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 invite you to 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, Josie French as Producer, Jonny Bolduc as Assistant Director, Reilly McCabe as Stage Manager, Ann Fairchild and Amy Hamlin 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.
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. All shows are at the WInthrop Performing Arts Center, 211 Rambler Rd, Winthrop, ME 04364. 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 the date will be announced as soon as possible.