Our 27th Season
NEWSIES!
NEWSIES - THE KWESKIN THEATREFebruary 2 thru March 4, 2018
Directed by Gail Yudain Music Direction by Eric K. Johnston Choreography by Karen Casagrande
Set in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, NEWSIES is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged “newsies” who dreams
only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a
cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right. NEWSIES is inspired by the real-life Newsboy’s Strike of 1899, when newsboys Kid Blink and
David Simons led a band of orphan and runaway children on a two-week-long action against newspaper publishers Pulitzer and Hearst. This fabulous musical has delighted young and old across the country and we're thrilled to be one of the first theatres licensed to perform it!
CAST LIST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
(Names in red denote Curtain Call debut.)
Ann Alford……………..Hannah/Nun 1
Will Armstrong………..Elmer/Bill
Rob Ayala………………..Snyder
Chris Balestriere……..Jack Kelly
Seth Barkan……………Seitz/Customer 4/Goon
Jennifer Beveridge…..Katherine Plumber
(all performances except: 2/3, 2/11, 2/16, 2/22)
Lillie Bukzin……………..Newsie
Matt Bukzin…………….Les
Performing 2/2, 2/8, 2/11, 2/17, 2/23
Mike DeSalvo………….Oscar Delancey
Tommy DeSalvo………Morris Delancey
Nicole DiBlasio…………Mike/Scab 2/Brooklyn Newsie
Jainee Didonato ……….Sniper/Spot Conlon
Dante DiFederico………Finch
Stephen DiRocco………Joseph Pulitzer
Stephen Emerick……….Davey
Nicholas Ferreira……….Les
Performing 2/3, 2/9, 2/15, 2/18, 2/24
Scott Ferrara…………….Wiesel
Kevin Gillespie…………..Stagehand 1/PASSERBY/Goon
Skye Gillespie…………….Buttons
Monica Harrington…….Newsie
James Hobayan…………Ike/scab 3/Brooklyn Newsie
Frankie Isola……………..Newsie/Brooklyn Newsie
Kelly Kinas………………..Newsie
Mike Kraus………………..Bunsen/Customer 1/Goon
Tessa Kurtz………………Newsie/brooklyn newsie
Joshua Leferman……………..Henry
Justin McArthur.................Darcy/Newsie
Matt McArthur………………..Romeo
Michael McArthur……………Les
Performing 2/4, 2/10, 2/16, 2/22
Trisha Carr McCoy……………Newsie
Performing as Katherine Plumber: 2/3, 2/11, 2/16, 2/22
Gavin McGee…………………..Crutchie
Savannah Miller ………………Newsie
Nikki Monahan…………………Nun 2/Customer/Bowery Beauty/Server
Sean Pultz……………………….Stagehand 2/Passerby/Mayor/Goon
Bob Praid………………………..Stage Manager/Goon/Cameraman
Danny Randazzo………………Albert
Everton Ricketts………………Specs
Emily Rybnick………………….Newsie
Maya Sank……………………..Newsie
Hailey Sauerhoff…………….Newsie (Dance Capt.)
Vic Sauerhoff…………………Nunzio/Customer 2/Guard/Goon/Roosevelt
Daniella Sawyer…………….JoJo/Brooklyn Newsie
Kevin Sell……………………..Race
Bill Squier……………………..Jacobi/Policeman/Customer 3/Goon
Madeleine Tommins……..Nun 3/Bowery Beauty/Server
Emily Vrissis…………………..Mush
Meredith Walker…………..Medda Larkin
Jon Wu…………………………..Tommy Boy/Scab 1/Brooklyn Newsie
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