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Untitled-3 1 4/30/19 12:11 PM ROBB HUNT Executive Producer JERRY DIXON Artistic Director A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon Music & Lyrics by Book By FRANK LOESSER JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWS Francis J. Gaudette Theatre Everett Performing Arts Center November 7 – December 29, 2019 January 3 – February 2, 2020 Director Choreographer Music Director Scenic Designer BILLIE WILDRICK NIKKI LONG JULIA THORNTON STEVEN CAPONE Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Stage Manager CATHY HUNT DAVID GIPSON HALEY PARCHER PAMELA CAMPI SPEE* Assistant Stage Managers Properties Manager Wig Master Master Scenic Artist MIRANDA C. PRATT* RACHEL BENNICK DOUGLAS DECKER JULIA B. FRANZ VICTORIA THOMPSON* Technical Director Production Manager Costume Shop Manager BRADLEY C. BIXLER JAY MARKHAM ESTHER GARCIA Guys & Dolls is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). 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All rights reserved. ©2019 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. VirginiaMason.org ©2019 Virginia Mason 4 VILLAGE THEATRE Cast Director’s Note Sky Masterson .................................................................................................................. Dane Stokinger* Guys & Dolls is evocative out of the gate. Sarah Brown .........................................................................................................................Mallory King* Before the play even begins, the cheeky Nathan Detroit .........................................................................................................................Matt Wolfe* ampersand pits one word against the Miss Adelaide ...........................................................................................................................Kate Jaeger* other, suggesting we’re really talking Lt. Brannigan .................................................................................................................... Charles Leggett* guys vs. dolls. Faithfully, our show brings Arvide Abernathy ..........................................................................................................Allen Fitzpatrick* on the binary; masculine & feminine, General Cartwright ............................................................................................................. Bobbi Kotula* saints & sinners, the innocent & the con, Nicely-Nicely Johnson .....................................................................................Kyle Nicholas Anderson* bookish planners with everything mapped Benny Southstreet/Ensemble .......................................................................................John David Scott* out, like Miss Adelaide & reactionary Rusty Charlie/Ensemble ...................................................................................................... MJ Jurgensen crisis- managing chaos muppets like Big Jule/Ensemble ..............................................................................................................Terence Kelley* Nathan Detroit. But what happens when Harry the Horse/Ensemble ....................................................................................... Cobey Mandarino* those forces collide? For us the answer is Mimi/Ensemble .................................................................................................................... Kate E Cook* chemistry. Ensemble ..................Ellie Cook, Alex Crozier*, Tori Gresham*, Jordan King, Mackenzie Neusiok, Kayden Oliver, Tia Petersen, Casey Raiha, Kelsey Schergen This is humanity. These collisions are the story of us. Black and white. Left and UNDERSTUDIES right. We drive each other crazy with our Sky Masterson ...................................................................................................Kyle Nicholas Anderson* differences. We push and pull, and just Sarah Brown ........................................................................................................................ Tori Gresham* when we don’t think we can take any Nathan Detroit ............................................................................................................ Cobey Mandarino* more, Miss Adelaide bursts into the heart Miss Adelaide ........................................................................................................................ Kate E Cook* of our play with an epiphany: Marry the Arvide Abernathy ............................................................................................................ Charles Leggett* Man today. Take action! Stop waiting for General Cartwright ..........................................................................................................Christine Riippi what you thought you wanted and move Nicely-Nicely Johnson ......................................................................................................... MJ Jurgensen on LOVE. We don’t need more of what Benny Southstreet/Rusty Charlie ..........................................................................................Casey Raiha we’re already made of, we need catalyzing Swings .......................................................... Annalisa Brinchmann, Christopher Sweet, Nick Watson molecules that make us fizz and bubble, *The Actors and Stage Manager are members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of ignite and glow. Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States We will always bicker and negotiate, she says – that’s OK! We need to be made Orchestra uncomfortable. We need our buttons pushed. We need our most deeply held Conductor/Keyboard 1 .......................................................................................................Julia Thornton beliefs - our very concept of ourselves – Keyboard 2 .............................................................................................Steven Tran or Michael Nutting challenged, to ignite the most beautiful Trumpet 1 .................................................................................................................................. Greg Lyons parts of our humanity. If the world is a Trumpet 2 ............................................................................................................................. William Ward lab, we’re all in the test tubes waiting to Trombone/Euphonium .......................................................................................................