Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630

Presents

Guys & Dolls
1994

Synopsis

The plot deals with two love affairs. Nathan Detroit, a gambler, and Miss Adelaide, a nightclub singer and dancer, have been engaged for fourteen years, but every time Adelaide tries to get Nathan to set the wedding date, he keeps postponing it because he is involved in a series of floating crap games. He has no trouble organizing the games, but he constantly has to search for a new place-such as the back of a schoolhouse, a garage, or a room behind a bar-because Lieutenant Brannigan keeps trying to break up the gambling racket. The second love story concerns Sky Masterson, a much bigger gambler than Nathan, and Miss Sarah Brown, one of the workers at the "Save a Soul Mission."

In order to promote a new crap game, Nathan, who is desperately trying to raise $1,000 to pay for a place to hold the game, finally maneuvers Sky Masterson into betting that he can get a date with any girl Nathan selects. When Nathan picks Sarah Brown, Sky knows the odds are against him. Nevertheless, to win the bet, he goes to the Mission, finds that it is in danger of being closed, and offers to bring Sarah a whole flock of penitent sinners if she will go to dinner with him. Sarah finally agrees, although she doesn't understand why Sky wants to go to Havana for dinner. In Havana, Sky tricks the unsuspecting Sarah into drinking a native concoction made with Bacardi; thinking it is a flavored milk drink, Sarah keeps reordering, gets high and even becomes entangled in a brawl when another girl tries to dance with Sky, who finally drags the belligerent Sarah outside. By the time they return to New York, Sarah and Sky have fallen in love; but when they get to the Mission at about 4:00 A.M., Sarah discovers that Nathan's floating crap game had been held there while she was away and that Sky had taken her to Havana only to win a bet.

At the end of the first act, the love affair of Sky and Sarah, and the marriage of Adelaide and Nathan seem doomed.

In Act II, the floating crap game is again in full swing, this time in an underground sewer. At the height of the game, Sky arrives and inveigles every man present to make a fantastic bet. If Sky loses, he will pay each man $1,000; but if he wins, every loser will have to attend the prayer meeting at the Mission House. Of course, he wins.

In the next scene, set in the street near the Mission, the grumbling losers are moaning about having to go to the prayer meeting. Adelaide meets Nathan and asks him where he is going. When he tells her he has to attend a meeting at the Mission, Adelaide becomes infuriated, saying that that is the worst lie he has ever told her.

At the prayer meeting the gamblers, under pressure, begin giving testimony and reveal that Sky has lost his bet about being able to date any girl Nathan picked. Sarah rushes out to find Sky but meets Adelaide instead. She assures Adelaide that Nathan actually has attended the prayer meeting. The two unhappy girls then decide that they will have to try a new plan of attack if they want to marry the men - the idea being to get the men to the altar first and start the reformation afterward.

The final scene brings both love stories to a happy conclusion. Sky not only marries Sarah but also joins the Mission Workers, and Nathan and Adelaide are on their way to the Mission where their wedding ceremony will be performed.

ACT ONE

Opening

Fugue For Tinhoms

Follow the Fold

The Oldest Established

I'll Know

A Bushel and A Peck

Adelaide's Lament

Guys And Dolls

Havana

If I Were A Bell

My Time Of Day

I've Never Been in Love Before

INTERMISSION During our 2O-minute intermission, for your pleasure, refreshments will be sponsored by the North Olympic Youth Symphony

