WHEN:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 2:30-5:30 PM

CALLBACKS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 2:30-5:30 PM

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CALLBACK SIDES

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WHERE:

AK AUDITORIUM

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HOW TO PREPARE:

PICK ONE MONOLOGUE AND ONE PIECE OF MUSIC FROM THE LINK BELOW. PLEASE MEMORIZE EACH ONE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL PERFORM ON TUESDAY, ALONG WITH A SHORT DANCE PIECE THAT WE WILL TEACH.

IF YOU ARE CALLED BACK, WE WILL DO READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO DO ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE IF NEEDED.

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​LIST OF MAIN CHARACTERS:

Sky Masterson: M

• Vocal Range:  Baritone B to Eb. 

• Description of Character: Charismatic, cool and charming. Sky is a suave, intelligent, and confident gangster who naturally commands others’ respect and attention. He has buckets of stage presence; he is familiar with attracting the attention of the ladies but finds himself falling in love with the one woman who brushes off his advances. He surprises himself by discarding his spontaneous, freewheeling lifestyle for a conventional romance. Some dance/movement ability required.

 

Sarah Brown: F

• Vocal Range. Soprano to High A. 

• Description of Character:  Conventional, respectable and principled, Sarah is initially a little too buttoned-up for her own good. She has genuine passion for her calling and compassion for her ‘fold’ but gives Sky an initial frosty response. She allows her strait-laced persona to slip and falls exuberantly and madly in love. She goes on a journey of reconciling her feelings with her beliefs and changing some of her judgmental prejudices about Sky and others she felt the need to change. Some dance/movement ability required.

 

Nathan Detroit: M

• Vocal Range:  Baritone 

• Description of Character: Organizer of the floating crap game. Nathan is a lovable rogue who is always struggling to stay one step ahead of the law while making his fortune that he never seems to get. Funny, frustrated but romantic his heart is torn between the camaraderie of his gambling circle and the woman he loves.

 

Miss Adelaide: F

• Vocal Range Mezzo 

• Description of Character: Star performer at the ‘Hot Box’ a somewhat tacky and dodgy cabaret joint. Strong comic actress required with dancing ability. She spends the whole show with the symptoms of a cold, acting through sneezes and congestion. She adores Nathan but is driven crazy by his antics with the gambling ring and having been engaged to him for 15 years.

 

Nicely-Nicely Johnson: M

• Vocal Range. Tenor 

• Description of Character:  Best pal to Nathan Detroit. With a voracious appetite and boundless enthusiasm, Nicely is ‘nice’ by nature and name. Comic, cheerful, and likeable he delivers hilarious one-liners, as well as the showstopper "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat."

 

Benny Southstreet: M or F

• Vocal Range:  Baritone 

• Description of Character: Nicely’s pal with whom he sings the duet ‘Guys & Dolls’ and trio ‘Fugue for Tinhorns’. Upbeat, sometimes nervy, he is more of a novice in the gangster business and further down the pecking order.​

 

Aunt Arvide: F

• Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano 

• Description of Character: Sarah’s Aunt and significant member of the Salvation Army mission. Wise, warm, nurturing and caring. Sings ‘More I Cannot Wish You’ to Sarah.

 

General Matilda B. Cartwright: F

• Vocal Range/Chorus: Mezzo 

• Description of Character: Regional representative of the Salvation Army. Powerful, matronly, no-nonsense with a formidable presence and, it transpires, a sense of humor.

 

Lt. Brannigan: M​

• Description of Character: Non-singing role. Member of the local police force, wise to the gangsters’ exploits and trying to keep them in order. Commands respect from Nathan and the guys.

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MONOLOGUES​

SKY MASTERSON

Nathan, let me tell you a story — When I was a young man about to go out into the world, my father says to me a very valuable thing. He says to me like this: “Son,” the old guy says, “I am sorry that I am not able to bankroll you to a very large start, but not having any potatoes to give you I am now going to stake you to some very valuable advice. One of these days in your travels a guy is going to come to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards in which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But son, do not bet this man, for sure as you stand there you are going to wind up with an earful of cider.” Now, Nathan, I do not claim that you have been clocking Mindy’s cheesecake — However, if you’re recalling looking for some action I will bet you the same thousand that you do not know the color of the necktie you have on.

 

NATHAN DETROIT

Hello — hello, is this the Biltmore Garage? —Let me talk to Joey Biltmore. —Nathan Detroit.—Joey, I’m calling about the, er, you know. — (Whispering) The crap game. —(A shade louder) The crap game. — Hurry it up, will you? — (Loud) The crap game. — (Whispering) I’m sorry, the dice game — Look, Joey, is it okay if I use your place tomorrow night? — I’ll have it tomorrow. — Listen, Joey, if you’re going to take that attitude I’ll have the game someplace else. — (Shouting) Where else can I have it? — (Softening) Joey, the dough is guaranteed. Would I lie to you? — I’m getting it from Sky Masterson. — It’s a bet, I can’t lose. I bet him he could not take a doll to Havana. - Because she ain’t the kind of doll that goes to Havana. — She don’t go no place. That’s why I know I’m gonna win. — But Joey… — Joey, You’ve known me for a long time. — Well, I can’t talk no more, I got to meet Adelaide at the Hot Box. Look, just one thing. Can I at least tell the guys that the game is going to be at your place? — Okay, you’ll get it. Goodbye! —I hope you get stabbed by a Studebaker!

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SARAH BROWN

Brothers and sisters, resist the Devil and he will flee from you. That is what the Bible tells us. And that is why I am standing here, in the Devil’s own city, — on the Devil’s own street, prepared to do battle with the forces of evil. Hear me, you gamblers! With your dice, your cars, your horses! Pause and think before it is too late! (she is failing to hold her audience and occasionally falters in her speech as she notices someone walk out) You are in great danger! I am not speaking of the prison and the gallows, — but of the greater punishment that waits you! Repent before it is too late! Just around the corner is our little Mission — where you are always welcome to seek refuge from this jungle of sin. Come here and talk to me. Do not think of me as Sergeant Sarah Brown, but as Sarah Brown, your sister. Join me, Brothers and Sisters, in resisting the Devil, and we can put him to flight forever. Remember, friends, it is the Save-A-Soul Mission — located at 409 West 49th Street, open all day and all night, with a special prayer meeting this Thursday at —  (gives up)

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MISS ADELAIDE

Nathan, no matter how terrible a fellow seems, you can never be sure that some girl won’t go for him. Take us. Nathan darling. Starting with next week, I’m going to get a raise. So with what I’ll be making, I wondered what you would think — maybe we could finally get married. I know, Nathan (sneezes) but I’m starting to worry about Mother. Well, Nathan, this is something I never told you before, but my mother back in Rhode Island, she thinks we’re married already… — I couldn’t be engaged for fourteen years, could I? People don’t do that in Rhode Island. They all get married. Anyway I wrote here I was married. Then, after about two years we had a baby. — I had to Nathan. Mother wouldn’t have understood if we hadn’t. It was a boy, I named it after you, Nathan. He’s in boarding school now. I wrote Mother he won the football game last Saturday. But Nathan, that’s not all Nathan. All those years, Nathan. Mother believes in big families…  We now have five children, Nathan. But, Nathan, now we’re finally getting married, and it won’t be a lie any more!​

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MUSIC

​Pick any of the below:​                    

​I’ll Know mm. 29 to 40                                   

Luck Be a Lady mm. 140 to end                    

Sue Me
 mm. 1 to 17 first verse                      

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