Springhouse Middle School Theater students will present their version of "Guys and Dolls Jr." March 6 through 8.

This 15-scene musical, which tells the story of rolling the dice and taking chances, is set in 1920s New York City.

The performance opens with wise guy Nathan Detroit searching for the next location for his illegal "floating" craps game.

Ben Quaglio, portrays Nathan Detroit, organizer of the games.

"Nathan Detroit has been engaged to Adelaide for 14 years and they still do not have a date for the wedding," Quaglio said. "She wants nothing but for him to not run his craps game but he goes behind her back and does it anyway."

Quaglio said Nathan Detroit is one of the funny characters.

"One of my favorite kinds of roles to play," he said.

Quaglio enjoys performing because he gets to act and hang out with his theater friends everyday after school.

Skylar Gutman plays Miss Adelaide, lead performer at the Hot Box, a tacky and dodgy cabaret joint.

"My character Adelaide is an intellectually challenged woman who is quite comical," Gutman said.

Gutman loves how her character is so patient being engaged to Nathan Detroit.

"I would never have the patience to cope with that scenario," Gutman said. "I also love how she is such a fun and quirky character to portray."

Gutman says her fellow cast members are fantastic and amazing to work with.

"It's been so much fun to work on this great production," she explained.

Will McMahan discussed his role as the suave and intelligent gangster Sky Masterson.

"Sky Masterson is a very confident and successful gambler," McMahan said. "Sky carries himself with a smooth as velvet personality, which is one of my favorite parts about my character.

"He also has a soft spot for Sarah, as she is the only one who can rattle him."

McMahan said his character owns the stage with the song "Luck Be a Lady."

"I love being in this play because theater is my passion," McMahan said. "It's what I love to do and I always look forward to working with such a great cast and crew.

Elizabeth Gonzalez commented on her role as the conventional, respectable and principled Sarah Brown.

"My character is Sgt. Sarah Brown. She is in the Mission and she is quite and pure," Gonzalez said. "She strongly believes everyone should resist the devil and other bad things like gambling."

"I like playing my character because she is on a mission to change things and is always sticking to her gut until she meets Sky."

Gonzalez said being in the theater is a kind of an escape from the real world.

"You get to be a total different person in a totally different life, which is awesome," Gonzalez said. "What I like about this show is the love story. It is cool to see how with just a little love you go outside your comfort zone."

This musical is directed, choreographed and produced by Jessica Manmiller, Alaina Swartz and Mike Palazzo.

"In this version of the musical "Guys and Dolls Jr." we get a colorful glimpse of 1920s New York City, when gangsters had to dodge not only the police but the local mission workers in their quest for the next place to play dice games," Manmiller said. "Period musicals are a delightful way to teach students about some of the most exciting periods in history through avenues that interest their age group - the fun clothes, silly hairstyles and crazy languages."

Theater students will be performing "Guys and Dolls Jr." 7 p.m. March 6, 7 and 8; and at 2 p.m. March 8 in Springhouse Middle School auditorium.

Tickets are $5 and will be available for all shows at the door.