The Grand Theatre High School Project
DISNEY'S
DISNEY'S
Newsies
The Musical
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions
September 17 to September 27, 2025
Opening Night: Friday, September 19
Spriet Stage
Running Time: 2h 25m, including one intermission.
Age Recommendation: 8+
Audience Advisory: Mild language and violence.
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Jack leads a group of young newsies in a strike that makes the history books - and the headlines. Built and performed by the Grand Theatre High School Project students!
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Step into turn-of-the-century New York City, a time of skyscrapers and money makers, with Disney’s Newsies: the story of charismatic Jack Kelly and his gritty band of newsies who keep the stories moving, selling papers throughout the town.
But when greedy publishing giants decide to raise distribution prices at the newsies’ expense, it’s up to Jack and his pals to be stronger together and fight for what’s right!
Famed for its imaginative and iconic dance sequences, this vibrant musical spectacular is based in the 1992 Disney motion picture, inspired by a true story, and features a Tony-Award winning score that includes songs such as “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “King of New York.”
The Student Company of Disney's Newsies
Cast
Marissa Allen
HANNAH / ADULT ENSEMBLE #1
HANNAH / ADULT ENSEMBLE #1
Abena Baah-Frimpong
SEITZ/ADULT ENSEMBLE #5
SEITZ/ADULT ENSEMBLE #5
Hayden Baertsoen
ROMEO
ROMEO
Sophia Belleth
MEDDA LARKIN
MEDDA LARKIN
Keirah Buckley
KATHERINE PLUMBER
KATHERINE PLUMBER
Joshua Cassar
MORRIS DELANCEY
MORRIS DELANCEY
Leland Chafee
DARCY
DARCY
Solarah Chambers Dodge
SPECS
SPECS
Marina Daminelli Krieck
ADULT ENSEMBLE #3
ADULT ENSEMBLE #3
Isaac De Melo
HENRY
HENRY
Evan Doerr
ELMER
ELMER
Shakotshanunyatha Doxtator
OSCAR DELANCEY
OSCAR DELANCEY
Emmanuel Ehumadu
MUSH
MUSH
Josephine Gajasan
MS JACOBI/ADULT ENSEMBLE #4
MS JACOBI/ADULT ENSEMBLE #4
Isabelle Hiltz
JO JO
JO JO
Aya Holzberg
ALBERT
ALBERT
Solange Kirkwood
SPOT CONLON
SPOT CONLON
Eva Klimchuk
MIKE
MIKE
Rendall Lackenbauer
BILL
BILL
Jack Lindsay
SPLASHER
SPLASHER
Lara Manocchi
ADULT ENSEMBLE #2
ADULT ENSEMBLE #2
Morgan McLenaghan
ROOSEVELT/ADULT ENSEMBLE #7
ROOSEVELT/ADULT ENSEMBLE #7
Erica Mota
EXTRA EXTRA!
EXTRA EXTRA!
Paxton Nair
DAVEY
DAVEY
Neela Noble
CRUTCHIE
CRUTCHIE
Tessa Pritchett-White
LES
LES
Taylor Reaume-Cunning
FINCH
FINCH
Hannah Reid
IKE
IKE
Trent Robichaud
JACK KELLY
JACK KELLY
Sal Rogers
SHERLOCK
SHERLOCK
Santiago Rojas
BUNSEN/ADULT ENSEMBLE #6
BUNSEN/ADULT ENSEMBLE #6
Olivia Schiedel
BUTTONS
BUTTONS
Alexandra Stockford
JOSEPH PULITZER
JOSEPH PULITZER
Navya Vaillancourt
SNYDER/ADULT ENSEMBLE #8
SNYDER/ADULT ENSEMBLE #8
Desi vanBeek-Paterson
RACE
RACE
Chloe Webb
WIESEL
WIESEL
David Weber
TOMMY BOY
TOMMY BOY
Lyla Worrall
WATSON
WATSON
Orchestra
Cloe Royer
CLARINET
CLARINET
Daniel Tennant
KEYS 2, Music Assistant
KEYS 2, Music Assistant
Production
Adelaide Alcantara
LIGHTING
LIGHTING
Reagan Berdan
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Zane Donohue
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Olivia Lee
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Meyer Liston
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Eris Marles
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Virginia McCallum
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Madelaine Prémont
WARDROBE
WARDROBE
Jordan Porter
PHOTOGRAPHY & MARKETING
PHOTOGRAPHY & MARKETING
Abby Cullaton
SCENIC ART
SCENIC ART
KodaGreene Cavanagh
SCENIC ART
SCENIC ART
Maks Garside
PROPS
PROPS
Chloe Laporte
PROPS
PROPS
Hazel Nicholson
PROPS
PROPS
Caelin Smeenk
PROPS
PROPS
Elliot Hull
SOUND
SOUND
Alyssa McCulloch
SOUND
SOUND
Mollie Jennings
STAGE MANAGEMENT
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Quentin Vieira
STAGE MANAGEMENT
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Joni Lau
STAGE CREW
STAGE CREW
Ava Lewis
CARPENTRY
CARPENTRY
Creative Team
RAY HOGG
Director
