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Join the cast of Disney’s Newsie’s Jr., and together through singing and dance, tell the story of the New York Newsies who rallied together to fight for fair working conditions! Led by Director Sophia Schott and Music Director Amanda Stagg you will learn about theater and have fun preparing for the musical performance.Students should plan on attending all sessions. Practice will meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from January 3rd, 2023 through March 11, 2023. This class meets for 10 weeks. Performances will be Friday, March 10, at 6:30 pm and Saturday, March 11, at 2:00 pm. Auditions to assign roles are on December 12th and 14th. Students will stay at afterschool from 3:15-5:35. Students will need their own transportation home from auditions unless they are currently routed on the afterschool bus. 7th and 8th-grade Audition is Monday, December 12, 2022. 6th-grade Audition is Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Deadline to Register is Friday, December 9, 2022.**Costume, Props and Technical Theater registration will come soon. If online registration shows FULL, add your name to the wait list, and you will be contacted if space is available. Space is limited. We have reserved spots for those for whom registering online is a barrier to participation due to limited English or technology. If those spots are not filled by students returning paper registrations, students on the wait list will be contacted until the class is at maximum capacity. All students successfully registered will be cast in the show. Auditions. Students will be asked to sing and dance in small groups as well as read from the script. We will contact you with more specifics.In order to ensure that our high-quality enrichment classes are accessible to all families, Minneapolis Community Education offers fees on a sliding scale. The sliding scale model for program fees allows programs to be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. The different prices reflect the average cost of offering a class as well as discounted options and options that help us cover our administrative costs. Fees cover instructor pay, class supplies, program materials, marketing and scholarships. We have always offered partial and full scholarships upon request, by offering lower cost options, we have removed the barrier. When families participate as they are able, in all levels of our sliding scale, the whole program becomes self-sustaining.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

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