NBC Middle School/High School Music Department to Perform ANNIE

The Northern Bedford County Middle School/High School Music Department will stage its annual musical Annie: The Musical with performances March 16-18, 2023.

Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie: The Musical became a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The book and score by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin includes popular hits such as “Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.” 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 a New York City orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC, and finds a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

The production will showcase a cast of more than 50 students, colorful costume and scenic elements, and a live orchestra of 16 musicians. This production of Annie is directed by Brett P. Keith, Northern Bedford County MS/HS Choir director.

The cast of ANNIE is as follows:

• ANNIE – Addison Reasy

• MOLLY – Breanna Bollman

• PEPPER – Myah Dixon

• KATE – Lucy Lynn

• TESSIE – Jaylin York

• JULY – Emily Hinkle

• DUFFY – Grace Dainty

• BUNDLES – Isaac Dibert

• OLIVER WARBUCKS – Jacob Sensenig

• GRACE FARRELL – Miranda Clark

• DRAKE – River Troutman

• MISS HANNIGAN – Jackie Clevenger

• ROOSTER HANNIGAN – Nick Clevenger

• LILY ST. REGIS – Aleigha Helsel

• BURT HEALY – Wyatt Steele

• BOYLAN SISTERS – Ebbie Berry, Rachel Bowman, Ava Whisker

• FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT – Hunter Kagarise

• LOUIS HOWE – Noah Hinkle

• STAR TO BE – Bella Gable

• APPLE SELLER – Sarah Snare

• ORPHANS – Isabella Baker, Lilly Barnes, Emma Detterline, Abigail Detwiler, Madison Duvall, Ava Gutchall, Kynslee Lynn, Callie Miller, Ava Sipes, Andria Thomas

• HOOVERVILLIANS/SERVANTS/ENSEMBLE – Ridley Baas, Adam Berry, Ebbie Berry, Linsdey Bolinger, Rachel Bowman, Emma Byler, Ben Clark, Samantha Corle, Isaac Dibert, Logan Dick, Bella Gable, Ryan Harper, Noah Hinkle, Clara Hoffman, Hunter Kagarise, Aleah Loose, Aaron Shawley, Sarah Snare, Wyatt Steele, Micah Tobias, Tina Thomas, Lake Troutman, River Troutman, Ava Whisker, Chloe Wiedemann, Mikayla Widmann

Performances will run on March 16, 2023, at 7 p.m .; March 17, 2023, at 7 p.m .; March 18, 2023, at 7 p.m. Reserved seating tickets are available online at https://nbcsd.booktix.com or by calling the business office at (814) 766-4710.

The award-winning Northern Bedford County Music Department was recognized as a 2022 recipient of the Best Communities for Music Eduction from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 23rd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.. The department features elementary choruses, middle and high school bands and choirs, musical theatre, Jazz Cats Jazz Band, and the Panther Select Choir.

Annie is corporate sponsored in part by: Fort Piper Prints, New Enterprise Stone & Lime, New Enterprise Ag Services, and the Bun Air Corporation.