AUDITION NOTICE: “Guys & Dolls”
Audition date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Where: TERRACE PLAZA PLAYHOUSE 99 E. 4700 So. Washington Terrace, Utah
Director: Charlene Adams
“Guys & Dolls” runs Feb. 21 – Apr. 05, 2014 – Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
All roles are open. No appointment necessary. Please prepare 16 bars of an upbeat Broad-way style song. An accompanist, CD player, and iPod dock will be available. No Acapella auditions. Headshots are not necessary but are appreciated. Must be 14 years or older. or older.
ROLES:
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. Male, 50-65 yrs old Range: D4 - F5
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. Male, 30-45 yrs old Range: D4 - G5
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.
Male, 30-50 yrs old Range: F3 - G5
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. Male, 35-55 yrs old Range: F3 - G5
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.
Male, 40-55 yrs old Speaking Role
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. Female, 25-35 yrs old Range: A3 - E5
NATHAN DETROIT 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. Male, 35-45 yrs old Range: D4 - F5
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. Male, 30-45 yrs old Range: D4 - B5
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.Female, 20-30 yrs old
Range: B3 - G5
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. Male, 35-45 yrs old Range: B3 - E5
ENSEMBLE SIGHTSEERS; MISSION BAND (AGATHA, CALVIN, MARTHA); CRAP SHOOTERS (LIVER LIPS LOUIE, ANGIE THE OX, RUSTY CHARLIE); HOT BOX GIRLS; WAITERS; CUBAN DANCERS
