Leaping Lizards! Warner Middle School presents Annie Jr.

Warner Middle School students will present an adaption of one of America’s most beloved musicals, which features hit songs “Tomorrow,” “Easy Street,” and “Hard Knock Life.” Set in New York during the Great Depression, the story revolves around everyone’s favorite red-headed orphan Annie.

During the 2016-17 school year, Warner transitioned from an upper elementary to a middle school, and this will be their first musical production on their new stage. The production will star sixth-grader Marnie Jacobs in the titular role. The cast also includes: Michael Soverinsky as Daddy Warbucks, Hannah Weinraub as Grace Farrell, Maryanna Lauter as Miss Hannigan, Ben Rakolta as Rooster, and Leah McFadden as Lilly St. Regis.

The musical is based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip and features a book and score by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Annie Jr. is directed by Theatre Arts teacher Laura Rea, with vocal direction by Brenda Gold-Sloan, and choreography by Anna Cooke.

Annie Jr. will run the weekend of May 5-7, 2017, with a curtain time of 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, at Warner Middle School, 30303 W. Fourteen Mile Rd., in Farmington Hills. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students, and they can be purchased at ShowTix4U.com.

Contact director Laura Rea at (248) 888-6146 or laura.rea@farmington.k12.mi.us for more information.