A young man walks determinedly along a sadly dilapidated basement of a Bay Ridge church. His manner is undeniably cocky, and the sneer marring his handsome face only adds to the moment’s inherent intrigue. His golden hair nearly luminescent in the room’s artificial light, he almost bears the presence of an angel.

Ironically, this vibrant lad is auditioning to play the devil in the Narrows Community Theater’s fall musical, “Damn Yankees.”

In existence for nearly four decades, Narrows owes its humble beginnings to a myriad of holy buildings in the oceanfront neighborhood and – for quite a few years until 9/11 – the Fort Hamilton Army Base.

“Actually, we played wherever we could get space. Our problem has always been a home,” said Mickey Sullivan, a member of the Narrows board since its inception. “Over the years, we have lost thousands and thousands of dollars in props. We had to leave them – we had no place to store them.”