For the Grand: Controlled Damage.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Mirvish/Crow’s/Musical Stage Co); A Strange Loop (Soulpepper, Crow’s, TO Live, Musical Stage Co); Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Theatre Calgary); Dixon Road, Starwalker (The Musical Stage Company); Da Kink In My Hair (Arts Club Theatre Co); Cats, The Producers, Sister Act, Shrek, Little Shop of Horrors (Rainbow Stage); Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls, Billy Elliot (Neptune Theatre); Indecent (Segal Centre); Mary Poppins, Love and Information, An Enemy of the People, Damn Yankees and Chicago (Sheridan College).
Other: He has held two tenures as an Artistic Director that ushered in record-breaking artistic success at Rainbow Stage (2012 - 2017) and The Musical Stage Company (2021-2025). He is the founding Artistic Director of Prime Mover Theatre Company and an Associate Artist at Neptune Theatre.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Mirvish/Crow’s/Musical Stage Co); A Strange Loop (Soulpepper, Crow’s, TO Live, Musical Stage Co); Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Theatre Calgary); Dixon Road, Starwalker (The Musical Stage Company); Da Kink In My Hair (Arts Club Theatre Co); Cats, The Producers, Sister Act, Shrek, Little Shop of Horrors (Rainbow Stage); Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls, Billy Elliot (Neptune Theatre); Indecent (Segal Centre); Mary Poppins, Love and Information, An Enemy of the People, Damn Yankees and Chicago (Sheridan College).
Other: He has held two tenures as an Artistic Director that ushered in record-breaking artistic success at Rainbow Stage (2012 - 2017) and The Musical Stage Company (2021-2025). He is the founding Artistic Director of Prime Mover Theatre Company and an Associate Artist at Neptune Theatre.
Matthew Atkins
Music Director
For the Grand Theatre: Phantom of the Opera, Finding Black Joy, The Great Grand Road Trip, Comfort & Joy.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Legally Blonde, Urinetown, The SpongeBob Musical (Original Kids Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Musical Theatre Productions).
Other: B.Mus., B.Ed., M.Mus. from Western University. Matthew is a secondary school teacher with the Thames Valley District School Board. He is also the Artistic Director of the London Gospel Collective. @matkinsmusic.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Legally Blonde, Urinetown, The SpongeBob Musical (Original Kids Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Musical Theatre Productions).
Other: B.Mus., B.Ed., M.Mus. from Western University. Matthew is a secondary school teacher with the Thames Valley District School Board. He is also the Artistic Director of the London Gospel Collective. @matkinsmusic.
Krista Leis
Choreographer
For the Grand Theatre: Pride and Prejudice.
Selected Theatre Credits: In Studio: The Words and Music of Britta Johnson (Choreographer, Theatre Sheridan), Snow White: The Panto (Choreographer, The Capitol Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles (Associate Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), Man of La Mancha (Assistant Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), West Side Story (Assistant Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), In The Heights (Associate Director and Choreographer, Theatre Sheridan), Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway), 10 seasons as a performer with The Stratford Festival.
Film and TV Credits: Roxana (Bravo), The Music Man (Disney), Romeo and Juliet (Stratfest at Home)
Other: Krista is also the proud owner of The Movement Centre Pilates and Rehabilitation Studio in Stratford ON.
Selected Theatre Credits: In Studio: The Words and Music of Britta Johnson (Choreographer, Theatre Sheridan), Snow White: The Panto (Choreographer, The Capitol Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles (Associate Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), Man of La Mancha (Assistant Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), West Side Story (Assistant Choreographer, The Stratford Festival), In The Heights (Associate Director and Choreographer, Theatre Sheridan), Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway), 10 seasons as a performer with The Stratford Festival.
