AUDITION DATES:June 21-22 at 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM for paperwork
WHAT YOU NEED:
Please prepare a song choice of about 1 minute in the show's style. An accompanist will be provided, along with an auxiliary line for electronic devices. No acapella singing, please. The audition song must be memorized, and performers must be prepared to learn the show's choreography. Please bring a change of clothes/shoes if your audition attire restricts your range of movement. Additionally, you may also be asked to read scenes from the show with scripts provided at the audition.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
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 and smart. Vocal Range: Strong legit
baritone singer; B2 - G4
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. Vocal Range: Strong legit singer; Bb3 - G#5
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. Vocal Range: D3 - F4
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. Outspoken and stubborn. Vocal Range: Strong voice with traditional Broadway Belt up to C; Range Ab3 - Eb5
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. Vocal Range: Strong tenor voice; Db3 - Bb4
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. Vocal Range: Db3 - G4
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. Vocal Range: D3 - E4
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.
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.
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. Vocal Range: F3 - G5
RUSTY CHARLIE - Small-time gambler, part of Nathan Detroit's crew. Vocal Range: Db3 - F4
GENERAL AGATHA CARTWRIGHT - Formidable leader of the Mission. Uptight, imposing and strong minded, eventually softens. Vocal Range: Prefer a Legit singer; C4 to C5 with opt up options
PRODUCTION DATES:
Sept. 4-27, 2026
More about this show at https://salinatheatre.com/project/guys-and-dolls
Content includes: simulated alcohol consumption, simulated romance, outdated gender stereotypes, mild violence (punches, bullying), themes of gambling and alcohol consumption, and smoking. Simulated kissing between characters Sky and Sarah.
Event Venue
303 E. Iron Ave., Salina, KS, United States, Kansas 67401
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