Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Nov. 1981
Directors: Kay Burchette and Lillian Haufe
Music directors: Karon and Lyle StirlingChoreographers: Kathy Schwartz and Sandy Mason
Rehearsal accompanists: Corinne Slaughter and Karon Stirling
Synopsis: The musical is based on a story of Damon Runyon, whose world as a reporter wasthat of the night people of New York, the gamblers, the chorus girls, the gansters, street walkers and con artisits. There are two love stories in this production. The first involves Sarah Brown, a Salvation Army missionary, and Sky Masterson, the greatest gambler of them all. Of equal interest is the love story of Adelaide, the leading dancer at the Hot Box Night Club, and Nathan Detroit, who runst the “oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York.”
Cast (in order of appearance): News vendor Ron Bride; Shady character Robert Von Bon; Texan and wife Henry Perry & Barbara Lippert; Tour guide Andrew Suffron; Chorus girls Pam Burton & Sandra Mason; Policeman Donnie Downing; Street walker Diana Mathews; Bag lady Joan Phillis; Photographer Jim Cox; Actor and actress Russ Mikels & Sheila Jones; Bobby soxers Jayne Garner & Donita Carr; Prizefighter and his manager Jack Woolard & Bryan Speer; Con artists David Brown & Beverly Horn; Pickpocket Jack Boatman; Blind man Rick Harper; Society lady and her dog Nancy Games and Waggles; Nicely-Nicely Johnson Steve Campbell; Benny Southstreet Phil Norton; Rusty Charlie Chris Griffin; Drunk Roger Barker; Mission band: Priscilla Carol Baughman, Agatha Rosalee Ernst, Jane Hazel Nardini, Martha Carol Tade, Calvin Roger Wyse; Sarah Brown Julie Ecklund, Arvide Abernathy Leroy Bergmann; Harry the Horse Fred Hainline; Lt. Brannigan Gary McConnell; Nathan Detroit Marty Owen; Gamblers: Angie the Ox Uli Stumm, Society Max Mark Crady, Scranton Slim Robert Von Bon, Brandy Bates Scott Malm; Miss Adelaide Karen Griffith; Sky Masterson Greg Dicks; Joey Biltmore Scott Malm; Master of ceremonies Andrew Suffron; Hot Box girls Mickey Steinkruger, Anne Nordeen, Deena Boone, Gail Wortmann, Nancy Sheets, Myra Martin; Hot Box waiter Rick Harper; Mimi Anne Nordeen; Gen. Matilda B. Cartwright Jean Stockham; Big Jule Lloyd Mietzner; Cuban waiter Jim Cox; Cubans John Ernst, Kathy Schwartz, Don Ruyle; Street sweeper Roger Barker; Lovers Pam Burton & Jack Boatman
Orchestra: Conductor Lyle Stirling; Piano Corinne Slaughter; Violin Thomas Stirling; Flute Jane Piper, Julie Curry; Clarinet Vonda Proctor; Saxophone Karen Spurgeon, Maria Dozauer; Trumpet Clint Marshall; Trombone Teresa Henkenius; Percussion Sharol Proctor
Crews: Props Mildred Spilman, Virginia Kinnamon, Russ Hanes, Phyllis Aeschliman, Janet Woolard, May Hanna; Stage construction Ron Bride, Harold Craig, Jack Woolard, Jim Sheets, Steve Bender, Ted King, Leroy Bergmann, Marty Owen; Costume committee Wanda Knupp, Freda Pettit, Jeannine Hockersmith, Denise Jansen, Nancy Games, Maxine Miller, Georgia Walker, Marilyn McCreedy, Mary Kincart; Lights Gary Henry, Russ Mikels, Grant Chapin, Rick Harper; Sound effects Doug & Lynn Spilman, Rick Harper; Art work Jeanie Swaim, Debbie Baughman, Stephanie Swaim; Seamstresses Sandra Warning, Debbie Rayburn, Mary Lou McVey, Pat Wagler, Dorothy Jessen, Joan Walker, Roberta McClure, Sue Hooper, Marilyn McCreedy, Helen Ernst, Pat Carlisle, Bonnie Birchmier, Rochelle Bogle, Ruth Swaim, Linda Pettit; Makeup Susan McConnell, Jill Owen, Kristie Fisk, Lorrie Murphy, Mary Kincart, Pam Whitacre, Vicki Good, Sheila Early, Barbara Strait, Marsha Simmons, Myra Madden, Tami Greiner, Mona Barker, Carol Simmons, Mary Vinzant, Susan Howard, Glenda Miller, Nancy Inman, Lesle Kouba, Gail Ward, Kari Blasi; Hair dressers Kay Smith, Debbie White; Prompter Kathy Bergmann; Tickets Sheri Pettit, Isabel Boatman; Reading committee Lillian Haufe, Kay Burchette, Karon & Lyle Stirling, Corrine Slaughter; House committee Elaine Perry, Jean Augspurger, Nancy Young, Bill Stockham; Publicity Gloria Garner; Try-outs Lillian Haufe, Kay Burchette, Nancy Games, Phyllis Shelton; Programs Anne Morgan; Baby sitters Pam Whitacre, Betty Inderski, Marlene Bassatt, Phyllis Aeschliman, Megan Early, Helen Schroeder, Joann Walker, Evelyn Knowler, Kathy Bergmann, Betty Cassady, Vicki Taylor, Debbie Norton, Marian Ferring, Lisa Perry, Joyce Pence, Donna Hutchings, Arda Friend, Jean Tharp, Joy Evans, Donna Treharne, Elsie Ritz, Hildred Gordy, Donna Piper, Pat Hainline, Carolyn Knott, Kay Speer, Carolyn Dearborn, Ginny Wuthrich, Linda Rowe, Mr. & Mrs. Sam Botts; Runner Karen Brown; Program & poster design JoAnn Dixon