Young Doylestown Actress featured in "Annie"

Leapin’ Lizards! Young talent from the Doylestown region will be featured in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of the Tony-Award winning musical ANNIE, playing now through January 7.

Anna Shea Safran, an actress from Doylestown and a student at Bucks County School of Performing Arts, plays the orphan Duffy in all weekend performances of the musical. She returns to the Walnut after playing a Munchkin in last year’s production of The Wizard of Oz.

Safran has also competed in dance and musical theatre for the past three years. She recently took top prize alongside her dance team at Access Broadway in King of Prussia for a vocal and dance performance to the song “It’s a Hard Knock Life.”

Safran is a member of the Theatre School at Walnut Street Theatre, along with all 25 of her orphan cast-mates.

ANNIE is a spunky orphan in 1930s New York City determined to find her parents. In one fun-filled adventure after another, ANNIE foils Miss Hannigan's evil schemes, befriends President Roosevelt and finds a new home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

ANNIE runs at the Walnut November 7 through January 7. For more information visit www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org.

[Photo credit: Anna Shea Safran; Photo courtesy of Walnut Street Theatre. Photo 2: Anna Shea (far right) and ensemble in "Annie" at the Walnut Street Theatre, Photo by Mark Garvin.]