Valorie Eversole Daily Union Staff Writer The bets were on and the stakes were high as Guys and Dolls hit the stage at The Little Theatre on the Square in Sullivan. The first of the Summer 2008 playlist opened last Wednesday and will continue through Saturday, June 22, with high energy from all 25 actors involved. Set in New York City in the era of floating crap games and other assorted “sins”, the storyline centers around two high gamblers and the “dolls” who become involved with them. Jack Milo and Doug Wilson play the leading men, Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson. Detroit, in his quest for finding a spot to hold the next crap game, makes a $1000 bet that Masterson cannot get the local Salvation Army lass (Kate Feerick) to go to Havanna with him. Milo provides a comical Art Carney type of character in his performance as Nathan Detroit. He paired nicely with his on-stage “doll” Miss Adelaide, played by LoriAnn Freda. Miss Adelaide suffers from a pyschosomatic cold from being engaged for 14 years to Detroit and trying to convince him to marry her sooner rather than later. Freda did an excellent job with the look and voice of a New York showgirl who performed eye (and skirt) raising entertainment for the patrons of The Hot Box Nightclub. Wilson easily fit the part of Sky Masterson, a high stakes gambler with both the cunning and charm to persuade any “doll” his way. But he meets his match with Miss Sarah Brown, the Save-a-Soul Mission crusader whom he has been challenged to persuade to accompany him to Havanna. When Miss Sarah (Feerick) discovers that she was a pawn of Sky’s bet, she refuses to have anything more to do with him. But Sky soon discovers that he has actually fallen in love with her. Masterson works his way into Miss Sarah’s heart as he uses his gambling luck to help save the mission from being shut down. The play is full of music and dancing performed mostly by the younger cast members. The choreography is precise to fit the size of the stage during the high flying moves. Kate Feerick’s singing voice was taken to her fullest soprano range in such songs as “I’ll Know” and “If I Were a Bell.” Other music talents include tenor Eddie Schnecker, who led the other actors in “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat.” Many of the cast are new to The Little Theatre stage, but are sure to find it a comfortable home for their talents. Whether or not you’ve seen the play or movie before, the performance at The Little Theatre is worth seeing. Upcoming performances at The Little Theatre on the Square this summer include Cabaret, West Side Story, Gypsy, and All Shook Up.