Auditions for “Newsies,” the Court House Players’ spring musical, will be held from 1-5 p.m. Saturday in the gym at Newington Baptist Church, 6169 Main Street, Gloucester.

Auditions are open to any gender, with ages ranging from kindergarten through adult. There are limited roles for elementary and school-age children.

Everyone auditioning will be required to sing 60-90 seconds of a song for which they provide their own karaoke or instrumental accompaniment. The music may be played on a phone. No accompanist will be available. For ages under 8, the music for “Happy Birthday” or the ABC song will be provided, if preferred.

Everyone will be required to do a cold read from the script, with accommodations made for pre-readers.

Those who wish to be considered for a role as an actual Newsie or as a dancer must also learn and perform a short dance that will be taught at the audition.

Rehearsals will be held Sunday afternoons and Monday and Thursday evenings at Newington Baptist Church.

Performances will be on two successive weekends, April 18-19 and April 25-27, at Mathews High School, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews.

For information on signing up for an audition time, submitting audition forms online, and other details, visit courthouseplayers.org.

About the show

“Newsies,” a Disney Broadway musical based on the 1992 Disney film, was inspired by the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899.

Nominated for eight Tony Awards, it tells the story of a band of runaway “newsies” who go up against Pulitzer, Hearst, and other powerful newspaper publishers to fight against social injustice, exploitative labor practices, and a corrupt establishment.

The dozen original songs won a Best Original Score Tony Award for Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and include such notables as “Seize the Day,” “Carrying the Banner,” “High Times, Hard Times,” “King of New York,” and “Something to Believe In.”