Audition Form

Guys and Dolls

May 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 2023

Production Team: Kristen Cooley, Amy Rudai, Mike Zellhofer, Will Zellhofer

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.

Auditions, rehearsals and performances will take place at: Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church, 3701 Sweet Air Rd., Phoenix, MD 21131

Audition dates: Tuesday, March 7, 7:00 – 9:00PM; Wednesday, March 8, 7:00 – 9:00PM 

Show dates: May 19, 20, 26, 27 2023 at 7:30PM and May 21, 28, 2023 at 3:00PM

All roles are Non-Union and Unpaid.

All roles are open to EVERYONE and are based on vocal range. Please prepare 16-32 bars of a selection from a Broadway musical. Please bring sheet music for the accompanist, singing acapella will not be accepted.

All Roles Are Available (ages are approximate)

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.

Age: 30 to 45

Vocal range top: B5Vocal 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.

Age: 30 to 45

Vocal range top: G5Vocal 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.

Age: 20 to 30

Vocal range top: G5Vocal 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.

Age: 50 to 65

Vocal range top: F5Vocal 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.

Age: 35 to 55

Vocal range top: G5Vocal 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.

Age: 40 to 55

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.

Age: 35 to 45

Vocal range top: F5Vocal 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.

Age: 25 to 35

Vocal range top: E5Vocal 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.

Age: 35 to 45

Vocal range top: E5Vocal 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.

Age: 30 to 50

Vocal range top: G5Vocal 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