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Guys & Dolls Prop List

If you are able provide any item noted below please send it the school with you child or contact us through the website…thanks so much

Props List
PropCharacter’sAct/SceneNotes
Basket of ApplesApple AnnieA1 RunyonlandTwo apples needs to be free moving, needs to either be held in one hand or a strap allowing use of both hands.
RagApple AnnieA1 RunyonlandSmall rag she uses to polish apples; washcloth sized
Police WhistlePolicemanA1 RunyonlandCan this be on a black string instead of white?
Billy ClubPolicemanA1 Runyonland
 Camera /w flash 1950 ishPhotographerA1 RunyonlandMultiple flashes (2)
Boxing GlovesPrize FighterA1 Runyonland
Hand TowelCoachA1 RunyonlandCould this be a a dingy white gym towel?
DoughnutNicelyA1 RunyonlandConsumable
Small MegaphoneTour guideA1 RunyonlandCan this get a logo “NY TOURS” on it?
Sight seeing pamphletsTouristsA1 Runyonland
Bottle of CokeNicelyAI S1Consumable. 1 per show
NewspaperA1 Runyonland“The Daily News”
Scratch SheetsGamblersNeeds to fold/fit in a pocket. newspaper insert size
Racing FormsNewsmanAI S1Only need to be 1 sheet thick, we need 3 more of the outside pages.
CoinsNicely, Rusty, BennyAI S1
PencilNicely, Rusty, BennyAI S1This needs to be a large and “standard sized” pencil
TambourineSarahAI S1
ArvideAI S1High Hat Cymbols attached, detachable
TrumpetLutherAI S1
TromboneAgathaAI S1
TriangleAI S1
ClarinetCalvinAI S1Instruments TBD w/ Tim
BottleDrunkAI S1Can we get a plastic bottle? Gordon Gin
NewspaperBranniganAI S1
CoinsBranniganAI S1
Paper MoneyCrapshootersAI S1LOTS. LOTS. LOTS. Will probably only make it a night or two before needing replenished. Crapshooters need lots to cgamble with in the sewer
Gift BoxAdelaideAI S1Gimbel’s. Reinforced. Size is good.
Gift CardAdelaideAI S1No envelope. Plain Card (no barcode)
PenSkyAI S1Fountain Pen
Proverb SignMission BandAI S2One as a sandwich board. Plain text, simple Maroon border. Creme, not white paper/product. One needs to stand.
Isaiah SighMission BandOne needs to stand. Same as the Proverbs sign, but crossed out.
Proverb SignMission DressingA1 S2Goes on front of the Bible stand Matches the Proverb Sign
Coat Rack/ Hooks on DoorSarahAI S2
Mission NewspaperArvideAI S2Like a newspaper circular insert size
Paper & FormsSarahAI S2On and In the desk
Coffee Service CartAgathaAI S2Coffee pot, 2 cups.
Coffee AssortmentsAgathaAI S2Can it have things to play with? No real creamer. Napkins Full sized mugs (8), Can these can be matching, plain off-whtie diner mugs. Will use black coffee in 2 of them. Silver coffee pot (not modern glass). Glass for stirrers, Sugar bowl, Creamer bowl.
Mission PamphletsSarahAI S2Tri-fold. Not white, dipped down or creme
Mission FlyerSarahAI S2Advertise Midnight prayer meeting on Thursday. Half of an 8 1/2 x 11 Not white
BibleSarahAI S2The front needs to have a Cross and not say Encyclopedia
Prayer booksSarahAI S2Can we hide the spine titles?
ClipboardSarahAI S2
Cup of PencilsSet DressingAI S2
Waste BasketSet DressingAI S2Rectangular? Attached to desk
TelephoneNathanAI S3Hangs on a wall (5 foot cord)
MicrophoneMaster of CeremoniesAI S4On a stand.Will it work?
RagWaiterAI S4
Hot Box PropsHot Box GirlsAI S4
Cup of CoffeeWaiter/NathanAI S4
GlassBennyAI S4High balls
BroomWaiter/NathanAI S4Something quiet?
