Musical Audition for "Newsies" Production
The company is holding auditions for production of "Newsies" and looking for singers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: The first read-through will be on Saturday, July 6th. First full production rehearsals will start July 8th through the end of August 24th, 2024, and will typically run Monday– Thursday Evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, and on Saturdays from 1 pm to 5:00 pm. Rehearsals will be broken up into two Vocal days, two Choreo days, and one for Blocking. The full calendar will be released once the show is fully cast. Please come prepared with: your Resume and Headshot 30 seconds to 1 minute of a song in the style of the show or a number from Newsies. Make sure what you select best shows off your vocal range and capabilities. Please bring your smart device with a music track of choice to accommodate your song (the song must not have backing vocals). Directors will have an amplifier available, so just bring a connector cable or prepare to Bluetooth in. Please also bring clothes that are comfortable to move and dance in with appropriate shoes to dance in (no open-toed shoes). Following the music audition, performers will be taught a dance combo from the show. Please apply if interested.
18 roles
The charismatic leader of the Manhattan newsies, is an orphaned dreamer and artist who yearns to get out of the crowded streets of New York and make a better life for himself out West. Fiercely protective of his best friend, Crutchie, and strongly loyal, Jack isn’t afraid to use his voice to attain better conditions for the working kids of New York City. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Three newsies who are hesitant to join the strike.
The proud leader of the Brooklyn newsies, boasts an intimidating reputation and a short singing solo in “Brooklyn’s Here.”
An ambitious young reporter, works hard to make a name for herself as a legitimate journalist in a time when women aren’t taken seriously. Quick, funny, and resourceful, she boldly captures the voice of a new generation rising in her coverage of the newsies’ strike. While she generally has no time for cocky, streetwise young men, she makes an exception for Jack Kelly. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3
The upper-class kid of a publisher who sides with the newsies. Can double as a newsie.
The son of William Randolph Hearst who joins the newsies' cause. Can double as a newsie.
Or “Weasel,” runs the distribution window for the World and knows most of the newsies by name. Assisted by the intimidating Delancey brothers, who keep order by any means necessary, Wiesel is Pulitzer’s disgruntled paper- pusher.
Tough brothers who work at the distribution window for the World, take the side of the publishers in the strike and are known to use their fists to make a point.
Assist the Delanceys in roughing up the newsies at the end of Act One.
A pompous businessman through and through, owns the World and is concerned solely with the bottom line. Katherine’s no-nonsense father, Pulitzer doesn’t sympathize with the strikers, but he does eventually – and grudgingly – respect Jack. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: C3
Editor, advises Pulitzer, but ultimately admires the kids’ newspaper.
Pulitzer’s bookkeeper, comes up with the ideas to raise the newsies’ price per paper.
Pulitzer’s practical and insightful secretary.
The crooked and sinister warden of The Refuge, a filthy and horrible orphanage, is concerned only with catching enough kids to keep his government checks coming.
Inspired by vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker, this big-voiced saloon singer and star of the Bowery offers her theater as a safe haven for the newsies. An astute entertainer with great comic delivery, she’s a good friend to Jack and stands firmly behind the newsies in their fight for justice. Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: F3
Female performers at Medda’s Theater.
The three nuns offer breakfast to the hungry newsies.
A well-respected lifelong public servant, inspires Jack to stand up to Pulitzer.
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