Windham Theatre Guild Presents:
GUYS & DOLLS
Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser
Book by: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrrows
Directed by: Taylor Shelly
Auditions: April 5 & 6
Performances: May 21 & 22
This production will rehearse both virtually and physically. It will be performed live at the Windham Theatre Guild (WTG) on May 21 & 22 to a virtual audience. No live audience will be allowed.
Please sign up for an available 10-minute audition slot
here.
·Arrive to your Zoom audition 5 minutes before your selected time slot Make your Zoom name is your full, ?rst and last name
·Prepare 16 bars of a song in the style of the show or from the show
·Zoom link will be emailed to you the day before your audition
o If you don't get a zoom link by your audition day, please email
wtgguysdolls@gmail.com
·Callbacks will be April 7 between 7-9pm
·Rehearsals are Monday-Thursday, 7-9:30pm, beginning April 12, with possible added rehearsal Sunday, May 9, 1-4pm if needed
o All cast is not required for every rehearsal - ?nal schedule will be presented to the final cast
COVID safety policies will be in place and must be adhered to in order to participate in this show.
·Cast/crew/creative will follow all WTG/state/federal safety procedures during the production
·Cast/crew/creative will be presented a COVID policy that must be signed to enter theatre (draft attached)
·COVID safety policy will be emailed with audition zoom link the day before your audition
Questions: email
wtgguysdolls@gmail.com
CHARACTERS
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 SOUTHWEST
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 o?cer 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 ?ancé 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
RUSTY CHARLIE
Gender: Male | Vocal range top: G5/B5 | Vocal range bottom: D4
ANGIE THE OX
Crapshoot player
Gender: Male or Female | Vocal range top: G5/B5 | Vocal range bottom: D4/B3
SOCIETY MAX/JOEY BILTMORE
Crapshoot player / Owner of Biltmore Garage
Gender: Male | Vocal range top: G5/B5 | Vocal range bottom: D4
LIVER LIPS LOUIE/MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Crapshoot player / MC of the Hot Box Club
Gender: Male | Vocal range top: G5/B5 | Vocal range bottom: D4
ALLISON/MIMI
Hot Box Club dancer / Friend of Miss Adelaide
Gender: Female | Vocal range top: E5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
FERGUSON/AGATHA
Hot Box Club dancer / Member of the Broadway Save a Soul Mission Gender: Female | Vocal range top: E5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
VERNON/GENERAL MATILDA B. CARTWRIGHT
Hot Box Club dancer / General of the National Save a Soul Mission
Gender: Female | Vocal range top: E5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
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