Billionaire Oliver Warbucks invites Annie to spend Christmas with him in his mansion, and together, they each discover new happiness. Life in the orphanage had been rough under the strict hand of Miss Hannigan, but Annie’s life was about to change. As an infant, Annie had been abandoned on the front steps of an orphanage with a note from her parents, promising to return for her someday. “The show places Annie, Daddy Warbucks and Annie’s mutt, Sandy, in New York City in the midst of the Depression. The eight performances will be at 7:30 p.m.
Orange County Children’s Theatre, founded in 1969, has produced more than 100 live musicals with casts of children between ages 8 and 19. Performances are at Coupeville Middle School Performing Arts Center.Orange County Children’s Theater will present “Annie Jr.,” an all-ages staging of the classic musical based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip at the Huntington Beach High School theater, 1905 Main St., tonight through Aug.
on Friday, Feb.8 and at noon on Saturday, Feb. The auditorium can seat about 375 people, and for student plays, “we fill it,” Gebhard said. Her favorite part of being in the show is the friendly atmosphere, fifth-grader Mayleen Weatherford said.Īnd that extends to the audience - Gebhard and her 40 drama students welcome the public to their show as well. “It’s been going pretty good,” Daddy Warbucks, aka fifth grader George Spear, said about rehearsals. Riley, who plays the first half Annie, has been “rockin’ her part” and projecting her voice very well, Gebhard said.Īuditioning tryouts didn’t faze fifth grader Chase Anderson, who plays President Franklin Roosevelt. The young actors switch places during intermission. The character Annie alone has more than 100 lines, Gebhard said.įor that reason, Gebhard split the cast into two groups. With 76 pages, memorizing the musical script book is no small feat for the elementary students. “You get to see kids shine who don’t always in other places…but they find their place to shine when they get up there,” she said.Īfter auditions in December, the journey began for the roughly 40 cast members. Her favorite part of running drama club is seeing the kids “become someone else” when they get on stage. It once consisted of third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students, but they had to cut out third graders due to the growing membership. At one point the club had more than 100 student members, she said. It takes a ton of hours but I love the drama club so much,” she said.Īnd it’s proved popular. Gebhard, a third-grade teacher, started the drama club over 15 years ago.
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