Description:

Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what's right!

Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, Newsies features a Tony Award-winning score with the now classic songs “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe.” Newsies is packed with non-stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for the whole family and every audience.

Director: Thais Doyle
Assistant Director: Hilary Millikan
Musical Director: Thais Doyle
Choreographer: Shelley Crowley
Assistant Choreographer: Hannah Townsend
Stage Manager: Carissa Wiegel

NEWSIES is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtihows.com

The World Cast: Fri. - Oct 24 @ 10am, Sat. - Oct 25 @ 3pm, Sat - Nov 1 @ 2pm
The Journal Cast: Fri. - Oct 24 @ 7pm, Fri. - Oct 31 @ 10am, Sat. - Nov 1 @ 7pm

Dates / Times:

  • Friday, Oct 24th @ 10:00am  
  • Friday, Oct 24th @ 7:00pm
  • Saturday, Oct 25th @ 3:00pm
  • Friday, Oct 31st @ 10:00am  
  • Saturday, Nov 1st @ 2:00pm
  • Saturday, Nov 1st @ 7:00pm
  • School Days Performance
Tickets go on sale Saturday August 30, 2025 at 12:00am

Ticket Prices:

  • $20.50: Standard Ticket Price
($19.00 standard ticket price + $1.50 service fee) *ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.* *Discounts/coupons must be used at time of purchase and cannot be added to already purchased tickets. *Ticket holders can sell tickets, but for no more than originally paid. Ticket holders can trade tickets with other ticket holders. If tickets are sold or traded, please transfer the PDF or paper copy of the ticket. If any dispute arises over seats at a show, or somehow duplicate tickets are presented for the same seat, CYT will consider only the original purchaser of the tickets in the CYT database to be the owner of the seats.

Oak Hills Church:

1100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630

Show Notes:

  • CYT students ages 8-18 who are currently enrolled in a class in FOLSOM may audition for this show.  
    • SPECIAL NOTE: Fall show auditions for Newsies & Frozen Jr. will be COMBINED. If you are willing to be cast in EITHER Newsies OR Frozen Jr., please sign up for a class in your first-choice area.
  • An online audition form will be emailed to all students enrolled in a CYT class who have selected to participate in auditions. Please be prepared with the following items needed for your form: 
    • headshot (does not need to be professional)
    • audition music track upload link
    • flexible measuring tape to provide some basic costume measurements 

VOCAL & PRELIMINARY DANCE AUDITIONS:
Friday, Aug. 15 @ Radiant Church (7801 Hazel Ave., Orangevale ) 
  • Students will sign up for a 20 min. group audition slot sometime between 4:00-8:20pm.  
  • Please choose an accompaniment track with no vocals (such as a karaoke track - no a cappella audition songs). 
    • Audition song cut should be no more than 1 minute. The director needs to see how well the student can stay with the music, both in tune and in rhythm. You will be able to upload your music to the audition form. It's best if you have a YouTube link or a song file. We cannot access tracks through iTunes, Spotify or Amazon. 
  • For the Dance portion, students will learn choreography at home via video and will come ready to perform it for the directors following their vocal audition. This is performed in a group with the other auditioners in the same time slot.

CALLBACKS: (including Featured Dancers) 
Saturday, Aug. 16 @  9am
  • The purpose of Callbacks is for the directors to see certain students dance additional choreography, sing a selection from the show, read a scene, or any combination of these. 
  • Directors may ask pairs or groups of students to read scenes to see how different combinations of personalities, ages, and heights work together. 
  • CYT callbacks are CLOSED to everyone except the artistic team. 
  • If a student is not "called back" it DOES NOT mean that they will not be cast in the show.
PLEASE NOTE:
  • Students who audition are NOT eligible for a class tuition refund, regardless of casting. 
  • All students cast in the show will be charged a production fee of $250
  • All families are required to serve A MINIMUM OF 20 HOURS on a parent team. 
For additional show information, check out the Audition Tips and Show FAQ sections on the Auditions Page.

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT: Sunday, August 17

REHEARSAL DATES: Oak HIlls Church (1100 Blue Ravine Rd., Folsom)

Saturdays 9am-3pm (any known conflicts must be listed on the audition form)
8/23, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11 (NO REHEARSAL 8/30 - Labor Day)

Reset Rehearsal (between show weekends): Thursday, 10/30  6:00 - 8:00 pm.

Mandatory Rehearsal Dates (no pre-arranged absences will be accepted these dates)
Super Saturday 9am-3pm - 10/18
Tech Week 4pm-9pm - Sun. 10/19, Mon. 10/20, Tues. 10/21, Thurs. 10/23 (No Rehearsal Wed. 10/22 - Rest Day) 

SHOW DATES (MANDATORY):
10/24 @ 10am & 7pm
10/25 @ 3pm
10/31 @ 10am
11/1 @ 2pm & 7pm (Strike 9:30pm - midnight)

Questions? Email Bonny Verner, Show Coordinator  folsom@cytsacramento.org

Parent Meeting

Saturday, August 23rd 9:15am

followed by New Parent Orientation @ 11:30am

Characters:

Jack Kelly

Katherine Plumber - The World Cast

Katherine Plumber - The Journal Cast

Crutchie

Davey

Les - The World Cast

Les - The Journal Cast

Medda Larkin

Joseph Pulitzer

Seitz - The World Cast

Seitz - The Journal Cast

Hannah

Bunsen

Nunzio

Miss Jacobi

Wiesel

Oscar Delancey

Morris Delancey

Snyder

Spot Conlon

Mayor of New York

Darcy

Bill

Race

Albert

Buttons

Elmer

Finch

Henry

Jojo

Ike

Mike

Mush

Romeo

Specks

Splasher

Tommy Boy

Featured Dancing Newsies

Young Newsies / Refuge Kids

Ensemble Newsies

Brooklyn Newsies

The Bowery Beauties

Nuns

Stage Manager

Scabs

Theater Patrons

Policemen

Guards

Governor Teddy Roosevelt

Photographer

Woman Buying Newspaper

Goons - TBD