Dancer Auditions for "Newsies" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Newsies" Play and looking for performers, please see the details below. About the project: New York City, 1899. Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsboys make a meager living selling newspapers on the city streets. But when the prices of “papes” are hiked and the newsies are hung out to dry, there is nothing left to do but “open the gates and seize the day!” Led by charismatic Jack and independent, young newspaper reporter Katherine Plummer, the Newsies form a union and organize a strike against the greedy publisher of the New York World. Can a group of idealistic newsboys win against a foe as powerful as acclaimed publisher Joseph Pulitzer? Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, Newsies is an ebullient, joyful, and entertaining musical capturing the strength that young people have when they join together and stand up against injustice. With a funny, poignant book by Harvey Feirstein and stunning music by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman -- including the show-stopping Seize the Day, power ballad “Santa Fe” and lovely new songs like Katherine’s “Watch What Happens" -- Newsies is a classic with the power to inspire. Additional info: Production dates: April 25th-27th and May 2nd-4th at Biloxi Little Theatre. Audition requirements: Be prepared to sing a 90-second portion from a Broadway-style song with a track, read from the script, and participate in a short dance audition. If you are interested, please apply.
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Les’s straight-laced, bright big brother starts selling newspapers to help his family earn a living, but becomes swept up in the fervor of the strike. A leader in his own right who is learning to use his voice to uplift others, Davey is the brains of the resistance. (Vocal Range D3-A4)
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Newsies: hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
A pompous businessman, 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 F4-C3)
Pulitzer’s Staff Editor, advises Pulitzer, but ultimately admires the kids’ newspaper;
Pulitzer’s Staff Pulitzer’s bookkeeper, comes up with the ideas to raise the newsies’ price per paper;
Pulitzer’s Staff Pulitzer’s practical and insightful secretary;
Pulitzer’s Staff Pulitzer’s barber.
Pulitzer’s Staff 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 F3-E5)
Allows the newsies to congregate in his restaurant to plan their strike – when he doesn’t have any paying customers, that is.
A well-respected lifelong public servant, inspires Jack to stand up to Pulitzer.
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