Jobs and Auditions at The Pear…
CASTING CALL
We are thrilled to announce auditions for Guys and Dolls by Abe Burrows, Frank Loesser, and Jo Swerling!
Direction and Choreography by Lysander Abadia.
Vocal Direction by Richard Portune.
Performance Dates: February 19 - March 7, 2027 (with a possible extension to March 14).
First Rehearsal: Sunday, January 3, 2027. Link to Rehearsal Calendar
The Pear Theatre is located at 1110 La Avenida Suite A, Mountain View, CA
Auditions are by virtual submission only.
Virtual submissions are due by Monday October 12 at 5:00 pm.
Please complete this form and provide a link to your video submission.
Please introduce yourself (slate) and prepare a 1-2 vocal selection (1-2 min. max.). Songs should be appropriate for the period and style of this musical.
Please be sure to make sure that video links are viewable (YouTube, Google Drive or Vimeo preferred).
Please upload a headshot & resume, labeled with your first & last name (i.e.- JayDoeHeadshot).
Please contact auditions@thepear.org with any questions.
Callbacks (by invitation only) will be held on: Saturday, October 17 from 1-7pm, at Zohar Dance Studio & Pear Theatre.
The Pear Theatre is committed to inclusive casting and encourages performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, body types, abilities, and lived experiences to audition. All positions are volunteer.
PAY: A $300 travel stipend is available.
About the Show: Bursting with unforgettable songs and energetic dance numbers, our production will charm and entertain the audience while asking the question of what it is to be a Guy or a Doll and everything in between. Guys and Dolls is a musical based on short stories by Damon Runyon and premiered on Broadway in 1950, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. This show has had several revivals on Broadway and the West End, as well as a 1955 film adaptation. Guys and Dolls is considered to be one of the greatest Broadway musicals. Set in a vibrant, larger-than-life New York City, gamblers, dreamers, and missionaries collide in one high-stakes bet that has the potential to change the lives of all involved.
All roles are open to whoever best fits the essence of the character, and please feel free to submit for the role you've always wanted to audition for in your heart of hearts.
ROLES:
Miss Adelaide (fem alto) - A lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub and Nathan Detroit's fiancee. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married.
Sarah Brown (fem soprano) - Serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. She fully believes in her worthy cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with Sky along the way.
Nathan Detroit (masc baritone) - A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the big time. He loves Adelaide but cannot quit his gambling ways.
Sky Masterson (masc baritone) - A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of people.
The following roles will be distributed among the Ensemble who will be playing gamblers and/or Hot Box dancers. Folks may be playing one or more roles in the following list:
Nicely Nicely Johnson (masc tenor) - Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan's loyal friend and lackey.
Benny Southstreet (masc baritone) - Nathan's right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan's best interests at heart.
Arvide Abernathy (masc baritone) - The bass drum and cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah's loving grandfather. He wants nothing but the best for her.
Joey Biltmore (masc non-singing role) - Garage owner who demands a $1,000 cash-in-advance fee before letting Nathan Detroit use his garage for a floating crap game.
Lieutenant Brannigan (masc non-singing role) - A New York police officer who is on to Nathan's illegal craps games and is dead-set on catching him.
General Matilda Cartwright (fem mezzo) - Stern, authoritative leader of the Save-a-Soul Mission.
Rusty Charlie (masc tenor) - Small-time gambler, part of Nathan Detroit's crew.
Harry the Horse (masc baritone) - A crook and gambler. He is a tough guy with dollar signs as his bottom line. Brings Big Jule into Nathan's craps game and backs his cheating, but is also a man of his word in the gambling community.
Big Jule (masc non-singing role) - A big time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing.
Angie the Ox (masc baritone) - One of Nathan's gambler cronies.