MCPKids! presents Disney's "Newsies Jr"

MCPKids!, alongside MCPKids! Sponsors Textech Industries, MTAB Painting, Mills Family Monmouth Lights, and Community Credit Union and MCP Marquis Season Sponsor Great Falls Federal Credit Union and Season Sponsors Winthrop Area Federal Credit Union and Readfield Insurance Agency, wish to announce the cast of their upcoming production of Disney’s "Newsies Jr". The inspiring 60-minute musical, designed for middle school-aged performers, is based on the 1992 Disney film Newsies and the 2012 Broadway production of the same name. The show, under the direction of Danny Gay, will run July 11-13, 2025 at the Winthrop PAC in Winthrop. Other production staff include Rachel Scala as Music Director, Gina Hesse as Choreographer, Kyle Mansur as Dance Captain, Josie French as Producer, Jonny Bolduc as Assistant Director, Reilly McCabe as Stage Manager, Ann Fairchild as Costume Support and Alex Lally as Sound Operator.

It’s time to carry the banner with Disney’s Newsies JR.! You’ll be doing flips for the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of young newsies in Manhattan. When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsies’ expense, Jack rallies young workers from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what's right! Adapted especially for young performers, this musical features a Tony Award®-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein, and includes rousing songs like “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “King of New York.” Newsies JR. is packed with nonstop thrills and a timeless message perfect for the whole family and every audience.

The cast consists of 44 talented students across central Maine and beyond, including: Dorothy Gaspary, Ender Gaspary, Luke Gaspary and Lucy MacLeod of Auburn; Anthony Paulette of Fairfield; Vivian King, Polly Lutte and Carsyn Session of Farmingdale; Ramsay Pierce and Jackie Senft of Hallowell; Lucille Allen and Eva Palm-Brown of Jamaica Plain, MA; Arabella Davin of Leeds; Noah Bushway, Charlie Wallis-Martel and Penny Wronski of Lewiston; Maddox Grondin of Litchfield; Abigail Bosshart, Gwendolyn Bosshart and Calla Juengst of Manchester; Madelyn Goodwin, Cyrus Knowles, Alice Lazure, Gabrielle Lazure, Grace Mills, Ella Mills and Abigail Violette of Monmouth; Meredith Tomassone of Mt. Vernon; Madison Marshall of Otisfield; Beckett Carlson, Silas Carlson and Gwen Morin of Readfield; Juliana Wilcox Gonzalez of Roslindale, MA; Acadia Castonguay, Avalea Castonguay, Deacon Crowley and Madison Sullivan of Sabattus; Eden McCormick of Sidney; Oliver Hamlin and Avery Hamlin of Wales; Audrey Tucker of Wayne; Kate Bingaman of West Gardiner; Kerrigan Damon and Vash Martel Tarrant of Winthrop.

Disney’s Newsies Jr. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Showtimes are 7:00 pm on Friday July 11th, 2pm on Saturday July 12th and Sunday July 13th. For more information, or to reserve tickets for this show, please visit www.monmouthcommunityplayers.org, or call 207-370-9566. An additionally interpreted ASL performance will be offered and announced on the theater website soon.

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