Wedding Veil BoxAdelaideAI S4“Sally’s Wedding Shop”, antiqued
BookAdelaideAI S4Medical/Psychology book
TrayWaitersAI S4
Beer bottlesGuysAI S4Amber glass, period brand
EarringMiMiAI S4Should we fake this?
Reading GlassesAdelaideAI S4
SuitAI S5Parceled together into big piles
BoxesGuyAI S5Parceled together into big piles, velcroable, the last one has a ring box on top.
LighterGuyAI S5Zippo, doesn’t have to light
Bracelet BoxDollAI S5Bracelet can be fixed into the box, needs to have a hindge opening
Trash CanSarah/ArvideAI S6Bigger than wastepaper basket from interior. Street Sized, aluminum
Red CarnationsAll GuysAI S7Worn in lapels
GunBig JuleAI S7
Shoulder holsterBig JuleA S7
Plane on a stickNicelyAI S7For Havana Transition, long stick
MenusHavana WaiterAI S8
Guide brochure of HavanaSarahAI S8Pocket guide
Order PadHavana WaiterAI S8
PencilHavana WaiterAI S8
Cocunut DrinksHavana WaiterAI S8Two regular, two crazy fancy
Nicer DrinksHavana WaiterAI S8
Drinks that are more elaborateHavana WaiterAI S8Compared to coconuts. High Baller
Skull drinksHavana WaiterAI S8Red jewels in the eyes
Kitchen UtensilsAdelaide/HB GirlsAI S10Costumes? Spatulas, etc.Nothing Sharp!
PoofAdelaide/HB GirlsA2 S1Huge: need to fit Adelaide inside, Tiffany Brand
High Ball GlassWaiter/SkyA2 S1Rye & Soda
DiceA2 S3One blank, other two sets identical; all white
CrateNathanA2 S3Something sittable
Small Notebook/MarkerGamblersA2 S3Cardstock
PencilGamblersA2 S3Gold pencil sized (short)
NewspaperAdelaideA2 S4
Letter & EnvelopeAdelaideA2 S4Letter from her mother. Gets torn. New on every night
Prayer BooksGamblersA2 S5
Pitch PipeGeneral CartwrightA2 S5
Newspaper BundlesSarah/AdelaideA2 S6These are standable/sittables, but need to be light
Rose BushNathanA2 S6About waist height
Detachable RoseNathanA2 S6
Pruning sheersNathanA2 S6
FLIT Bug Spray GunNathanA2 S6For Dream Sequence See Image
Laundry BasketSkyA2 S6For Dream Sequence
Laundry Basket FillerSkyA2 S6Need a baby onesie that he can be folding and whatever other filler
DiapersSkyA2 S6For Dream Sequence
Clothes PinSkyA2 S6For Dream Sequence
Laundry LineSky?A2 S6Lets talk about this
BoquetAdelaide/SarahA2 S7Will be thrown into the audience LIGHT PLEASE
BoquetBridesmaidsA2 S7See Mrs. Christie
NewspaperBranniganA2 S7
Walking CaneBranniganA2 S7Needs to be dressy
CymbalsSkyA2 S7
FURNITURE
News StandA1 S1
Stack of newspapersA1 S1Big enough to sit on, Adelaide will be lifting
Crate/boxA1 S1Standable. Same height as benches
SoapboxSarahAI S1Strong enough, Sarah stands on; Her Soapbox
Small DeskA1 S2On Castors, with drawers. Wheels need to lock
ChairA1 S2Needs to fit under desk
Bible StandA1 S2drawer for pamphlet, more of podium
ChairsA1 S4Cane back chairs
COSTUME PIECES
Man’s walletTouristA1 RunyonlandMust fit in a back suit pocket, check book style
PurseFemale TouristA1 Runyonland
Silk ScarfFemale TouristA1 RunyonlandGoes in purse, 6′
WristwatchAdelaideA1 RunyonlandThis is Costumes
PurseHot Box GirlsA1 S1
BeltNathanAI S1Costumes?
HandkercheifNathanAI S4
HandkercheifSarahA2 S6
WatchGeneral CartwrightA2 S5
ApronSkyA2 S6Frilly and exciting
PurseAdelaideA2 S4
CONSUMABLES
SandwichNicely NicelyTurkey and mayo or whatever Atlas wants
Pillow MintsNicely NicelyDitto 
DonutNicely NicelyDitto 
CoffeeAgathaJug o’ tea 1950’s
Proverb SignSkyAI S2Becomes Sky’s Marker

