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Audition information for NEWSIES
Audition information for NEWSIES
The first step in the audition process will have a vocal audition and a monologue performance. This will be by appointment. See the sign up (Google Form) below.
The first step in the audition process will have a vocal audition and a monologue performance. This will be by appointment. See the sign up (Google Form) below.
Bring your audition form with you to the first day of auditions. Do not forget it. Do not put it in my mailbox in advance. Bring it with you complete that day.
Bring your audition form with you to the first day of auditions. Do not forget it. Do not put it in my mailbox in advance. Bring it with you complete that day.
At the vocal audition, you will sing a song for us. We prefer you sing one of the cuts selected from the show. We will use the RehearScore app at the audition to play music for you. You can download this free app and get the John Jay Newsies login information in advance. Username: newsies Password: 45327106
At the vocal audition, you will sing a song for us. We prefer you sing one of the cuts selected from the show. We will use the RehearScore app at the audition to play music for you. You can download this free app and get the John Jay Newsies login information in advance. Username: newsies Password: 45327106
If you are called back, you will be asked to sing from the show. Start prepping the music. You should be off-book for your audition; your audition should show us what you would look like on opening night.
If you are called back, you will be asked to sing from the show. Start prepping the music. You should be off-book for your audition; your audition should show us what you would look like on opening night.
Monologue: Choose from one of these options:
Monologue: Choose from one of these options:
1. The World newspaper owner and mogul, JOSEPH PULITZER, speaks to his staff about how he plans to increase his profits:
1. The World newspaper owner and mogul, JOSEPH PULITZER, speaks to his staff about how he plans to increase his profits:
Gentlemen, the World is in trouble. Our circulation is down for the third quarter in a row. Whoever said “war is hell” wasn’t trying to sell newspapers. “How are we supposed to sell more papers?” you ask. There’s an answer right before your eyes. You’re not thinking this through. People, just a modest adjustment can fatten the bottom line. Right now we charge the newsies fifty cents for a hundred papers. But if we raised their price to sixty cents per hundred…every single newsie would have to sell 25 more papers just to earn the same amount as always. It’s genius. And to those who think it may be rough on those children, I say NONSENSE. I’m giving them a real life lesson in economics. I couldn’t offer them a better education if they were my own.
2. Newsie leader, JACK KELLY, pleads with the scabs who are threatening to work during the newsie strike:
2. Newsie leader, JACK KELLY, pleads with the scabs who are threatening to work during the newsie strike:
Listen fellas…I know somebody put yis up to this. Probably paid ya some extra money too. Yeah? Well, it ain’t right. Pulitzer thinks we’re gutter rats with no respect for nothin’, includin’ each other. Is that who we are? Well, we stab each other in the back and, yeah, that’s who we are. But if we stand together, we change the whole game. And it ain’t just about us. All across this city there are boys and girls who ought to be playin’ or going to school. Instead they’re slavin’ to support themselves and their folks. Ain’t no crime to bein’ poor, and not a one of us complains if the work we do is hard. All we ask is a square deal. Fellas…for the sake of all the kids in every sweatshop, factory, and slaughter house in this town, I beg you…throw down your papers and join the strike.
3. Ambitious young reporter and daughter of Pulitzer, KATHERINE PLUMBER, tries to convince Jack how to win the war on her father, Pulitzer:
3. Ambitious young reporter and daughter of Pulitzer, KATHERINE PLUMBER, tries to convince Jack how to win the war on her father, Pulitzer:
Really Jack? Really? Only you can have a good idea? Being boss doesn’t mean you have all the answers, just the brains to recognize the right one when you hear it. The strike was your idea. The rally was Davey’s. And now my plan will take us to the finish line. Deal with it. (Holds up a paper) “The Children’s Crusade: For the sake of all of the kids in every sweatshop, factory, and slaughter house in New York, I beg you…join us.” With those words, the strike stopped being just about the newsies. You challenged your whole generation to stand up and demand a place at the table. Think, Jack, if we publish this- my words with one of your drawings- and if every worker under twenty-one read it and stayed home from work…or better yet, came to Newsie Square- a general city-wide strike! Even my father couldn’t ignore that.
Always think about the subtext of your lines. Make choices. Portray a character who is different from you. Remember your physicality.
Always think about the subtext of your lines. Make choices. Portray a character who is different from you. Remember your physicality.
