Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre’s “Guys and Dolls” Opens Sat Nov 3 in Pleasanton’s Firehouse Arts Center

PLEASANTON, CA–Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre’s Guys and Dolls opens Saturday November 3, 2018 at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, and continues November 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 8:00 pm and November 4, 11, 18 at 2:00 pm. Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances after opening on Broadway in 1950 and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks and Oliviers.

“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.” (source)

This show will delight those seeing it for the first time as well as those seeing it again. This exceptionally strong cast will entertain you with lots of laughs, well-choreographed dance numbers and extremely talented voices that harmonize beautifully with some of the most memorable show numbers of all time. Familiar showstoppers include: “Luck Be a Lady”, “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat”, “A Bushel and a Peck” and “Adelaide’s Lament”.

Guys and Dolls marks Tri-Valley Rep’s first production as the new resident company at the Firehouse. The company will continue to perform at both the Bankhead Theater and the Firehouse Arts Center. Just as with their performances at the Bankhead Theater, make sure to stay after the show to meet some of the cast members in the lobby after the show.

Tickets are $25-$41 each (plus facility fees) and are available at the Firehouse Arts Center Box Office, by phone at 925-931-4848, hours are Wednesday-Friday, noon to 6pm, Saturday, 10-4pm or visit online: http://www.firehousearts.org/. A 15% discount is available to groups of ten or more by purchasing tickets to the same show on a single order. Group sales are available only by phone or at the box office.

All photos credit: Josh Milbourne

• Directors: Kathleen Breedveld and Brian Olkowski
• Musical Director: Sierra Dee
• Choreography: Kelly Krauss Cooper

CAST:

• Sky Masterson: Noel Anthony*
• Sarah Brown: Rachel Powers
• Nathan Detroit: Robert Lopez
• Miss Adelaide: Morgan Stinson
• Nicely-Nicely Johnson: Johnny Orenberg
• Benny Southstreet: Ron Houk
• Rusty -Harry the Horse: Matthew Kelly
• Arvide Abernathy: Jim Rupp
• Lt. Hannigan: Sunil Haraini
• Big JuLe: AJ Amstrup
• General Cartwright: Ali Lane
• Agatha: Martha McDowell
• Angie the Ox: Kurt Hornbacker (Joey Biltmore)
• Hotbox Girls: Jillian Abney (Mimi), Heidi Amstrup, Katherine Mathers, Michelle Roque, Sarah Schori
• Ensemble: Jason Cisler, Taylor Hendricks (Waiter), Carrie Menefee, Domonic Tracy, Deborah Lowder, Will Mattingly

* member of Actors Equity Association