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Guys & Dolls Call Back List

Please understand that many of the roles have already been cast, but Ms. Fisher, Mrs. Ryan-Ferry, Mrs. Rodrigues, and Mr. Scarrone would like to take a closer look at a few of them. They want to ensure that every opportunity is explored thoughtfully.

Callbacks will be held in the LGI at 3:00 – 6:00, some may be released sooner.

Emma Merola, Lilly, Pendley, Crystal Musorofiti, Sariah Faust, Natalie Hayden, Mckenna Griffen, Madison Flagler, Giana Rodriguez, Evelyn Moreno, Alex Browning, Jonah Espinosa, Molly Lyons, Evangeline Santise, Charlie Klien,

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Cast of Man of LaMancha

DON QUIXOTE/MIGUEL DE CERVANTES/ALONSO QUIJANA  – Jonah Espinosa

SANCHO PANZA – Evelynn Jane Moreno

ALDONZA – Samiha Golden

All Double as Prisoners 

THE INNKEEPER/THE GOVERNOR Messiah Gardner

THE PADRE – Jaunario  Stageman

DR. CARRASCO/THE DUKE – Atlas Baltz

ANTONIA – Molly Lyons

HOUSEKEEPER – Anabelle Arginsky

THE BARBER – Madison Flagler

PEDRO – Head Muleteer – Eliot Waterman

ANSELMO – August Hayes

JOSE – Henry Cerchiara

JUAN – Anthony Soltish

PACO – Kekoa Baysa

TENORIO, Horse, Captain – Flamenco – Anastasia Santise

MARIA – The Innkeeper’s Wife – McKenna Griffin 

FERMINA/DANCER – A girl at the Inn/Dancer – Flamenco – Moor – Mule – Charlotte Bowen

Additional Dancers will be selected (Gypsies (Moors),Soldiers, Prisoners, Prison Guards, People of the Inquisition – 

Evageline Santise, Hartley Brinkman, Giana Rodriguez, Emi Dickinson Leal, Mayse Doyle, SaRiah Faust

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Beacon Players Parent Meeting & Open House

September 16th
All Parents 6 -7pm
Current & New Members 7-8:30pm

Every Fall we invite our Members Parents and Guardians to attend our kickoff meeting. As Advisors, we cannot stress the importance of your attendance at this meeting. We try to make it as clear as possible that without your involvement and understanding of what we do, we cannot continue to provide level of expertise that we try to achieve and pass along to your children.

Please attend this meeting where we will cover new security measures that we are putting in place, thoughts and ideas that we have worked on throughout the summer and continue to work on. For the first time we have complete schedules that are posted on our calendar, in addition areas where we truly need your help and support will be discussed. If you can do even just a little to help us achieve our goals or if you are new to the organization, it is even more important that you attend.

If you have seen any of our productions you know how involved the advisors are and how dedicated the advisors, truly become. We are without a doubt, a family. After the initial meeting with parents, we will hold our Open House for all members new current and pit orchestra where we will continue to discuss our cast, auditions, the shows, and so much more.

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Our Season – Man of La Mancha – An Evening With Will~Shakespeare That Is! – GUYS & DOLLS

MAN OF LA MANCHA is set in the late 1500s, when Miguel de Cervantes is thrown into prison by the Spanish Inquisition. Having failed as a soldier and as a playwright, Cervantes
was working as a tax collector—until he made the mistake of foreclosing on a church. Now Cervantes and his manservant face a group of fellow prisoners, who stage a mock trial before the inmate known as “The Governor.” Faced with the loss of
all his possessions, including a tattered manuscript, Cervantes proposes that his defense will take the form of a play. He begins to spin the tale of Alonso Quijana, “a country squire…no longer young…bony, hollow faced…eyes that burn with the fire of inner vision.” Quijana, having read too many tales of heroic knights in the age of chivalry, declares he will become a knight- errant—Don Quixote de la Mancha—traveling the countryside righting all wrongs. Cervantes’s manservant takes on the role of Don Quixote’s faithful companion, Sancho Panza.

Quixote battles a “giant”—in reality, one of the many windmills that dot the landscape of the plains of La Mancha. He is defeated, retreating to a “castle”—really a roadside inn. The inn is populated by rough mule drivers (muleteers); the kitchen serving-wench, Aldonza, scorns their advances, making no secret of her low beginning and harsh life. (“I was spawned in a ditch by a mother who left me there….”)

Quixote sees the boisterous muleteers as fellow knights and believes the hard-edged Aldonza to be a beautiful noble lady, whom he calls “Dulcinea” (meaning “sweetness”). Aldonza is confused by this; no one has ever treated her with kindness.

