Newsies

 

  • Disney's Newsies closed the 2019 summer season at The Lexington Theatre Company. Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly on the Broadway National Tour) led our company as Jack and was joined by Broadway's Tessa Grady (Katherine), Stephen Buntrock (Pulitzer), and Carrie Compere (Medda Larkin).

    Also starring Aaron Robinson (Davey), Miller Jay Kraps (Crutchie), Paul Thomas (Wiesel), Bob Singleton (Snyder), Karyn Czar (Hannah), Darian Sanders (Bunsen), and Joseph Wrightson (Seitz). Youth Apprentice David Lin played Les.

    College students and recent grads joining the cast include Vincent Andaloro (Boston Conservatory), Michelle Elizabeth Arotsky (Syracuse), Kurtis Bradley Brown (CCM), Shannon Calkins (OCU), Samuel Gerber (Marymount Manhattan), Ari Glauser (Univ. of Utah), Brandon Halvorsen (Elon University), Anna Hertel (Elon University), Dakota Hoar (Pace), Hunter Mayfield (WKU), Elizabeth McGuire (Samford), Sean McManus (Boston Conservatory), Stone Mountain (CCM), PJ Palmer, Zachary Scott Prall (OCU), Benjamin Sears, Alexander Slade (NKU), John Eric Viso (Ball State), Ethan Zeph (CCM).

  • Direction by Lyndy Franklin Smith; Choreography by Mara Newbery Greer; Music Direction by Brock Terry. Lighting Design by Tanya Harper; Wardrobe/Hair Design by Dixon Reynolds; Production Coordination by Kevin Nedberg; Sound Design by Marcus Ross; Props Coordination by Lisa C. Hardin. Equity Production Stage Manager - Brandon T. Holmes; Equity Stage Manager - Kelsey Brennan York; Assistant Stage Manager - Emily Misali (UK). Associate Music Director - Kathrin Thawley; Rehearsal Accompanist - Michael Rintamaa.

  • Paul Reich (Bass), Yoonie Choi-Reich (Cello), Casey DeMattina (Drums), Luke Jackson (Keyboards), Michael Rintamaa and Lisa Stephens (Keyboards), Bryan Angel (Percussion), Michael Robinson (Woodwinds), Brad Kerns (Trombone), Jason Dovel (Trumpet), Julie Lastinger (Violin)

  • Amelia Bryant (Rose Bruford College), Jen Chaney (Long Island Univ.), Jaime Delgado (UK), Erin Fannin (UK), Kelsey Hutchison (UK), Jill Kohr (WKU), Sara Kissick (UK), Cassidy Mullins (UK), MacKenzie Varble (WKU), Elia Zonio (Transylvania)

  • HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING

    David Bowen (Harrison County High School), Savannah Cooper (SCAPA - Lafayette), Stephen Davis (Lexington Christian Academy), McCaleb Hanks (Homeschool), David Hensley (Frederick Douglass High School), Wyatt Ingram (Tates Creek High School), Nate Krohmer (SCAPA - Lafayette), Caroline Keeton Morrison (SCAPA - Lafayette), Jalam Sutton (George Rogers Clark High School), Wyatt Toloczko (Martha Layne Collins High School), Eli Fischer (Corvian Community School)

    YOUTH PERFORMING

    Cooper Barlett (West Jessamine Middle School), Phoebe Barlow (The Lexington School), Shaniyah Brown (Bondurant Middle School), Christian Giannone (SCAPA Bluegrass), Jacob Henz (Bryan Station Middle School), David Lin (Homeschool), Brody Mancuso (Jessie Clark Middle School), Jacob Masterson (Homeschool), Taylor Riordan (The Lexington School), Hadley Roach (SCAPA Bluegrass), Owen Scott (SCAPA Bluegrass), John Taylor Yazell (Nicholas County Elementary)

    HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL APPRENTICE

    Sadie Barlow (Sayre School), Valerie Cambron (Lexington Catholic High School), Harrison Hamlin (Woodford County High School), Bella Mancuso (SCAPA - Lafayette), Olivia Perez (Lexington Catholic High School), Rebecca Wallingford (Montgomery County High School)