Do you need to be off book (memorized)? No. Should you be? YES. If you have not memorized your piece (monologue, lines, music, etc), you have not rehearsed enough. You do not know the material well enough to perform your best. Your performance should show us what you would look like on opening night. Again, it is not required, but it is HIGHLY encouraged.
Do you need to be off book (memorized)? No. Should you be? YES. If you have not memorized your piece (monologue, lines, music, etc), you have not rehearsed enough. You do not know the material well enough to perform your best. Your performance should show us what you would look like on opening night. Again, it is not required, but it is HIGHLY encouraged.
There are 2 schools of thought for how to dress for auditions.
There are 2 schools of thought for how to dress for auditions.
1. Wear something very neutral- this helps the director see you in a variety of parts. This includes nothing written on your clothing.
1. Wear something very neutral- this helps the director see you in a variety of parts. This includes nothing written on your clothing.
OR
OR
2. Dress in a way that fits your character you are reading for / singing for.
2. Dress in a way that fits your character you are reading for / singing for.
It is up to you which way you want to go. Both are acceptable.
It is up to you which way you want to go. Both are acceptable.
While you are singing, make sure you are acting. Portray the character as you would on an opening night. Every moment you are on that stage, you are auditioning.
While you are singing, make sure you are acting. Portray the character as you would on an opening night. Every moment you are on that stage, you are auditioning.
If you are cast, there will be a schedule posted with who is called for each day's rehearsal. You will only need to come to the rehearsals for the scenes your character is in. Rehearsals will roughly look like this:
If you are cast, there will be a schedule posted with who is called for each day's rehearsal. You will only need to come to the rehearsals for the scenes your character is in. Rehearsals will roughly look like this:
Mondays 6:30 PM-8 PM choreography
Mondays 6:30 PM-8 PM choreography
Tuesdays 2:20-3:20 (usually vocal- soloists and small groups)
Tuesdays 2:20-3:20 (usually vocal- soloists and small groups)
Wednesdays 2:20-3:20 possible scene work (I will try to avoid this day, but we are pressed for time on this show)
Wednesdays 2:20-3:20 possible scene work (I will try to avoid this day, but we are pressed for time on this show)
Thursday 2:20-3:20 scene work
Thursday 2:20-3:20 scene work
Friday 2:20-3:20 scene work
Friday 2:20-3:20 scene work
Saturday 8 AM-12 Noon (8 AM- 10 AM Dance- large group numbers, 10 AM- 12 Noon Vocal- large group numbers)
Saturday 8 AM-12 Noon (8 AM- 10 AM Dance- large group numbers, 10 AM- 12 Noon Vocal- large group numbers)
Upperclassmen- don't lay back and take it easy on this audition. Almost every year I have worked with high school students, we have at least one, if not more than one, upperclassman come in unprepared who tries to wing it because we know them and we have worked with them before. Don't fall into that trap. Come prepared because other people will come prepared.
Upperclassmen- don't lay back and take it easy on this audition. Almost every year I have worked with high school students, we have at least one, if not more than one, upperclassman come in unprepared who tries to wing it because we know them and we have worked with them before. Don't fall into that trap. Come prepared because other people will come prepared.
Dance auditions will have the entire group auditioning for the show attend at the same time. There is nothing to prepare. Come dressed to dance, and we will teach you a section of dance and watch you perform it. All people auditioning need to attend this evening. Dance auditions will take place on Monday, December 9, 2019 from 6:30 PM- 8 PM in the auditorium.
Dance auditions will have the entire group auditioning for the show attend at the same time. There is nothing to prepare. Come dressed to dance, and we will teach you a section of dance and watch you perform it. All people auditioning need to attend this evening. Dance auditions will take place on Monday, December 9, 2019 from 6:30 PM- 8 PM in the auditorium.
***If you have tap shoes, bring them with you.***
***If you have tap shoes, bring them with you.***
Go to the Google Site with all of the information on the show, and go through all of it. Come prepared.
Go to the Google Site with all of the information on the show, and go through all of it. Come prepared.
Break a leg! We are excited!
Break a leg! We are excited!
Bring this audition form with you to the first day of auditions. Fill it out ahead of time. There are 2 sides, so make sure you click the page below and open it in a new window.
Bring this audition form with you to the first day of auditions. Fill it out ahead of time. There are 2 sides, so make sure you click the page below and open it in a new window.
Vocal selections for auditions. Pick one of these for your audition.
Vocal selections for auditions. Pick one of these for your audition.
