Show Dates: June 21, 22, and 23, 2024
Rehearsals are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 PM
Open Auditions will be held on Friday, April 19th at 6 PM and on Saturday April 20th at 10 AM at the Historic Savannah Theater on Court Square in Savannah, TN. Anyone 15 and older is welcomed to audition with younger actors required to have a parent or guardian with them to sign parental consent. This is an adult show but some younger parts are available with Director's invitation.
If you are interested in joining the crew for the show please plan on coming to the audition and signing up. We are always looking for artists, choreographers, costumers, builders, painters and "go-fors". If you want to learn the ropes back stage, we will train you!
Please come a little early to fill in your audition form and be sure to wear comfortable clothing. You should plan to stay for the entire audition period which will start promptly on time.
No prior experience in live theater is necessary in order to be part of a DreamWeavers show. We audition everyone in order to determine the best fit for you in the cast.
Please be prepared to sing a short part from one of the following songs from Guys and Dolls to help our music director get a sense of your voice. You may be asked to sing with others or by yourself.
Choose from one or more of the following to practice before auditions:
"Luck Be a Lady" from Guys and Dolls - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen
Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat karaoke instrumental
If I Were a Bell (In the Style of Guys & Dolls) (Karaoke Version)
Adelaide's Lament (In the Style of Guys & Dolls) (Karaoke Version)
More I Cannot Wish You (In the Style of Guys & Dolls) (Karaoke Version)
THE CAST
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
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
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
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
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
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 big time. He loves Adelaide, but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways.
Gender: male
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
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
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
Ensemble
Sightseers, Mission Band (Agatha, Calvin, Martha), Crap Shooters (Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Ox, Rusty Charlie), Hot Box Girls, Waiters, Cuban Dancers