CCM's Musicals series presents the Crapshooters' Ballet from "Guys and Dolls" (Oct. 21, 2018)

CCM's Mainstage Musicals Series presents the Crapshooters' Ballet from Frank Loesser' "Guys and Dolls." Take a journey to the sewers below Broadway, where Nathan Detroit is secretly running the oldest established craps game in NYC. The gamblers are counting on their luck, but Big Jule is a sore loser. CCM's musical theatre performers are accompanied by the CCM Concert Orchestra.
This production was originally presented from Oct. 19-21 and 26-27, 2018, in Corbett Auditorium in celebration of the 50th anniversary of CCM's Musical Theatre program. Video created by Kaelin Butts, a Communications/Electronic Media double-major at the University of Cincinnati.
GUYS AND DOLLS
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a Story and Characters by Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Creative Team
Diane Lala, director and choreographer
Roger Grodsky, musical director
Thomas C. Umfrid, scenic designer
Nicholas Smith*, lighting designer
Jason Sebastian, sound designer
Reba Senske, costume designer
Meredith Keister*, wig and make-up designer
Caroline Castleman*, production stage manager
Jenny Jones, fight coordinator
D’Arcy Smith and Kate Webster, dialect coaches
CCM Student
Cast List
Nick Berninger asNicley-Nicely Johnson
Sam Pickart as Benny Southstreet
Hank Von Kolnitz as Rusty Charlie
Aria Braswell as Sarah Brown
Dain Alan Paige (BFA Dramatic Performance, 1993)+ as Arvide Abernathy
Michael Canu as Harry the Horse
Stone Mountain as Lt. Brannigan
Kevin Chlapecka^/Matt Copley* as Nathan Detroit
Andrew Alstat as Angie the Ox
Kendall McCarthy^/Anya Axel* as Miss Adelaide
Frankie Thams as Sky Masterson
Eli Mayer as Joey Baltimore
Dylan Dougal as Hot Box MC
Bryn Purvis as Mimi
Elle Zambarano as General Matilda B. Cartwright
Elijah King as Big Jule
Sofie Flores as Agatha
Cole Harksen as Calvin
Britta Rae as Martha
Hot Box Girls: Bailee Endebrock, Jamie Goodson, Zoe Grolnick, Bryn Purvis
Tower Boys: Leo Carmody, Christian Feliciano, Kai Horvit, Christian Kidd, Drew Minard, Eli Owens, Aaron Richert, Sammy Schechter
Ensemble: Andrew Alstat, Kurtis Brown, Michael Canu, Dylan DougaL, Sofie Flores, Haley Holcomb, Chip Hawver, Jack Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Eli Mayer, Jordan Miller, Britta Rae, Mikayla Renfrow, Erich W. Schleck, Veronica Stern, Quinn Surdez, Hank Von Kolnitz, Ethan Zeph
Dance Captain Bryn Purvis
Understudies:
Nicely-Nicely Johnson - Erich W. Schleck
Benny Southstreet - Andrew Alstat
Sarah Brown - Mikayla Renfrow
Sky Masterson - Ethan Zeph
Swings - Anna Chase Lanier, Brandon Schumacker