(* Featured Dancer)

JACK KELLY....................................................................................................................Sawyer TrueKATHERINE................................................................................................................Jesse MassariCRUTCHIE................................................................................................................Matteo OcchinoDAVEY..........................................................................................................................Brice KingsleyLES.........................................................................................................................Gigi Lieze-AdamsLES U/S..................................................................................................................Shennan NelsonRACE............................................................................................................................Sophie HaganALBERT....................................................................................................................Mikey Reichert*SPECS/THEATER GOER................................................................................Carson Maschmeier*HENRY/THEATRE GOER...........................................................................................Chase A. ClarkFINCH......................................................................................................................Christian Miller*ROMEO............................................................................................................Christian Dinsmore*ELMER/THEATRE GOER..........................................................................................Sophia GuruleBUTTONS.....................................................................................................................Taylor CarusoJOJO......................................................................................................................Hannah AtkinsonMIKE/STAGE HAND.................................................................................................Caleb Edwards*IKE............................................................................................................................Matthew EakinsGOLDEN......................................................................................................................Caleb MassariMUSH....................................................................................................................Keehnon JacksonSNYDER...................................................................................................................Wedler LordeusPULITZER.......................................................................................................................Bryce HagenWIESEL/ JACOBY/ SPOT/BUNSEN............................................................................Scotty WellsMORRIS DELANCEY/ DARCY/STAGE HAND/NUNZIO...........................................Daniel BoggsOSCAR DELANCEY/ BILL/MAYOR...............................................................................Luke DanniGOVERNOR TEDDY ROOSEVELT.............................................................................Miguel CintronSEITZ/ STAGE MANAGER/ GUARD..........................................................Annalise MossenbergMEDDA..........................................................................................................................Taylor MyersNUN/SHOWGIRL/ HANNAH/NEWSIE......................................................................Haley AdkinsNUN/ SHOWGIRL/NEWSIE.................................................................................Alyssa MehrbergNUN/ SHOWGIRL/NEWSIE...........................................................................................Violet MannSCAB/THEATRE GOER/ ENSEMBLE...……............................................................. Emily Longoria

NEWSIES ENSEMBLE BLUE Abby Ciabaton*, Annabel Crater*, Ella Stroud, Alyssa Santiago, Marianna Young, Luccia Lieze-Adams, Macy Magas, Katherine Schwartzel

NEWSIES ENSEMBLE REDKayci Suskind*, Madie Barker*, Celia Bevington, Sophie Cruz, Gabrielle Germani, Sophia Condit, Michael Shelley, Grace Ryan, Hannah Cruz, Shennan Nelson

CAST

Production Manager: Tim BillmanTechnical Director: Drew JohnsonAsst. Technical Director: Miranda WhiteScenic Charge: Isabella TrevinoLighting Director: Eli CarnahanCostume Shop Manager: Jacquelyn LoyWardrobe Supervisor: Alyssa DykemanLight Operator: Jason SanchezDeck Chief: Jessica Reaves

Education Director: Kody C. JonesAssistant Education Director: Christina DeCarloEducation Outreach Manager: Anna McCullersEducation Intern: Skylar Shelton Dance Captains: Kiana Pinden, Mikey ReichertSpot Operator: Brooklyn Billman, Spencer BarneyRun Crew: Berkley Gaddis, Katie Means,Delaney Jones

