NAME: Jack Kelly (Francis Sullivan)
AGE: 17
NICKNAME: Cowboy, Jacky-boy
FIRST REAL LINE: "You're mad!"
BIO: Jack dreams of going to Santa Fe and starting a new life. Even though his friends think that he is a straight-forward guy, his life is more complicated than they think. While they all think that his parents are in Santa Fe starting a life, his mother is actually dead and his father is in jail. But with the newsies, Jack has become a leader in the strike against the giants of the newspaper world. When he is offered a way out through being a scabber, he discovers that he can't be something he ain't-smart.