Enter "Seize the Day" Challenge to Win Performance Rights for Amateur Premiere of Disney's Newsies

Enter "Seize the Day" Challenge to Win Performance Rights for Amateur Premiere of Disney's Newsies

Make a difference in your community - and enter to win the amateur performance rights to Disney's Newsies! 

We have been so excited as we gear up for the general release of Newsies - so when our good friends at Playbill and Disney reached out with this incredible opportunity to promote the positive message inspired by the beloved Broadway musical, we only had one option - SEIZE THE DAY! We hope you do the same with the Newsies "Seize The Day" Challenge. Check out some information below, and be sure to visit Playbill for all the official contest rules, how to enter, and everything you'll need to "Seize the Day."

Watch Andrew Keenan-Bolger Introduce the Newsies "Seize the Day" Challenge

Playbill's Seize the Day Challenge

Make a difference in your community with the Newsies "Seize the Day" Challenge and win the rights to present the first amateur production of Disney's Newsies!

Newsies tells the inspiring story of a band of underdog newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they stand up for what's right. Now it's your turn to make a difference!

Playbill is calling on students to work together on a service project that promotes positive change in their hometown or community.

Through a school, theatre, or local non-profit group, create and activate a community service project and document the process. Produce a short video spotlighting the positive impact your project inspires and submit it to Playbill via Twitter for a chance to win the performance rights to the first amateur production of Newsies!

Five finalists' videos will be featured on Playbill.com where an online voting contest will take place during February 2018. The grand prize winner will be announced March 1.

The winner of the Newsies "Seize the Day" Challenge will win the performance rights to the very first official amateur production of Newsies, an official PLAYBILLder for their production, and other special prizes.

From Santa Fe to New York and everywhere in between - organize your group, develop a plan that will make a difference, and "Seize the Day!"

How To Enter

Submit your community service videos between September 12, 2017 through January 8, 2018 via Twitter. Be sure to include the official hashtags for the contest: #NewsiesChallenge and #SeizeTheDayChallenge. All videos should be no longer 90 seconds. To maximize your video submission, all tweets should tag the following organizations: @playbill, @mtishows, and @disneymusicals.

Entry Period

All video submissions via twitter must be received during the entry period, which begins at 12:01 AM/ET on September 12, 2017, and closes at 11:59 PM/ET on January 8, 2018.

Five finalists will be announced on February 5, 2018. General voting will take place on Playbill.com starting at 9:00 AM on February 5, 2018, and will close at 11:59 PM/ET on February 25, 2018. After the official voting period has ended, the grand prize winner will be announced on Playbill.com on March 1, 2018.

Resource Kit

Need help getting started with your community service project?

Click here to download the official Newsies "Seize the Day" Challenge Resource Kit.

This kit will give you tips and ideas on how to activate a community service project as well as provide resources to help put together your submission video.

 

Head over to Playbill for all the official rules - and don't miss your chance to "Seize the Day!"