Newsies

By: Reagan Baldwin and Caroline Freeman 11/11/26

Get your paper! Get your paper for only 50 cents per 100! If you like musicals and you have nothing to do from October 23 to October 31, you could go see Newsies at the EJHS theatre. Many of your fellow students have performed there were loads of contributors.

The original Newsies Broadway show poster.

Newsies is a Broadway show about a group of newsies (Boys who sell newspapers) in 1899 as they go on strike for better pay and working conditions against Pulitzer, the man who runs the paper. The star of Newsies is Jack Kelly, a 17-year-old Newsie who dreams of a life outside of New York. Jack gathers the Newsies of New York against Pulitzer. Newsies is a true story, but the characters are fictional. It has many songs that have their own twist, like tap-dancing segments or tumbling by Reese and Remi Kersten, and many others.

Since there's a bunch of characters, now let's talk about the actors behind the characters as well as the director and even honorable mentions. The main character, Jack, is played by Bennet Bell; Katherine is played by Meg Wilson, Crutchie by Luke Osgood, and that's just the start. Other main characters like Davey are played by Liam Kersten, Les is played by Reagan Kersten, and Pulitzer is played by Ethan Deckard. Baavcedia mentions in the show Remi and Reece Kersten for tumbling and jumps. Some honorable freshman performances are Tatum Robertson(Snyder), Jackson Wells as a featured newsie, Avery Jackson as Bunsen, and Shaffer Smith. The director of the show was Ever Aroca. And thanks to the director, EHS Art Club, Theatre Club, Choir Club, Interactive Learning Club, Custodians, and Coffee Coral, this show was made possible.

Some of the cast members at the end of one of the shows

A Newsies poster

Newsies drew many audience members over the days it ran; one show included an understudy performance. A 7th grader named Amelia Guinn, said that:“I found the performance amazing, from the props to the acting. I could tell that the people in the play also enjoyed it as well as I did.” Many other audience members thought the show was good and interesting, with strong performances. Some of the people who went to the show said that the props were well made and that the actors sang very well. On the actors' opinions, here's what they thought. Reagan Kersten said, “ It was a fun experience, and I really enjoyed it,” So it seems like the cast enjoyed the show as well.

In conclusion, the Newsies show at EHS was very successful and popular among the students of Edgewood. It needed hard work and lots of time to prepare. Thank you to all the main actors, ensemble, and contributors. There were many enjoyable parts, like Santa Fe, The Bottom Line, King of New York, Seize the Day, a whole tap section, and much more. Overall, the Newsies Show at EJHS was great.

Sources: tuacahn.org/show/newsies/ Newsies Play Edgewood, Reagan Kersten, Remi Kersten, Amelia Guinn https://www.broadwayrose.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Newsies-Character-Breakdown.pdf?x55022,

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