Book by Thomas Meehan

Music and Lyrics by Charles Strouse

Lyrics by Martin Charnin

Presented on Broadway by Mike Nichols

Originally Produced by

Irwin Meyer, Stephen R. Friedman, Lewis Allen

Alvin Nederlander Associates, Inc.

The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

Icarus Productions

Based on “Little Orphan Annie”. By permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC

The irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved, Award-winning musicals.

Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie KIDS features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

WEDNESDAYS from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

This class meets on the following Wednesdays:

January: 22, 29

February: 5, 12, 19, 26

March: 5, 12, 19, 26

April: 2, 9, 23, 30 - There is no CAST on 4/16

Dress Rehearsal: April 30th

Performance Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 

OR

SATURDAYS from 9:00 am - 10:30 am

This class meets on the following Saturdays:

January: 25

February: 1, 8, 15, 22

March: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

April: 5, 12, 26 - There is no CAST on 4/19

Dress Rehearsal: May 3rd

Performance Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025

All rehearsals are held at CAST.

All performances are held at Manchester High School.
 

$260.00 per participant plus service fee

*If you would like to pay with cash/check to avoid the service fee, please contact the office.

Tickets for the performance are extra.

Performances are held at Manchester High School.​

Spaces will be available on a first come basis.

Refund Policy

If you withdraw before the first class, you will receive a refund minus a non-refundable fee of $75.00 for our current musical classes. The refund policy for our non-musical and any other programs we are offering this session will be announced in March/April when we announce more information on those programs. There will be no refunds after the first class of any program. 

ANNIE KIDS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

Music by Zina Goldrich

Book and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler

​For ages 9-18

Thirteen-year-old problem solver, Edwina, dishes out advice with the help of her friends and a little song and dance.

Dear Edwina JR. is a heartwarming musical about the joys of growing up, from the creators of Junie B. Jones, The Musical. Written in a “show-within-a-show” format, Dear Edwina JR. is the perfect “girl power” musical for a new generation.

Dear Edwina JR. follows the adventures of plucky advice-giver-extraordinaire, Edwina Spoonapple, as she directs the neighborhood kids in a series of buoyant production numbers for the latest edition of her weekly "Advice-a-Palooza.” Edwina and her friends share wisdom on everything from trying new foods to making new friends, through clever, catchy and poignant songs.

MONDAYS from 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm

This class meets on the following Mondays:

January: 27

February: 3, 10, 24 - There is no CAST on 2/17

March: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

April: 7, 21, 28 - There is no CAST on 4/14

May: 5, 12

Dress Rehearsal is May 12th

Performance Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025 ​

OR

SATURDAYS from 10:45 am - 12:30 pm

This class meets on the following Saturdays:

January: 25

February: 1, 8, 15, 22

March: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

April: 5, 12, 26 - There is no CAST on 4/19

May: 3, 10

Dress Rehearsal is May 10th

Performance Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

All rehearsals are held at CAST.

All performances are held at Manchester High School.

​$290.00 per participant plus service fee

*If you would like to pay with cash/check to avoid the service fee, please contact the office.

Tickets for the performance are extra.

Performances are held at Manchester High School.​

Spaces will be available on a first come basis.

Refund Policy

If you withdraw before the first class, you will receive a refund minus a non-refundable fee of $75.00 for our current musical classes. The refund policy for our non-musical and any other programs we are offering this session will be announced in March/April when we announce more information on those programs. There will be no refunds after the first class of any program. 

DEAR EDWINA JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com