Film and TV Credits: Roxana (Bravo), The Music Man (Disney), Romeo and Juliet (Stratfest at Home)
Other: Krista is also the proud owner of The Movement Centre Pilates and Rehabilitation Studio in Stratford ON.
Joshua Quinlan
Set Designer
Lisa Wright
Costume Designer
Echo Zhou
Lighting Designer
Emily Porter
Sound Designer
For The Grand Theatre: The Sound of Music, Home for the Holidays, Into the Woods, Prom Queen, Titanic.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Rez Gas, Waitress, The Full Monty, A Year With Frog & Toad, The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (The Capitol Theatre); Midsummer Night’s Deam: 1970’s Musical, The Sound Of Music (The Citadel); Jersey Boys (Charlottetown Festival); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, This is Tom Jones! (The Human Race Theatre); Little Women, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (Stratford Festival); Beauty & The Beast (The Globe Theatre); Mamma Mia (Rainbow Stage, Neptune Theatre).
Other: Member of ADC659 and teaches Theatrical Sound Design and Technology at the university level.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Rez Gas, Waitress, The Full Monty, A Year With Frog & Toad, The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (The Capitol Theatre); Midsummer Night’s Deam: 1970’s Musical, The Sound Of Music (The Citadel); Jersey Boys (Charlottetown Festival); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, This is Tom Jones! (The Human Race Theatre); Little Women, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (Stratford Festival); Beauty & The Beast (The Globe Theatre); Mamma Mia (Rainbow Stage, Neptune Theatre).
Other: Member of ADC659 and teaches Theatrical Sound Design and Technology at the university level.
Kristi Hansen
Disability Consultant
For the Grand Theatre: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Much Ado About Nothing, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Bard on the Beach); Dance Nation (SkirtsAfire); Beautiful Scars (Theatre Aquarius); The Sound of Music (RMTC/Citadel Theatre); The Silver Arrow, Alice Through the Looking Glass (Citadel Theatre); The Bear (Caravan Farm Theatre); A Doll’s House: Part 2 (Wild Side Productions); Sweeney Todd (Plain Jane Theatre); Dear Rita (Confed Centre); Candide (Edmonton Opera); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Players).
Other: www.kristihansen.ca.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Much Ado About Nothing, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Bard on the Beach); Dance Nation (SkirtsAfire); Beautiful Scars (Theatre Aquarius); The Sound of Music (RMTC/Citadel Theatre); The Silver Arrow, Alice Through the Looking Glass (Citadel Theatre); The Bear (Caravan Farm Theatre); A Doll’s House: Part 2 (Wild Side Productions); Sweeney Todd (Plain Jane Theatre); Dear Rita (Confed Centre); Candide (Edmonton Opera); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Freewill Players).
Other: www.kristihansen.ca.
Melissa Cameron
Stage Manager
For the Grand Theatre: Waitress, The Sound of Music, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Controlled Damage, Grow, Re:Opening Festival (Seeds of Self & One Year), Chariots of Fire, Once, HSP - Anything Goes, MixTape, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Jersey Boys, Maggie, Anne of Green Gables, Munschables (Charlottetown Festival); Waitress, Maggie (Theatre Aquarius); Sweeney Todd, The Gamblers, I Claudia, Offline (Talk is Free Theatre); Hurry Hard, Miracle on 34th Street (Chemainus Theatre Festival); The Last Five Years, She Loves Me, The 29 Steps (Rose Theatre); Legally Blonde (Theatre Sheridan); Gin Game, Cottagers & Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Boeing Boeing, Dial M for Murder, Barefoot in the Park (Watermark Theatre).
Theatre Credits (Selected): Jersey Boys, Maggie, Anne of Green Gables, Munschables (Charlottetown Festival); Waitress, Maggie (Theatre Aquarius); Sweeney Todd, The Gamblers, I Claudia, Offline (Talk is Free Theatre); Hurry Hard, Miracle on 34th Street (Chemainus Theatre Festival); The Last Five Years, She Loves Me, The 29 Steps (Rose Theatre); Legally Blonde (Theatre Sheridan); Gin Game, Cottagers & Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Boeing Boeing, Dial M for Murder, Barefoot in the Park (Watermark Theatre).
