* Jack Kelly is the amalgamation of several historical leaders of the Newsboys Strike of 1899, primarily Kid Blink (who is featured in the film but omitted from the musical), known as a charismatic speaker and a leader to the younger boys. In 32 seasons with Shakespeare Theatre Company, his over 70 roles include Helen Hayes turns inHenry IV,Richard IIandMacbeth. Jack offers to show the ropes to newcomers Davey and his kid sibling Les, and together they head out into the city ("Carrying the Banner - Reprise"). Performers in these roles must create unique and specific characters with physical and vocal . Terms in this set (58) Hey, Albert, Elmer, Specs! The last show Nova was in at Arena Stage was Smokey Joe's Caf. Since the play rights for newsies has come out, many people have seen the character list and see a certain name they have never heard, Splasher. Michael John has spent most of his career performing at regional theatres all over the country. Just as Jack is about to set out for Santa Fe, he realizes that the newsies are his family and, after all, those papes ain't gonna sell themselves ("Finale"). Enjoy the show! 3 0 obj In the summer of 1899, the newsboys of New York City took on two of the most powerful men in the country Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and won. Thugs that are hired to join the Delanceys to rough up the newsies. A defeated Jack once again longs for a new life away from all the pandemonium ("Santa Fe"). Newsies Role Descriptions About the accents: Students who watch the movie or listen to the Broadway soundtrack will notice that many characters speak . . 1 0 obj He was very comfortable and content with his life. Including Albert, Buttons, Elmer, Finch, Henry, Ike, Jo Jo, Mike, Mush, Race, Romeo, Specs, Splasher, and Tommy Boy, etc., are some of the hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage. ETHAN VAN SLYKE (Davey Jacobs) returned to Arena Stage in Newsies after last being seen in Oliver! He is a Bachelor of Music graduate from The Catholic University of America and has recently been seen at Tobys Dinner Theatre as Eugene in Grease! 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. Jack Kelly. Music by Alan MenkenLyrics by Jack FeldmanBook by Harvey FiersteinA musical based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni WhiteOriginally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical ProductionsDirected by Molly SmithChoreographed by Parker EsseMusic Direction by Laura Bergquist. Photo by Margot Schulman. Though he doesnt work for Pulitzer, hes happy to team up with him to take down the newsies and get his hands on Jack. The next morning, the newsies are outraged to learn that Pulitzer has raised the price of newspapers. Chazs New York/National Tour credits includeDisneys Newsies,Cats(Mr. Mistoffelees) andMe and My Girl(City Center Encores!). He works for City Center Encores!, Radio City Rockettes, Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater, Irish Rep and Primary Stages, among others. Josiah is a dancer/singer/actor at Studio Bleu in Ashburn. But we need to be super sure you aren't a robot. " MTI Newsies Production Handbook, Casting, Page 22 Specs is an ensemble newsie. Jamie received his MFA in acting at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Previously at the Fulton: Brigadoon, Hello Dolly!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Chorus Line, Joseph, Newsies, Guys and Dolls (choreographer). 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. While only three performers have solos, feel free to make this ensemble group as big or small as best fits your production. He is also a member of Chloe and Maud Arnolds Jr Tap Company. Newsies from every other corner of the city that assemble to join the strike. He became an orphan on the streets. FEMALE ENSEMBLE 2 - Nun / Woman / Bowery Beauty / Medda understudy Now my theory of why we have never heard about this character is because they replace him with kid blink, who a character that exists but does not show up on the character list. Instagram: @michaeljohnhugs, ) is thrilled to be playing the part of Les in, ! Ahead of its limited release next year, read Alice by Heart for Free! Newsies Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Katherines no-nonsense father, Pulitzer doesnt sympathize with the strikers, but he does eventually and grudgingly respect Jack. Circus. Photo by Margot Schulman. Must have a great pop tenor voice and sense of physicality. Instagram: @michaeljohnhugs. She also serves as resident fight and intimacy director for Rep Stage and is associate professor of theatre at Howard Community College. Adisgruntled paper-pusher who uses the Delancey brothers as his muscle, runs distribution for the World and has little patience or sympathy for the newsies. (Fagins Gang, Oliver U/S) and Watch on the Rhine (Joshua and Bodo U/S). Other professional credits include Creative Cauldron's Caroline or Change (Noah, Helen Hayes Nomination), NextStop Theatre's Singin in the Rain (Rod/ Hollywood Tenor) and The Secret Garden (Colin). Now in her 16th season at Arena Stage, Anita has been involved in an artistic capacity on 40 Arena Stage productions: she directed the world premiere ofOur Waras part of the National Civil War Project, and has been an associate director, text director, and vocal/dialect coach on multiple other