From BGHS ALL-SCHOOL MUSICAL
The musical Newsies will be on stage at Bowling Green School’s Performing Arts Center February 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at 7 pm and February 4th at 3 pm.
Newsies is based on the 1992 Disney film about the true newsboy strike of 1899 which was precipitated by a rise in cost from .50¢ to .60¢ per 100 papers for the already struggling newsies by owners of the two largest papers in New York William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. The musical condenses the publishers down to just Pulitzer and his paper The World.
Bowling Green High School is one of about six schools in the nation producing this pilot for Disney Theatricals. To pilot a show means that after producing the show, the musical’s directors send suggestions to the licensing agency in NYC for refining the production prior to the release of staging rights to all high school groups. BGHS has also piloted Disney’s Mary Poppins and Peter and the Starcatcher. The show is earlier this year because Disney wants the feedback earlier to make licensing available in the spring.
Jack Kelly is play by junior Hudson Pendleton. Katherine Plumber is played by senior Sarah Kerr, Joseph Pulitzer is played by senior Justin McKenzie, Medda Larkin is played by junior Olivia Strang, and Davey is played by senior Joseph Kalmar. Sophomore Ethan Brown plays Crutchie and sophomore Kaitlyn Dorman plays Spot Collins.
The cast includes other standout performances by Kelli Amburgey, Madison Barbour, Chloe Beeker, Stephanie Bell, Sophia Bird, Cole Boswell, Abraham Brockway, Kathy Bui, Alyssa Clemens, Megan Clifford, Leela Cromwell, Maddy Depinet, Gracen Dixon, Isaac Douglass, James Eddington, Sophi Hachtel, Sarah Kelly, Luke Kobylski, Anita Kukeli, Dea Kukeli, Thomas Long, Jadyn Lundquest, Brianna Marovich, Abbey Matthews, Breanna Matney, Emma Matney, Sasha Meade, Jessica Miller, Darryl Moorhead, Cole Nemeth, Allison Nonnemaker, Manita Ojha, Charlotte Perez, Natalia Pollock-O’Dorisio, Alexis Roehl, Liam Rogel, Mary Shilling, Terra Sloane, Jason Trimpey, Abigail Utz, Bob Walters, Anne Weaver, Nina Zhu, Ashlee Ziegler, Kaleigh Ziegler, Olivia Zmarzly
The play is directed by JoBeth Gonzalez with vocal direction by Beth Vaughn, choreography by Bob Marzola, orchestral direction by Jeremy Sison, technical direction by Ryan Albrecht, and is produced by Sarah Caserta. Tickets are on sale at the PAC box office from 3-6 p..m January 29-February 2nd and then one hour before the Saturday and Sunday shows
