THUNDER BAY – Applauze Productions is bringing a much-loved Broadway musical to Thunder Bay.
The youth-focused theatre company is celebrating over 25 years of musical theatre programming by bringing Newsies Jr. to residents of Thunder Bay.
The play is set in New York in 1899 and surrounds the real-life newsboys’ strike of 1899, where the New York newsies went up against two newspaper publishers, Joseph Pulitzer of The World and William Randolph Hearst of The Journal, to fight for fair wages.
Residents are encouraged to attend the play to show support for local youth and local theatre.
“Our youth need a positive outlet and theatre is definitely a positive outlet for them,” said Angela Valela, co-director.
“This is a place where they can be themselves and the stage is where a lot of them really, really thrive and shine. Everybody deserves their audience and they deserve to be seen and heard.”
The play features over 40 local youth from ages 8 to 16, including Samuel Giardino who plays the leader of the newsies, Jack Kelly.
Giardino said his favourite part of the play is just how much fun it is to put on the production.
“You just get to hang out with a bunch of people, you get to dance, you get to sing, you get to act,” he said.
“It's honestly probably the best I could have asked for.”
Newsies Jr. is being performed on March 1 and 2 at the Trinity Hall Theatre at 30 Algoma St.
Tickets are available here.
