John Bapst Players ready to present ‘Guys and Dolls’

BANGOR – The John Bapst Players will perform the musical comedy “Guys and Dolls” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 18-19, at the John Bapst Memorial High School auditorium, 100 Broadway. Tickets are $5, $4 for senior citizens and students, and may be purchased at the Fine Arts Office from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays and at the door.

It all started as a bet. Gambler Nathan Detroit, organizer of the “oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York,” needs money. Nathan’s buddy Sky Masterson thinks he can romance any girl, even mission worker Sarah Brown, and is willing to bet on it. So begins the hilarious and improbable romance between Masterson and Sarah Brown.

To make matters worse for Nathan, not only is his showgirl girlfriend, Adelaide, insisting on finally getting married after 14 years, she tells him that if he doesn’t stop gambling, they’re through.

Frank Loesser’s musical comedy is based on Damon Runyon’s short story “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown,” and opened on Broadway in 1950. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine and Jean Simmons starred in the 1955 film version, which featured the popular song “Luck be a Lady.”

The cast comprises Kyle Lad, Marc Girard, Reed Gochberg, Elaine Colwell, Jordan Trundy, Ryan Lena, Nat Hewett, Matt Edwards, Josh Jameson, Andrew Askins, Thomas Carey, Sam Heathcote, Tyler Yeo, CJ Castonguay, Kelly Kearns, Thea Schneider, Ginny Marston, Elizabeth Lutz, Molly Lizotte, Grant Batchelder, Ellison Haddix, Brian Porter, Matt Rice, Michael Sekera, Kelly Allen, Brooke Black, Laura Connolly, Josie Donaher, Sarah McDonald, Elle Winchester, Chelsea Andrews, Kristyn Murphy, Cara Adams, Holly Devoe, Ali Gormley, Emily Hopkins, Erin Keim, Alyssa McIntyre, Ashley Robertson, Katie Wetherbee, Kelly Willard, Alison Cheney, Kaitlyn Dyleski, Kristy Kerns, Emily Lad, Maegan Lincoln, Lizzy Mayhew, Caroline Openshaw, Jamie Pulley, Haylee Romaine, Alee Scheidt, Kelsey Shaler, Megan Stewart and Allie Walsh.

Pit band musicians are Ezra Juskewitch, Ashley Winslow, Brian Porter, Colin Cambell, Joe Fernandez, Kirk Nichols, Maren Askins, Kate Morgan, Richard Dort, Sheila Toomey, Megan McBurnie, Rachel Stearns, Jessica Frick, Evelyn Sharkey, Cassie Alley, Andrew Clark, Meredith Atkinson, Mellisa Moreau, Casey Benn, Elliot Graebert, Chelsea Croft-Greenwell, Frank Kesseler, Brian Rand, Ellen Juskewitch, Pat Kane, Adam Sitarski, Kate Colwell, Caroline Openshaw, Haley Barker, Kristy Kearns and Kellie Branson.

To obtain more information, call 947-0313.