CREATIVE TEAMUrinetown (Monumental Theatre Company); Orfeo ed Euridice, Orphée aux enfers (Maryland Opera Studio); Floyd Collins, Into The Woods (Weathervane Repertory Theatre); Les Misérables, Red (Riverside Theatre). ASSISTANT: A Delicate Balance, The Front Page (Broadway); Broadway Center Stage: In the Heights (The Kennedy Center); The Prince of Egypt (Tuacahn Ampitheatre); The Invisible Hand, In the Heights, Carousel (Olney Theatre Center); Three Sisters (Studio Theatre, DC). BFA from Shenandoah University, MFA from University of Maryland. Love and thanks to Colleen. www.silerlights.comJORDAN MOORE (Set Designer)is thrilled to continue designing for Florida Rep as the Resident Scenic Designer. Florida Rep set designs include: Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Damascus, Cabaret, Night and Day, Shear Madness, Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, and The Seafarer. Jordan continues to collaborate with Florida Rep’s Education department in both their Conservatory and Theatre for Young Artist Programs. Designs for Florida Rep’s Conservatory series include: Heathers, School of Rock, Metamorphoses, Big River, and Peter and the Starcatcher. Designs for Florida Rep’s Theatre for Young Audiences series include: A Year With Frog and Toad, The Red Badge of Courage, Journey to Oz, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Miss Nelson is Missing, A Dream Within A Dream: The Spirit of Poe, Curious George and the Golden Meatball, The Giver, and the current season’s touring shows, Refugee, Cat in the Hat, and Romeo and Juliet. He is a graduate of Florida State University, receiving a dual degree in Theatre and Media Productions. JESSICA REAVES (Props Master) is completing her first season at Florida Repertory Theatre with our production of Newsies. Previous credits include The Tender Land, Rusalka, Die Fledermaus, and Flight (Des Moines Metro Opera);and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Little Night Music, Me and My Girl, Leading Ladies, and The Heiress (Stagedoor Manor). Special thank you to my Mother and Jennifer Ivey who helped guide me into the person an artist I have become. Education: Pursuing MFA in Scenic Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and BA in Technical Theatre from Jacksonville State University. Thank you for coming, and I hope you enjoy our show!JACQUELYN LOY (Costume Designer) is excited to be a part of the creative team for Newsies! Featured Designs include: Hay Fever (Florida Rep); Refugee, the world premier (Florida Rep TYA); A Chorus Line and Heathers (Florida Rep Conservatory), The Drowsy Chaperone (Bigfork Summer Playhouse), Junie B. Jones (Hope Summer Rep), Willy Wonka (Matthews Playhouse), The Fantasticks (Lee Street Theatre); Almost, Maine and

Pinocchio’s Sister, the world premier (St. Thomas Players); Tartuffe, Silent Sky, The Matchmaker, and Violet (USM), The Importance of Being Earnest, Once on This Island, and Charlotte’s Web (Catawba College). Jacquelyn’s technical work appeared on stages across the country, including Montana, Utah, Michigan, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Awards: KC-ACTF Region IV First Place for Excellence in Costume Design (Barbizon Fellow) for The Matchmaker (2017) and Violet (2016), KC-ACTF Region IV First Place in Technical Design/Crafts for Millinery (2016), Marian A. Smith Costume Scholarship from SETC’s Graduate Scholarships (2014). She received her M.F.A. in Costume Design and Technology at the University of Southern Mississippi and her B.A. in Theatre Arts at Catawba College. She is also an aspiring playwright and her plays were featured in various play festivals in North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Michigan.CAYCELYNN HOGGARD (Stage Manager)is grateful to be returning back to Florida Rep Education to stage manage yet another show! She received her BA in Theatre from Hollins University, and has been working at the Rep for two seasons. Past Stage Management credits include: Snow Me Away Cabaret (FL Rep Ed), Titanic the Musical (Serenbe Playhouse), Heathers the Musical (FL Rep Ed), Disgraced (FL Rep), Watch on the Rhine (Arena Stage), Peter and the Starcatcher (Hollins University), Fox on the Fairway (New Harmony Theatre), and Coupler (Mill Mountain Theatre). Thank you Kody for talking me into quitting my job on a cruise ship to come back and stage manage this incredible show! I have no regrets!! And thank you to my amazing creative and production team for supporting me through this process!! I am so thankful for the team and cast that I was given, and I am proud of everyone of them! Thank you for your work!SKYLAR SHELTON (Assistant Stage Manager)is thrilled to be part of the Florida Rep Education team this season! Skylar graduated in May 2018 with her B.A. in Theatre with a Minor in Child & Family Studies from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In her time at UTC, she worked under Wolf Trap teaching artists going to local early learning centers & implementing arts integration programs. She also worked with the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, implementing a drama club in a local middle school. At UTC, she Stage Managed Silent Sky, in which she earned a KC/ACTF nomination. During her time at Florida Rep, Skylar has instructed Class Sessions A & C, including the new Advanced Showcase course. She served as Youth Cast Manager for Florida Rep’s mainstage production of A Christmas Carol: The Tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Skylar also choreographed Winter Camp and instructed Stagecraft class in Spring Camp, and is so excited to be Assistant Stage Managing Newsies. Lastly, she wants to thank her husband Jacob for supporting her always.