THE BOTTOM LINE.pdfWATCH WHAT HAPPENS.pdfLetter from the refuge.pdfKING OF NEW YORK.pdfTHAT'S RICH.pdfcarrying the banner cut.pdfSEIZE THE DAY.pdfSANTA FE.pdfRehearScore music App
RehearScore music App
Download RehearScore from MTI on your phone (go the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store). It is free. Once you download it, you will need to use the username: newsies and the password: 45327106
Download RehearScore from MTI on your phone (go the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store). It is free. Once you download it, you will need to use the username: newsies and the password: 45327106
Vocal and Monologue Auditions:
Vocal and Monologue Auditions:
By appointment on Saturday, December 7, 2019 in the morning.
By appointment on Saturday, December 7, 2019 in the morning.
Sign up on the Google Form above.
Sign up on the Google Form above.
8:00 AM Daniela Mossos
8:05 AM Hunter Booth
8:10 AM Griffin Welti
8:15 AM Dora Young
8:20 AM Jenna Zipparo
8:25 AM Rylee Pineiro
8:30 AM Ryan Lugo
8:35 AM Bella Giordano
8:40 AM Samantha McManus
8:45 AM Chris Agostinelli
8:50 AM Kailani Fernandez
8:55 AM Aileen Leahy
9:00 AM Sayoni Saha
9:05 AM Alexander Zheng
9:10 AM Jason Burke
9:15 AM Christopher Scanlon
9:20 AM Jessica Cerreta
9:25 AM Aidan Finn
9:30 AM Katryna Ballard-Hoysradt
9:35 AM Ronan Milroy
9:40 AM Jenna Grossi
9:45 AM Trevor Millies
9:50 AM
9:55 AM Brady Ewing
10:00 AM Daniel Young
10:05 AM Aidan Vanata
10:10 AM Daniel Santos
10:15 AM Emily Burg
10:20 AM Ronan Milroy
10:25 AM Scarlett Ricker
10:30 AM Dante Nelson
10:35 AM Leo Black
10:40 AM Alice Swartvagher
10:45 AM Sue Lall
10:50 AM Robert Foote
10:55 AM Declan Manning
11:00 AM Ken Parker
11:05 AM Daisy Liao
11:10 AM Kaitlyn Gilmore
11:15 AM Kelsey Fox
11:20 AM Jay Scampoli
11:25 AM Caedmon Albea
11:30 AM Lindsey Lolkema
11:35 AM Thomas O’Mara
11:40 AM Sebastian Gonzalez
Monday, December 9
6 PM Isabella DeNault, Grace Concepcion, Olivia Concepcion, Lindsey Kershenbaum, Cameron Coates
Callbacks will be by appointment only. We are looking at possibly Tuesday, December 10 in the evening and Saturday, December 14 in the morning. We will know more once we see how many people we will need to callback.
Dance Auditions:
Dance Auditions:
Monday, December 9, 2019 from 6:30 PM- 8 PM in the auditorium
Monday, December 9, 2019 from 6:30 PM- 8 PM in the auditorium
All students interested in being in Newsies must attend (whether you consider yourself a dancer or not).
All students interested in being in Newsies must attend (whether you consider yourself a dancer or not).
Callbacks:
Callbacks:
TBA by appointment.
TBA by appointment.
If you are not called back, that does not necessarily mean you are not in the show. Please check the cast list once it is posted.
If you are not called back, that does not necessarily mean you are not in the show. Please check the cast list once it is posted.
Callbacks
Callbacks
Tuesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM LGI (Large Group Instruction Room 128. Come to the main lobby).
Tuesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM LGI (Large Group Instruction Room 128. Come to the main lobby).
We will have cold readings and songs from the show.
We will have cold readings and songs from the show.
Jason Burke
Jason Burke
Jessica Cerreta
Jessica Cerreta
Grace Concepcion
Grace Concepcion
Lindsey Kershenbaum
Lindsey Kershenbaum
Leo Black
Leo Black
Ronan Milroy
Ronan Milroy
Chris Scanlon
Chris Scanlon
Griffin Welti
Griffin Welti
Alex Zheng
Alex Zheng
Jenna Zipparo
Jenna Zipparo
Callback Saturday 10 AM- 12 Noon Auditorium
Callback Saturday 10 AM- 12 Noon Auditorium
We will be singing the following audition selections. You may also have some cold readings.
We will be singing the following audition selections. You may also have some cold readings.