Cervantes now takes the story to Quijana’s home, where his niece Antonia and her fiancé, Dr. Carrasco, along with the housekeeper and Quijana’s friend Padre Perez, worry about Quijana’s increasingly erratic behavior. Although they each declare they are “only thinking of him,” it’s clear that they are determined to put a stop to Quijana’s antics and bring him home.

While Quixote admires “Dulcinea” from afar, Aldonza confronts Sancho: she asks why he follows a madman like Quixote. Sancho replies that he simply likes Quixote; Aldonza, alone, wonders what Quixote could possibly see in a woman like her. Meanwhile, the muleteers jeer at Aldonza and her eccentric admirer.

A wandering barber arrives at the inn. Quixote believes the barber’s brass shaving basin to be a magical golden helmet that makes its wearer invulnerable and demands that the barber give it to him. Dr. Carrasco and the Padre witness this. Carrasco is certain that Quijana/Quixote is mad, while the Padre is not so sure.

The Innkeeper, whom Quixote believes to be the “Lord of the Castle,” agrees to dub Quixote a knight once he has spent a night holding vigil. As he meditates alone, Aldonza interrupts him. She cannot understand—why does he do these things? He replies that it is necessary to follow the quest—every knight’s mission.

When the lead muleteer abuses Aldonza, Quixote leaps to her defense, leading to a fight between Quixote (aided by Sancho

Pictured: Geoff Elliott, Kasey Mahaffy. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

and Aldonza) and the gang of muledrivers. Quixote is victorious and is dubbed a knight by the Innkeeper. Meanwhile, Quixote is unaware that the angry muleteers have abducted Aldonza in revenge.

Setting out on the road once more, Quixote and Sancho are attacked by thieves, who take everything they have. When they return to the inn, they find Aldonza, who has been beaten bloody by the muleteers. She expresses her frustration and rage at ever having believed in Quixote’s dreams.

The Knight of the Mirrors, whom Quixote sees as his mortal enemy, the Enchanter, enters and challenges Quixote to a duel. As they battle, Quixote is struck by his reflection in the Knight’s mirrored shield—he sees himself for the broken old man that he truly is. The Knight reveals himself to be Dr. Carrasco.

The guards interrupt the story to inform Cervantes that he will soon be taken to face the Inquisitors. He asks for enough time to conclude his story.

Alonso Quijana, no longer Don Quixote, lays in his bed at home, surrounded by his family. His spirit has been broken; he is dying. Fighting her way through his family, Aldonza comes to Quijana’s side. He does not recognize her and does not know her name. She pleads with him, saying that he once called her “Dulcinea,” and he begins to remember. She reminds him of the words of his quest—“to dream the impossible dream.” Quixote dies as the Padre prays over him, and Aldonza declares that she is now Dulcinea.

Cervantes’s story is finished: the prisoners give him his manuscript, as the guards return to remove him from the
cell and bring him before the officials of the Inquisition. As Cervantes is lead out of the prison, the inmates join together, singing Quixote’s song of his impossible dream. ♦

Just a small taste of this amazing and beautiful story.

An Evening With Will ~ Shakespeare That Is!!

On March 14 and 15 a very special event will take place. The Beacon Players and Spack Onstage will share the stage at both Beacon High School and at Spackenkill High School.

Each group will select 3 scenes from different plays from William Shakespeare to perform, and one scene will be performed by a combined group from both schools, on Friday 3/14 the show will be performed at Spackenkill H.S. and on Saturday 3/15. We will not charge for admission but will set up Donation Boxes wherever possibile.

GUYS & DOLLS

Hailed as the perfect musical comedy, this award-winning classic gambles with luck and love under the bright lights of Broadway.

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dollsran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks and Oliviers. Frequently revived, the show has been done with numerous all-star casts, including productions/concerts featuring Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jessica Biel.

Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.

Frank Loesser’s brassy, immortal score makes Guys and Dolls a crowd pleaser. The large cast features both a variety of ensemble and star roles. With a great collection of production resources from MTI, this highly producible show is a treat for audiences and performers of any age.

a sample

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One on One Meetings

ALL TIME SLOTS ARE FILLED, PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Hello and thanks for signing up for our One on One Meetings. The meetings will be about 45 minutes long and will be held in the Main Office Conference Room.

Thanks

One on One Audition Meetings

Informal Meetings to discuss upcoming shows, characters, and possible roles that might suit you.

Name
July 8 – FULL
July 8 is now full Please select a time slot for July 9, Thanks
July 9 -FULL(Required)
Please meet in the conference room in the main office thank you and please only select one time slot… you will receive an audition packet at the One on One meeting.

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