Guys and Dolls ready to show its cards; musical to premiere on Thursday
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t. Louis U. High’s Dauphin Players will put on their third production of the year, Guys and Dolls, under the direction of fine arts teacher Joseph Schulte next weekend. According to Schulte, this is SLUH’s fourth production of the musical since 1967. “I chose this play because number one: it is a show I like. Number two: it’s a show I feel we have the wherewithal to do, and number three: it is a show I think the audience will like. That’s basically it,” said Schulte. Based on a story by Damon Runyon, the play takes place mainly in New York
City during the 1950s and tells the story of two gamblers and their female counterparts. The play focuses on these characters as they struggle to find true love. According to Schulte, the play shows “there is a lot about life as a gamble.” Senior Jack Leahy plays Nathan Detroit, the organizer of the city’s infamous illegal craps game. He has also managed to remain engaged to Miss Adelaide, a singer at the local Hot Box nightclub, for 14 years despite her efforts to tie the knot. “I consider him to be a pretty self-centered guy, along with being a procrastinator, so he actually kind of fits me pretty well,” said Leahy. “He is a guy who thinks about
Danis Field House Update PHOTO BY ZAC BOESCH
himself a lot and lives his life on his own.” Nerinx Hall junior Julia Sinks, who plays Adelaide, feels her character’s frustration towards Detroit grow throughout the play even though she’s “very much in love.” “She just really wants to get married, and she is fed up at this point,” said Sinks. “But the one challenge about playing her is she is kind of a Betty Boop character. She is a little bit out there, flirty and ditzy, and I’m a little bit more reserved in that sense.” As he continues with his antics, Detroit encounters another enthusiastic gambler, Sky Masterson, played by senior Mark Holzum, and inadvertently sets up the play’s second couple consisting of Masterson and Sarah
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Freshmen pick reps in first election
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Light pours into the Danis Field House as construction continues on the floor of the new gymnasium. The outside of the structure now boasts a new layer of brick. Construction will continue throughout the spring and summer until the Field House’s completion this fall.
he class of 2012 elected its Student Council (STUCO) representatives yesterday. 240 freshmen voted in the contest that elected Justin Ramacciotti as social representative, James Griffard as pastoral representative, and Jack Witthaus as class president. Candidates submitted applications with their personal information and goals for each position. Last week’s primaries narrowed the field to two candidates per position, and the remaining candidates gave speeches in the theater during a mandatory freshman class
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