That’s Rich: Makayla Gilman La Voie, Lindsey Kershenbaum, Dora Young, Jenna Zipparo
That’s Rich: Makayla Gilman La Voie, Lindsey Kershenbaum, Dora Young, Jenna Zipparo
Bottom Line: Aidan Finn, Declan Manning, Chris Scanlon, Alex Zheng
Bottom Line: Aidan Finn, Declan Manning, Chris Scanlon, Alex Zheng
King of New York: Katryna Ballard-Hoysradt, Jessica Cerretta, Kaitlyn Gilmore, Lindsey Kershenbaum, Sam McManus, Chris Scanlon, Griffin Welti, Dora Young, Jenna Zipparo
King of New York: Katryna Ballard-Hoysradt, Jessica Cerretta, Kaitlyn Gilmore, Lindsey Kershenbaum, Sam McManus, Chris Scanlon, Griffin Welti, Dora Young, Jenna Zipparo
Letter of the Refuge: Jessica Cerretta, Isabella DeNault, Trevor Millies, Jenna Zipparo
Letter of the Refuge: Jessica Cerretta, Isabella DeNault, Trevor Millies, Jenna Zipparo
Performances:
Performances:
March 27, 2020 @ 7:30 PM
March 27, 2020 @ 7:30 PM
March 28, 2020 @ 7:30 PM
March 28, 2020 @ 7:30 PM
March 29, 2020 @ 2 PM
March 29, 2020 @ 2 PM
Cast List
Cast List
Thank you for auditioning and for your patience. This was a very difficult decision. If you were not cast, please consider joining a crew and trying out again next year. We have our first dance rehearsal on Monday (tomorrow!) 6:30 PM-8 PM. We will have choreography rehearsal for “The World Will Know” with the characters Jack, Davey, Les, Crutchie, Newsies Ensemble. Race, Albert, Specs, Henry, Finch, Romeo, Elmer, Mush, Buttons, Spasher, Tommy Boy, Jo Jo, Mike, and Ike are also included with Newsies Ensemble.
Jack Kelly- Griffin Welti
Crutchie- Jenna Zipparo
Davey- Jason Burke
Les- Ronan Milroy
Race- Lindsey Kershenbaum
Albert- Chris Scanlon
Specs- Dora Young
Henry- Thomas O’Mara
Finch- Grace Concepcion
Romeo- Alex Zheng
Elmer & Brooklyn Newsie- Trevor Millies
Mush & Brooklyn Newsie- Kaitlyn Gilmore
Buttons & Brooklyn Newsie- Katryna Ballard-Hoysradt
Splasher & Brooklyn Newsie- Bella Giordano
Tommy Boy & Brooklyn Newsie- Daniel Santos
Jo Jo & Brooklyn Newsie- Samantha McManus
Mike & Brooklyn Newsie- Emily Burg
Ike & Brooklyn Newsie- Kelsey Fox
Scab1 & Newsies Ensemble & Brooklyn Newsie- Hunter Booth
Scab 2 & Newsies Ensemble & Brooklyn Newsie- Jay Scampoli
Scab 3 & Newsies Ensemble & Brooklyn Newsie- Rylee Pineiro
Spot Conlon & Newsies Ensemble- Leo Black
Katherine Plumber- Jessica Cerreta
Darcy- Aileen Leahey
Bill- Ryan Lugo
Wiesel / Stage Manager/ Mr. Jacobi/ Mayor- Aidan Finn
Morris Delancey- Daniel Young
Oscar Delancey- Aidan Vanata
Goon / Newsies Ensemble/ Brooklyn Newsie- Dante Nelson
Goon / Newsies Ensemble/ Brooklyn Newsie- Sayoni Saha
Goon / Newsies Ensemble/ Brooklyn Newsie- Alice Swartvager
Goon / Newsies Ensemble/ Brooklyn Newsie- Lindsey Lolkema
Goon / Newsies Ensemble/ Brooklyn Newsie- Jenna Grossi
Joseph Pulitzer- Declan Manning
Seitz- Olivia Concepcion
Bunsen- Daniela Mossos
Hannah/ Nun/ Bowery Beauty 1- Isabella DeNault
Nunzio/ Guard/ Policeman/ Roosevelt - Sebastian Gonzalez
Snyder- Chris Agostinelli
Medda Larkin/ Nun 3- Makayla Gilman LaVoie
Bowery Beauty/ Woman/ Nun 2- Daisy Liao
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