to make it easier for the accompanist. There will be dance, vocals and readings from the script at callbacks
PERFORMANCES: August 9th - 25th, 2024 | Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm
Rehearsals will start around the 2nd week of June, with a Monday - Wednesday rehearsal scheduled planned.
SYNOPSIS: Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks and Oliviers. Frequently revived, the show has been done with numerous all-star casts, including productions/concerts featuring Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jessica Biel.
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Frank Loesser's brassy, immortal score makes Guys and Dolls a crowd pleaser. The large cast features both a variety of ensemble and star roles. With a great collection of production resources from MTI, this highly producible show is a treat for audiences and performers of any age.
ROLES AVAILABLE:
Nicely-Nicely Johnson
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: B5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Benny Southstreet
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Sarah Brown
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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Arvide Abernathy
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Harry The Horse
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Lt. Brannigan
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.
Gender: Male
Nathan Detroit
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Miss Adelaide
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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Sky Masterson
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Big Jule
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Ensemble
Sightseers, Mission Band (Agatha, Calvin, Martha), Crap Shooters (Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Ox, Rusty Charlie), Hot Box Girls, Waiters, Cuban Dancers