![]() ![]() This crew includes favorite local performers such as Ben Dibble, Melissa Joy Hart, and Fran Prisco. ![]() The ensemble plays homeless residents of Hooverville in one scene, elegant servants in the next, then national politicians. Each supports and challenges our plucky heroine. Paul Schoeffler, plays Annie’s billionaire savior Daddy Warbucks Rebecca Robbins plays his assistant Grace Farrell real-life married couple Christopher Sutton and Lyn Philistine play Miss Hannigan’s co-conspirators, Rooster Hannigan and Lily and, of course, there’s Sunny as Sandy the dog. In one scene, she produces a scream that seems to last forever and can probably be heard as far away as New Jersey. She cares for the other orphans and even stands up to the wicked (and often inebriated) matron, Miss Hannigan, played by the indomitable Mary Martello, who provides some of the evening’s standout moments. ![]() Left on the doorstep of the New York City Orphanage by her parents with a note and half a locket when she was an infant, Annie has grown into a cheerful and caring child dreaming of a reunion with her parents.Īnnie was played on opening night by Tahlia Ellie (who alternates the role with Jenna Seascholtz) with a bold and brassy voice and charm to spare. ![]()
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