KODY C. JONES (Director)Kody holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from Western Illinois University and Secondary Education and Acting degrees from University of Michigan-Flint. He has acted and directed professionally all over Chicago and the Midwest for the past ten years and served as the Artistic Director for Shawnee Summer Theatre in Indiana and The Stage at Island Park in Fargo, North Dakota. He served as a Resident Artist for Flint Youth Theatre for three years and taught theatre to children age four and up with Chicago Public Schools, Arts for All, Lil Buds Theatre, and the American Theatre Company. He has also taught at Western Illinois University and Trollwood Center for The Performing Arts in Minnesota in addition to presenting professional workshops in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota, and Michigan. His past training focused on Creative Dramatics Laban Movement Analysis and stage combat. He is an avidly involved as a committee member and instructor with both the South Eastern Theatre Conference and the American College Theatre Festival. He’s directed almost a dozen productions here at Florida Rep and just won Broadway World’s Best Director Award for his production of Refugee and the Best Actor Award for Buyer and Cellar produced by the Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts. He’s most recently been nominated for the Chrysalis Award for Excellence in Education and will be directing upcoming productions of Annie and Spring Awakening at Florida Rep Education.CHRISTINA DeCARLO (Assistant Director) Originally from the Atlanta area Christina holds a BA in theatre from Georgia College. Christina started off as a teaching artist at Florida Rep in 2015 and has since directed and choreographed both conservatory and summer intensive productions. In addition, she has taught a multitude of Florida Rep Education classes. Selected directing credits include School of Rock (Florida Premiere), Madagascar Jr (Florida Premiere), Mary Poppins Jr. (Junior Theatre Festival cut- awarded Excellence in Dance), and Legally Blonde Jr. Christina would like to thank the cast of students at Florida Rep Education who inspire her everyday!ROSALIND METCALF (Music Director)is thrilled to once again be working at Florida Rep Education, having been musical director for Curious George: The Golden Meatball, Heathers: The Musical, and A Chorus Line. After many years of musical directing in New Jersey, it is wonderful to be able to continue with such a high caliber of musical theater in the Fort Myers area. Thank you to this truly committed and gifted cast for your hard work in meeting my very high expectations and breathing life into this beautiful, energetic music and

incredible story. I loved our many hours together! Special thanks to director, Kody C. Jones, for his brilliance in directing and for trusting in me to interpret and express this fabulous music with this unbeatable cast. Many thanks to Christina DeCarlo and Caycelynn Hoggard for their talents, assistance, support and smiles. And finally, my heartfelt thanks to Jesse Massari for sitting by my side through every rehearsal, learning each and every note to be sung in this entire show, recording, taking notes, keeping the music alive while the cast worked on choreography and staging, and being the best assistant any musical director could ever dream of having. KATIE LOWE (Sound Designer)is thrilled to be a part of this production! She served as an electrics intern last season at Florida Repertory Theatre. Previously, she has been an electrics apprentice at Endstation Theatre Company after graduating from the University of Kentucky. Previous credits include: Hay Fever, August Wilson’s Fences, Tenderly, A Christmas Carol: The Tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Damascus, Steel Magnolias, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Refugee, A Cat in the Hat (Sound Designer, Florida Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (Florida Repertory Theatre, A2), Million Dollar Quartet (Endstation Theatre Company, A2), Once On This Island (University of Kentucky, Stage Manager), Sense and Sensibility (University of Kentucky, Sound Designer), She Kills Monsters (University of Kentucky, Stage Manager), In The Red and Brown Water (University of Kentucky, Assistant Stage Manager).KAYLEY STEVENS (Choreographer) is a professional dancer/choreographer who splits her time between New York, Florida, and Scotland! She is thrilled to be back at FL Rep Ed after choreographing ‘A Chorus Line’ last summer! Regional Theatre: A Chorus Line (Cassie) And The World Goes Round (Woman 2) Me and My Girl (Lady Jaquie), Of Thee I Sing (Diana Devereaux), Promises, Promises (Miss DellaHoya), Hello Dolly (Ensemble), Copacabana (Ensemble). Professional Dance: Crazy Palace Germany (Showgirl, 2018, 2017) Holland America Cruise Line Showroom at Sea (Principal Dancer), Busch Gardens Williamsburg (Fiends) Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (Dancer). Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance, University of Florida. Kayleyjaynestevens.comROB SILER (Lighting Designer)FLORIDA REP: Damascus, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Disgraced, Outside Mullingar. OFF BROADWAY: Occupied Territories (59E59). REGIONAL (select credits): She A Gem, Night Train 57, Bhoomi (The Kennedy Center); Radamisto, Erminia/The Enchanted Forest (Opera Lafayette); Daddy Long Legs, Brooklyn, Bonnie & Clyde,

