NEWSIES 

Whether you’re a singer who moves, you can do cartwheels and handsprings, you can really belt out a tune, have a convincing limp, you just want to stand & sing, you’ve mastered the stamina to sing & dance at the same time, you just want to do something new, you’re a triple threat,  just love tapping, you love creating memorable characters, or pirouettes are your jam, you dig fight choreography or you just want to find your people…
 

SRO WANTS YOU FOR NEWSIES!!!

MOST ROLES ARE OPEN TO EITHER GENDER

Looking for a fun and focused CREW & Stage Manager too!

In 2 weeks, these kids changed the world!

Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 motion picture, features a score by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. While on Broadway, Newsies received 23 major theatrical nominations – including eight Tony Award nods – and won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Score and Choreography. 

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged “newsies” who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right. 

Newsies is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Timely and fresh, the fictionalized adaptation of Newsies addresses age-old themes of social injustice, exploitative labor practices and David-versus-Goliath struggles as the young learn to harness their power against a corrupt establishment.

Known for its athletic choreography and invigorating score, Newsies requires a strong ensemble of actor-dancers who excel at creating characters through movement. All Newsies, from ensemble to leads Jack and Davey, will be dancing, but don’t be nervous! Beyond these movement and vocals heavy roles, Newsies offers a large cast of characters with plenty of opportunities for beginner or non-dancers to shine!