productions. TRAINING: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: MFA (Voice Studies); Boston University: BFA (Acting); Linklater Voice Designation; Colaianni Speech Practitioner. * Some alumni from the Broadway production reprised their leading roles, notably Jeremy Jordan as Jack, Kara Lindsay as Katherine, Ben Fankhauser as Davey, Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie and Tommy Bracco as Spot Conlon. New York credits include The Originalist (59E59). Kelli has performed on Broadway in Anastasia and in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The King and I. He is aTen Chimneys 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and associate professor of theater at George Mason University. Anita trained and taught at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, was on the faculty at Webster University in St. Louis, headed the theater department at the University of Alaska Southeast and was the associate artistic director of Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska where she directed 21 mainstage productions. Many thanks go out to the incredible Cast and Crew of Newsies! www.kenandmorris.com. Additional features in dance, solos, and lines will be cast from among the ensembles. Pulitzers bookkeeper who helps Pulitzer come up with the idea to raise the newsies price per paper. That said, please do consider a character's education/upbringing/class when deciding how to voice them, because that will definitely affect the way that they speak (grammar, articulation, etc)! Pulitzers practical and insightful secretary. Fiercely protective of his best friend, Crutchie, and strongly loyal, Jack isnt afraid to use his voice to attain better conditions for the working kids of New York City. Film credits include:Something Borrowed and East of Adin.TV credits include:Nurse Jackie andPrimal Instinct.Concerts include: Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Symphony Orchestra, Ted Shawn Theatre and Jacob's Pillow. }\tNTq+uMB.%b in Conducting from the University of New Hampshire. Up?5s^t[]SKk?qX)LN%?Nq[*Wu%RJ@ (%PJ OZ d[FOYkDt=Lm_b~Jj*%PJ@ (%rI Zj>-w e%-%N]k>Eg+=cz3OSQU-t_j.!{DdPJ@ (%8@0RgcqG,URyJS R*)j0#2s%PJ@ (%? However, the price for the papers was actually raised from 50 cents to 60 cents, during theSpanish American War. He is a four-time Helen Hayes Award-winner and 16-time nominee. New York credits include: Broadways Holiday Inn,Allegiance (Drama Desk nomination)andBeautiful: The Carole King Musical (U.S. tour, West End -Olivier Award nomination, Australia, Japan and UK tour). 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. >> NOVA Y. PAYTON (Medda Larkin / Nun) has performed extensively in the DC area. 4 0 obj Love wins! HARVEY FIERSTEIN(Book). Running Time 2h30, inc. interval. At dawn on a summer morning in 1899, Newsies - the young boys and girls of New York who peddle newspapers to Customers throughout the city - chaotically shout the daily headlines. And a huge thank you to Mom, Dad, family, friends and Shelly for all the love and support. %PDF-1.5 * In 2016, the musical stage production ofNewsieswas filmed in Los Angeles (at the Pantages Theatre) with a limited national release. 11. He and Davey have a close relationship. 151 terms. He was very comfortable and content with his life. Get a move on. Photo by Margot Schulman. Now I was in Newsies and played Splasher so here is my take on his life. Anita directs and devises ensemble theater with Arena Stages Voices of Now program, primarily in partnership with the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing working with grieving teenagers to create and perform original autobiographical theater pieces exploring loss and stigma of grief. Special thanks to Molly, Parker and Laura for this opportunity, to his amazing agents at The Mine and to his awesome Mom. Produced by Runaway Entertainment, and based on a true story, Disney's Newsies is set in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. Xl&yu)OUk!.x{7B1("?_l}R:PpvT:&Y9v=bwj/*>Wy!YEd9Ma!6g?eNC^v(a_L_+ l3Yv$I( x)_eq;:F`k;D;ev.D|Gd/W%2N?AM2Q8ZcNP_L%":b]FMvrB~lm (q#"/w/ Krp DANIEL ERDBERG (Sound Designer)returns to Arena Stage, where his work has appeared inAnything Goes,ThePajamaGame,Dear Evan HansenandThe Lion. (Darcy often doubles as the Newsie Jojo, Bill as the Newsie Buttons). Nova Payton (Nun/Medda) in Disneys 'Newsies' running November 1 through December 29, 2019 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Choreographer credits include: A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair (Encores! For this non-singing role, cast a strong actor with a sharp and imposing presence. Gender: any Age: 10 to 20 Spot Conlon But the sound on the wood was often drowned out and not heard in the theatre, so microphones were taped to the bottom of tables so everything was heard. Susan is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. The Alaska Native-inspired production ofMacbeththat Anita conceived and directed was performed in English and Tlingit at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival. New York Off-Broadway credits include:The Scarlet Letter and Freckleface. The show will be performed in The Capitol Theater at Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI opening June 22, and closing June 25, 2023.. Rehearsals start June 6, 2023 in Madison, WI and require daytime availability. 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