CREATIVE TEAM

FLORIDA REP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY

The Claiborne & Ned Foulds Foundation • Marvin & Lynne Birdt • Dinah Bloomhall Sanibel Captiva Community Bank • Arthur M. Zupko

H I S T O R I C A R C A D E T H E AT R E • F O R T M Y E R S R I V E R D I S T R I C TKODY C. JONES, EDUCATION DIRECTOR

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PRESENTS

COSTUME DESIGNERJACQUELYN LOY

PROPERTIES MASTERSJESSICA REAVES

LIGHTING/ PROJECTIONS DESIGNERROB SILER

DIRECTED BY KODY C. JONES

SOUND DESIGNER & ENGINEERKATIE LOWE

SET DESIGNERJORDAN MOORE

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERCAYCELYNN HOGGARD

ASSISTANT DIRECTORCHRISTINA DECARLO

MUSIC DIRECTORROSALIND METCALF

CHOREOGRAPHERKAYLEY STEVENS

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHERKODY C. JONES

Student ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERsANNA COLLINS

GABY STEINBORN

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERSKYLAR SHELTON

Hello and welcome to our biggest Conservatory production to date; Newsies. By recreating social parallels of the past to that of today’s society Newsies celebrates unity, diversity, and above all things self-worth. Well over a hundred years ago hundreds of newsboys and newsgirls took to the streets with a message of unity and freedom; that despite their age or social class, they have just as much value and meaning as anyone else and that their voice must be heard. The

Broadway smash musical Newsies bring us the well-known and most celebrated lyrics; “Now is the time to seize the day.” As we’ve ventured through this mammoth of a musical over the past couple months I’ve realized that the operative words in those lyrics are not “sieze the day” but “now is the time”. If we can learn anything from the talented students of SW Florida and the themes of Newsies, it’s just that. “Now is the time”, and that yesterday is over and tomorrow may be too late.

Today we use this inspiring musical to give a platform to 51 SW Florida students as they bring their voices to the stage with a powerful message of change and solidarity. These students have spent the last two months creating this production with professional artists from all over the country and through song and dance were dedicated in bringing truth and artistic integrity to every moment. Their passion for unity and hard work throughout this process in bringing their voice and message of Newsies to their community has been an inspiring and exciting experience. One we hope will also resonate with you.Thank you for coming out to the theatre today for being a patron of arts education. As always I ask that you laugh, cry, think, and feel and that you don’t sit back and relax but sit on the edge of your seat and engage.

Now is the time.

Kody C JonesEducation DirectorFlorida Repertory Theatre

FROM THE DIRECTOR

SPECIAL THANKSFlorida Weekly, Techtronics

WARNING!Newsies will contain flashing lights which may affect paytrons who are

susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or photosentivities. NO PHOTOGRAPHY OR FILMING IS ALLOWED

AGES: 16-20 | TUITION: $285.00AUDITIONS – MAY 22 FROM 3:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M.

CALL BACKS – MAY 23 FROM 4:00 P.M.- 8:30 P.M.

