High School MainStage – Newsies
If you are looking for ticketing information about the performance of Newsies, TNT’s fall musical, please visit this page.
This is a professional level production attended by hundreds of the general public each year so expectations and commitment levels are high. The production is cast by audition. Concurrent enrollment in a Play Theory class is required for ALL participants. Applicants must complete the form below to be eligible to audition.
Please check back August 2025 for information about auditioning for the fall musical!
As a mainstage production, you are required to have participated previously in Take Note Troupe’s Play Theory. Play Theory is the foundation of all that we do at TNT and fundamental to the way we prepare for and stage productions. A Play Theory summer camp counts fulfills the prerequisite. All participants are also required to be enrolled in or coach an additional Play Theory class concurrently. Please email [email protected] if you have questions about these requirements. Casting is not guaranteed, even with prerequisites. Those who audition and are not cast are strongly encouraged to enroll in one or more Lantern Festival class to build skills and participate in that performance.
Participants will learn their lines early in the season and work diligently, looking outward, to make the team stronger and to make the show a generous gift to our community. Attendance at all rehearsals is mandatory and unexcused absences will result in your role being reassigned.
- Age Group: 13-18, 8th-12th grade
- Session: Sept 5-Nov 23
- Rehearsals begin Sept 5 and will be each Thursday from 5:00pm-9:00pm. See below for additional rehearsals. The first rehearsal will include an orientation for parents and actors from 5:00pm-6:00pm. There will be rehearsal on the following Saturdays: Sept 14 (2-4pm, Sept 28 (2-4pm), October 12 (1-4pm), October 26 (10am-3pm), November 2 (9am-3pm), November 9 (9am-3pm).
- Tech week rehearsals: Nov 11 3pm-9pm, Nov 12 4pm-9pm, Nov 13 4pm-6pm, Nov 14 4pm-9pm
- Performances: Nov 15- 7:00pm, Nov 16 – 2pm, 7:00pm, Nov 21 – 7:00pm, Nov 22- 10am, 7:00pm, Nov 23- 2pm, 7:00pm
- Auditions: Tuesday, August 20. Please fill out the intent to audition form. The deadline to submit the intent to audition is Monday, August 12!
- Directors: Michael Anderson, Jessica Hendrickson, Erin Larson, Christie LaPointe (musical director)
- Participants are expected to find a sponsor for the show and help distribute posters and handbills.
- Participants are required to take another PLAY THEORY class concurrently. Juniors and Seniors may also consider coaching a PLAY THEORY class as concurrent enrollment. Please read about Premiere Performance Teams here.
- Cost if casted: $400
We are vendored with South Sutter Charter School, Cottonwood, and Sequoia Grove. If you are using charter funds, please email [email protected] for information on how to sign up in a timely manner after you have been cast.
Complete the intent to audition form located on this page on the tab above. Please fill this out in its entirety to let us know you will be auditioning. Auditions will be held on August 20 in the afternoon and evening. You’ll be sent an audition schedule after Monday, Aug 12 (the deadline to submit these intents.) If you have friends who would like to audition, tell them to submit a form! No mad scrambling on August 20th to add on!
Play Theory qualified applicants will be invited to audition via email. Roles are limited, all who audition will not be cast. Casting is not guaranteed, even with prerequisites.
Please complete the form below indicating your intent to audition for the Fall MainStage Musical Newsies. Auditions will be held on August 20 in the afternoon and evening. You’ll be sent an audition schedule after Monday, Aug 12 (the deadline to submit these intents.) If you have friends who would like to audition, tell them to submit a form! No mad scrambling on August 20th to add on!
Play Theory qualified applicants will be invited to audition via email. Roles are limited, all who audition will not be cast. Casting is not guaranteed, even with prerequisites.
Applicants meeting Play Theory qualifications will be emailed an invitation to audition after completing this audition form.
Parents do not need to attend auditions, however parents will need to sign off on the rehearsal schedule– specifically so we can know if their child will need to be double cast.
Everyone will need to audition regardless of interest in a speaking role. All interested in a lead or role with lines will memorize lines from the audition sides.
Please come to the auditions in comfortable clothing you can move in.
Following auditions, the cast list will be posted on the cast list tab above.
Newsies Audition Sides
Songs for Boys:
Santa Fe (Jack’s Solo)
Seize the Day (Davey’s Solo)
Songs For Girls:
That’s Rich (Medda’s Solo)
Something to Believe in (Katherine’s Solo)
For Boys or Girls:
Letter from the Refuge (Crutchie’s Solo)
Once Newsies is cast, the cast list will be posted here. Please respect the process of paying tuition, registering for the MainStage class, and joining the group as it will be where we communicate with the cast.
Access to Groups for all classes (including this one) is available when you login with the username and password used to purchase the TNT Annual Family Membership.
Payment is due immediately — please come to the first rehearsal having already paid tuition.