ACT TWO

Take Back Your Mink

Reprise: Adelaide's Lament

More I Cannot Wish You

The Crap Game Dance

Luck Be A Lady

Sue Me

Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat

Reprise: Follow the Fold

Marry The Man Today

Reprise: Guys And Dolls

Cast of Characters
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

Nicely-Nicely Johnson .............................. Harold WaIters

Benny Southstreet .............................. Justin Barrett

Rusty Charlie .............................. Shawn Dawson

Sarah Brown .............................. Vivian Beran

Arvide Abernathy .............................. Bill Anabel

Agatha .............................. Jennifer Koon

Calvin .............................. Dan Burdick

Eugene .............................. John Schmidt

Harry the Horse .............................. Jack Lyons

Lt. Brannigan .............................. Joe Trowbridge

Nathan Detroit .............................. Don Scott

Angie the Ox .............................. Joe Wolfley

Miss Adelaide .............................. Arlene Sawyer

Sky Masterson .............................. Daniel Crawford

Joey Biltmore .............................. Jason Ness

Hot Box M.C. .............................. Ryan Church

Mimi .............................. Jennifer Bryant

General Matilda B. Cartwright .............................. Naomi Denhart

Big Jule .............................. David Bendell

Drunk .............................. Ron Erickson

Waiter .............................. Richard Swanson

L: Jason Ness, R: Jack Lyons

Front Row (from Left): Bob Kennedy, John Schmidt, Christopher Balducci
Back Row: Rick Harrison, Richard Swanson, Joe Wolfley

Front Row (from left):Dan Burdick, Ryan Church, Anthony Balducci
Back row: Steve Frick, Matthen Barrett, Ron Erickson

Hot Box Dolls

Front Row : Jennifer Bryant, Jenni Lyons-Tait, Rhonda Cowell, Robin McHattie
Back Row : Kim Stein, Mara Shideler, Rosemarie Alice (Cuban Dancer)

Cuban Dancers  .............................. Rosemarie Alice, Dan Burdick, Ryan Church, Naomi Denhart, Jason Ness, Mara Shideler, Richard Swanson, Jenni Lyons Tait, Joe Trowbridge

Understudies

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

For Sky Masterson - Anthony Balducci
For Nathan Detroit -Dan Burdick
For Miss Adelaide - Robin McHattie
For Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet - Shawn Dawson
For Hot Box Dolls - Rosemarie Alice.

Artistic Director .............................. Kathryn Bell

Stage Director .............................. Greg Scherer



Music Director .............................. George Snyder



Administrative Assistant .............................. Dan Peterson

Stage Manager/Assistant to Stage Director .............................. Sue Bouch

Lighting Designer .............................. Ted Krysinski

Set Designer .............................. Laurel Black

Set Designer .............................. Chuck Smith

Set Technical Director .............................. Floyd Ness

Costume Designer .............................. Bonnie Almaden

Sound Technician .............................. Alex Von Minden

Choreographer .............................. Jerrie Tiderman
Assistant Choreographer .............................. Kathy Balducci

Properties Manager .............................. Maureen Webster
Assistant Music Director/Concert Master .............................. Betty Hanson

Make-up Technician .............................. Jean Snyder

Conductor: George Snyder

Violins : Betty Hanson*, Marilyn Austin, John Crawford, Jackie Koon, Debbie Morgan-Ellis, Phil Morgan-Ellis, Tim Weed

Clarinets : Jody Burfoot, Janell Chambers, Lance Muscutt, Debbie Willis

Trumpets : Bob Costain, Paul Meier, Ted Meier

Saxophones : Signe Crawford, Don Oenbo (+Flute), Wally Gentry (+Bs., Cl.), Alice Hiorth, Jabe Kizer, John Musser (+Clar.)

Trombone : Ted Gachowski

Cello : Elizabeth Koehler

French Horn : Stephanie Andrassy, Carol Thompson

String Bass : Ron Newton

Piano : Maja Larson

Drums : Carla Umbehocker

Rehearsal Pianists : Jolene Gailey, Maja Larson, Katie Sundt, Geri Zanon

Tympani/Percussion : Marcia Switzer

* Concertmaster & Assistant Conductor

1993 - 1994 Board of Directors & Officers

President .............................. Harold Walters
Vice President .............................. David Bendell
Secretary .............................. B.J. Sorenson
Treasurer .............................. Marian McGilvra

Bill Anabel, Justin Barrett, Marilyn Carlson, Harry Jackson, Jennifer Koon, Robin McHattie, Floyd Ness,
Carol Philpot, Lynn Scott, George Wood, Geri Zanon