Lake Plains Players bring Guys and Dolls, a timeless musical, to the stage in Medina
Community theater group performing shows from Friday through Sunday
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – These gamblers try their luck and skill in a scene from Guys and Dolls. They would sing, “The Crapshooters’ Dance.” It’s a scene early in the second act of the musical, which is being performed by the Lake Plains Players with shows 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Medina High School.
This is the biggest production of the year for the community theater group, which predominantly features people from Orleans and Niagara counties. The Lake Plains Players also do two cabarets during the year, a summer theater program for children, and will be adding a theater program for senior citizens in the summer of 2027. The Players are working on finding a venue of the production of Into the Woods.
Tickets for Guys and Dolls are $15 for adults and $12 for senior citizens. Click here for more information on tickets.
Scott Weber plays Nathan Detroit, who runs an illegal craps game and is constantly avoiding law enforcement. He also is stalling on a 14-year engagement.
The musical is usually performed at Roy-Hart, but the school is doing renovations and upgrades to its auditorium and stage.
The show is directed by Sarah Jones Geer, who performed in Guys and Dolls when she was a student at Lyndonville in 1995.
She said the audience will enjoy the musical.
“It’s a golden age of Broadway show,” she said. “There is a lot of word play and physical comedy.”
Other members of the production team include Gary Simboli, vocal director; Mike Thaine, music director; Mollie Radzinski, choreographer; Robyn Watts, costume designer; and Sue Glynn, stage manager.
Rebecca Witty plays the role of Sarah Brown and Erin Moody of Albion is Sky Masterson. They are singing, “I’ve Never Been in Love Before.” They are an unlikely couple with Sky a notorious gambler and Sarah, a pious member of the Save-a-Soul Mission.
Amelia Schuster, center, plays the role of Miss Adelaide, shown performing her nightclub act, “Take Back Your Mink.” She is frustrated with Nathan for putting off their wedding and his ongoing gambling. Adelaide is shown with the Hot Box girls, backup dancers at the club.
The Save-a-Soul Mission calls for sinners to repent. The mission will have to close if it can’t get more people at an upcoming revival meeting. Johna Wegand, right, plays Arvide Abernathy, one of the leaders of the mission band.
The gamblers are happy after winning in a craps game.