THE WINNER OF EIGHT TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL, TOLD BY DUNCAN SHEIK AND STEVEN SATER THROUGH WHAT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

CALLED, “THE MOST GORGEOUS BROADWAY SCORE THIS DECADE,” SPRING SPRING AWAKENING EXPLORES THE JOURNEY FROM ADOLESCENCE TO

ADULTHOOD WITH A POIGNANCY AND PASSION THAT IS ILLUMINATING AND UNFORGETTABLE. THE LANDMARK MUSICAL IS AN ELECTRIFYING FUSION OF

MORALITY, VITALITY, AND ROCK AND ROLL THAT IS EXHILARATING AUDIENCES ACROSS THE NATION LIKE NO OTHER MUSICAL HAS IN YEARS.

***If you choose to audition for SPRING AWAKENING, we urge you to research the piece and its content as it contains adult language and mature content***

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SPRING AWAKENINGA N E W M U S I C A L

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MUSICAL NUMBERSAct One

• Overture – Orchestra• Santa Fe (Prologue) – Jack and Crutchie• Carrying the Banner – Jack, Newsies, Nuns• The Bottom Line – Pulitzer, Seitz, Bunsen, Hannah• That’s Rich – Medda• I Never Planned on You/ Don’t Come a-Knocking – Jack, Katherine and Bowery Beauties• The World Will Know – Jack, Davey, Les and Newsies• Watch What Happens – Katherine• Seize the Day – Davey, Jack, Les and Newsies• Santa Fe – Jack

Act Two

• King of New York – Davey, Les, Katherine and Newsies• Watch What Happens (Reprise) – Jack, Davey, Katherine and Les• The Bottom Line (Reprise) – Pulitzer, Seitz and Mayor• Brooklyn’s Here – Spot Conlon and Newsies• Something to Believe In – Jack and Katherine• Seize the Day (Reprise) – Newsies• Once and for All– Jack, Davey, Les, Katherine, Darcy, Bill and Newsies• Finale – Company

SYNOPSISNew York City, 1899. Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsboys make a meager living selling newspapers on the city streets. But when the prices of “papes” are hiked and the newsies are hung out to dry, there is nothing left to do but “open the gates and seize the day!” Led by charismatic Jack and independent, young newspaper reporter Katherine Plummer, the Newsies form a union and organize a strike against the greedy publisher of the New York World. Can a group of idealistic newsboys win against a foe as powerful as acclaimed publisher Joseph Pulitzer? Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, Newsies is an ebullient, joyful, and entertaining musical capturing the strength that young people have when they join together and stand up against injustice. With a funny, poignant book by Harvey Feirstein and stunning music by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman – including the show-stopping Seize the Day, power ballad “Santa Fe” and lovely new songs like Katherine’s “Watch What Happens – Newsies is a classic with the power to inspire.

TIME/PLACEPlace: Lower Manhattan | Time: Summer, 1899

THERE WILL BE A 15 MINUTE INTERMISSION

CAST

HALEY ADKINS HANNAH ATKINSON MADIE BARKER CELIA BEVINGTON

DANIEL BOGGS TAYLOR CARUSO ABBY CIABATON MIGUEL CINTRON

CHASE A CLARK SOPHIA CONDIT ANNABEL CRATER HANNAH CRUZ

SOPHIE CRUZ LUKE DANNI CHRISTIAN DINSMORE MATTHEW EAKINS

CALEB EDWARDS GABRIELLE GERMANI SOPHIA GURLUE SOPHIE HAGAN

BRYCE HAGEN KEEHNON JACKSON BRICE KINGSLEY GIGI LIEZE-ADAMS

LUCCIA LIEZE-ADAMS EMILY LONGORIA WEDLER LORDEUS MACY MAGAS

CAST

VIOLET MANN CARSON MASCHMEIER CALEB MASSARI JESSE MASSARI

ALYSSSA MEHRBERG CHRISTIAN MILLER ANNALISE MOEGGENBERG TAYLOR MYERS

SHENNAN NELSON MATTEO OCCHINO MIKEY REICHERT GRACE RYAN

ALYSSA SANTIAGO KATHERINE SCHWARTZEL MICHAEL SHELLEY ELLA STROUD

KAYCI SUSKIND SAWYER TRUE SCOTTY WELLS MARIANNA YOUNG