Guys and Dolls Auditions

November 8th 1-5pm

In attendance will be:

Kristin Huffman – NPT Artistic Director, Producer and show director

Jonathan Yates – NSO Maestro and Artistic Director

Nicole Demers- Casting Assistant

Ella Brutman – Producer assistant

Accompanist – Chris Coogan

Director’s Note

Guys and Dolls may seem like pure musical comedy, but underneath the laughs is a story about a city in chaos: institutions wobbling, leaders puffed up with bluster, and everyday people just trying to find their footing.

In this production, we lean into that tension. Without changing a word of the script, we frame New York as a world of noise, spin, and spectacle — a place where the people in power feel larger than life but strangely unstable. Through design, staging, and imagery, we highlight the push and pull between hype and truth, order and disorder.

At its heart, though, this is a play about love and community enduring in uncertain times. We enjoy the songs, the humor, and the romance — and we want you to consider how this classic story still speaks to the world around us today.

Co-production with New Paradigm Theatre

and The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.

Please read all the details before you send your headshot and resume to apply for an audition appointment!

Details of what to prepare if you are selected for an audition appointment are in the folders below for specific characters. You must prepare all scenes and songs that have your character’s name. Ensemble as well. These will be completely uploaded by October 5th.

Scenes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tV4gXJenOBlZwohYqhY6Zp6itF0fWyVg?usp=drive_link

Songs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fM31OXfOt_dhzyiHzoPPxU1kxZ2LY2f6?usp=drive_link

You must prepare all of the required sides when you are given an appointment.

Our rehearsal period is very short and intense, so no one may miss any of the rehearsal dates. We cast Broadway and local professionals who have experience rehearsing quickly , and singing with a full orchestra in leading roles, as well as community theatre and student actor/singers, who gain experience and a professional credit for secondary and ensemble roles.

Do not apply for an audition appointment if you have a conflict with any of the rehearsals.

Rehearsals:

Jan 31st (ensemble/secondary roles who will also sing with the ensemble) 1-5 pm

Leading four roles (Sarah, Sky, Adelaide, Nathan):

Feb 1 – Feb 6. 1:00 -10:30 pm (TBD for specific rehearsal schedule, but do not apply if you have any conflicts with these times). NOTE: We will also be hearing NY actors with Broadway or substantial regional credits for these four roles.

ALL OTHER Principal roles: Feb 1-6, 3:00 pm – 10:30 pm (TBD for specific rehearsal schedule but do not apply if you have any conflicts with these times)

Ensemble: Feb 1-6, 4/5 pm – 10:30 pm. (TBD for specific rehearsal schedule but do not apply if you have any conflicts with these times)

In our concert version, we will be lightly staged.  All characters will stay on stage the entire time and, other than the four leading roles, everyone will also sing the ensemble songs.  The entire orchestra is on stage with us.

Principal roles have per diems attached due to the significant amount of preparation and rehearsal time required.

The show should be memorized by the first day of rehearsal

because we have only 6 days to rehearse with the director and maestro.

ROLES:

Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Male, B5-D4, 30-45: 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.

Benny Southstreet, Male, G5-D4, 30-45: Nathan’s right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan’s best interests at heart.

Sarah Brown, Female, (this role has been cast, but we will accept submission backup options) G5-B3, 20-30: A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. Idealistic, sheltered, and straightlaced, she is passionate about her cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with gambler Sky Masterson along the way.

Arvide Abernathy: Gender: Male Able to play age: 50 to 65 Vocal range top: F5 – D4.  The cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah’s loving grandfather. Wise and sweet, he wants nothing but the best for her.

Harry The Horse, Male, G5-F3, 35-55: 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.

Lt. Brannigan, Male, 40-55: 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.

Nathan Detroit, Male, F5-D4, 35-45: 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.

Miss Adelaide, Female, F5 – A3, 30-45: 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. Character voice/mix belt.

Sky Masterson, Male, E5-B3, 30-45: A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with missionary Sarah Brown. Suave, smart, handsome.

Big Jule, Male, G5-F3, 30-50: 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.

Ensemble (male & female, various ages, should sing): Sightseers, Mission Band (Agatha, Calvin, Martha), Crap Shooters (Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Ox, Rusty Charlie), Hot Box Girls, Waiters, Cuban Dancers.

This is NPT and NSO’s sixth co-production

To be considered for an appointment time on November 8th, you must send the required materials, and learn the sides for the show on this website (listed next to the character names)

Please send in this format:

  1. Email your headshot and resume as a PDF to guysdollsnpt@gmail.com. Do not send as a google file or any other format.
  2. Put the role or roles you want to be considered for in the subject line ie “Adelaide”
  3. IF you have a youtube or vimeo link of your recent performance, feel free to link it in the email. Highly suggested.

Once you have been assigned a time please confirm. We may not be able to schedule all performers a we will fill up fast. Please only take an appointment time if you have read the rehearsal times and are solidly confiirming your time.