Description:Auditions for the 12th Akron All-City Musical, Disney’s Newsies! Seeking high school freshmen through 12th graders. Please see the details below.
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED.
About the project:
Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 motion picture, features a score by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein. 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. High-energy with non-stop thrills, the stage version introduces eight brand-new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” “King of New York,” and “Santa Fe.”
Additional info:
What to Prepare: Two contrasting 32-bar cuts to be sung a cappella
Callbacks
• Monday, February 24 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Rehearsals
• Begin: April 13
• Schedule: Sundays (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) and Monday-Thursday (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
Tech Week
• June 8-13
Performances
• Friday, June 14 | 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
• Saturday, June 15 | 2:00 PM
If interested, please apply.
42 roles
Jack KellyMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities LesBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities CrutchieBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities DaveyMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Katherine PlumberFemale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Medda LarkinFemale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities WieselMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Joseph PulitzerMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities BunsenBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities HannahFemale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities PatBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Governor Teddy RooseveltMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities SnyderBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities SeitzBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities BillMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities DorothyFemale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities DarcyBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities OscarBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Morris DelanceyBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities NEWSIES of New YorkBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities RACEBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities ALBERTBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities MURIELBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities NANCYBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities SPECSBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities PIGTAILSBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities HAZELBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities BUTTONSBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities TOMMY BOYBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities ROMEOBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities JO JOBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities SCABS (1-3)Both genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Newsies’ CUSTOMERSBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities Citizens of New York of all stripesBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities WOMANFemale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities BOWERY BRIGADEBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities ADABoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities OLIVEBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities ETHELBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities POLICE OFFICERSMale14-18 y.o.All ethnicities POLICE CHIEFBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities WORKING CHILDREN of New York CityBoth genders14-18 y.o.All ethnicities 
