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Annie,

Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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Scene 1: The New York City Orphanage



Narrator 1: The time is 1933.
Narrator 2: Were smack dab in the middle of the Great Depression in the city of New York.
Narrator 3: It is 4 A.M. at the New York City Orphanage.

Kate: Annie, what are you doing?
Annie: Runnin away.
July: Annie, youre crazy. Miss Hanniganll catch you.
Annie: I dont care. Im getting outta here.

(MISS HANNIGAN enters and catches her)

Miss Hannigan: Aha! Caught you! Get up and do your chores! Make this dump shine like the top of
the Chrysler Building.

Song: Its the Hard Knock Life (company)

All Orphans:
Its the hard-knock life for us!
Its the hard-knock life for us!
Steada treated -
We get tricked!
Steada kisses -
We get kicked!
Its the hard knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
Its the hard-knock row we hoe!
Cotton blankets
Steada wool
Empty bellies
Steada full!
Its the hard knock life!

Dont it feel like the wind is always howlin?
Dont is seem like theres never any light?
Once a day, dont you wanna throw the towel in?
Its easier than puttin up a fight.

No ones there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow or if you shrink!
No one dries when your eyes get wet an weepy!
From the cryin, you would think this placed sink!
Ohhhhhhhh!

Empty belly life!
Rotten, smelly life!
Full-of-sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!

Santa Claus, we never see.
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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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Santa Claus, whats that?
Whos he?
No one cares for you a smidge
When youre in an orphanage!
Its the hard-knock life,
Its the hard-knock life,
Its the hard-knock life!

Narrator 4: The orphans were working hard on scrubbing the floors, washing the sheets when Annie
heard Molly crying
Annie: Whats the matter Molly?
Molly: Sometimes I feel like Im never going to get a family to adopt me
Annie: Dont worry Molly, theyre out there they just havent found their way to you yet. You just cant
give up hope.

Song: Maybe (company)

Maybe far away, or maybe real nearby,
He may be pouring her coffee,
She may be straightning his tie.
Maybe in a house all hidden by a hill,
Shes sittin playing pianah,
Hes sittin payin a bill.

Betcha theyre young, betcha theyre smart,
Bet they collect things like ash trays and art.
Betcha theyre good, why shouldnt they be?
Theyre one mistake was givin up me.
So, maybe now its time, and maybe when I wake,
Theyll be there calling me Baby, Maybe

Betcha he reads, betcha she sews,
Maybe shes made me a closet of clothes,
Maybe theyre strict, as straight as a line,
Dont really care as long as theyre mine.

So, maybe now this prayers the last one of its kind.
Wont you please come get your baby, Maybe.


Narrator 5: While everyone at the orphanage was busy cleaning, Annie escaped into the streets of
New York.

Scene 2: A Downtrodden Neighborhood Street
Dog Catcher: You seen any stray dogs around here?
Annie: No, sir.
Dog Catcher: Good. Then they must all be runnin wild a few streets over.
(the DOGCATCHER EXITS STAGE LEFT. ANNIE notices a DOG OFFSTAGE RIGHT)
Annie: Hey, theres one they didnt get.
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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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(ANNIE gets down on her hands and knees and signals for the DOG to come to her; SANDY, crawling,
ENTERS from STAGE RIGHT and CROSSES to ANNIE.)
Annie: Theyre after you, aint they? Well, theyre after me too. But dont worry, I aint gonna let
them get you or me. Everythings gonna be fine. For the both of us. If not today, well


Song: Tomorrow (Annie)

Annie
The sunll come out tomorrow.
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow,
Therell be sun!

Just thinkin about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow
Til theres none!

When Im stuck with a day thats gray and lonely
I just stick out my chin and grin and say, ohhh!

Annie with All
The sunll come out tomorrow,
So ya gotta hang on til tomorrow,
Come what may.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya, tomorrow!
Youre always a day away!
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya, Tomorrow!
Youre always a day away!
(song ends)

Lieutenant Ward: Hey you! Little girl, come here!
Annie: Yes, Officer?
Lieutenant Ward: Youre that runaway orphan Miss Hannigan reported. Come with me, Im taking
you back!
(WARD takes ANNIE by the arm and leads her OFFSTAGE. As THEY EXIT, ANNIE motions for SANDY to
follow along.)

Scene 3: Back at the Orphanage
Narrator 6: Lieutenant Ward took Annie back to the orphanage.
Narrator 7: That afternoon the Orphanage received and unusual vistor
(GRACE FARRELL ENTERS, carrying a briefcase.)
Grace: Good afternoon. Miss Hannigan?
Miss Hannigan: Yeeeah?
Grace: Im Grace Farrell, private secretary to Oliver Warbucks.
(GRACE sits in the office chair, STAGE LEFT of the desk.)
Miss Hannigan: Oliver Warbucks the millionaire?
Grace: No, Oliver Warbucks the billionaire. Mr. Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend
the Christmas holidays at him home.
Miss Hannigan: What sort of orphan did he have in mind?
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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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Grace: Well, she should be friendly.


(ANNIE waves to GRACE.)
And cheerful.
(ANNIE laughs. Miss Hannigan scowls at her)
And oh, I almost forgot: Mr. Warbucks prefers redheaded children.
Miss Hannigan: A cheerful redhead? Sorry, we dont have any orphans like that.
Grace: How about that one?
Narrator 8: But Grace insisted that Annie be the chosen orphan.
Narrator 9: And Annie was off to the Warbucks mansion!

Scene 4: The Warbucks Mansion
Narrator 10: Welcome to the Warbucks mansion.
(GRACE and ANNIE ENTER through the door.)
Drake: Good afternoon, Miss Farrell.
Grace: Good afternoon, Drake. (To EVERYONE) Everyone. This is Annie and her dog, Sandy.
(To ANNIE) Annie, this is everyone.
Annie: Hi, everyone.
Grace: Now, what do you want to do first?
Annie: The floors. Ill scrub them first; then Ill get the windows.
Drake: Annie, you wont have to do any cleaning. Youre our guest.
Grace: And, for the next two weeks, youre going to have a swell time. Now

Song: I Think Im Gonna Like it Here

Grace
Cecile will pick out all your clothes
Your bath is drawn by Missus Greer
Annette comes in to make your bed.

Annie
I think Im gonna like it here!

All
When you wake, ring for Drake.
Drake will bring your tray.
When youre through, Missus Pugh
Comes to take it away.
Cecile will pick out all your clothes
Your bath is drawn by Missus Greer
Annette comes in to make your bed.

Annie
I think Im gonna like it here!

All
When you wake, ring for Drake.
Drake will bring your tray.
When youre through, Missus Pugh
Comes to take it away.

Half of Servants
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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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Weve never had a little girl.



Other Half of Servants
Weve never had a little girl

Annie
Im very glad to volunteer.

All
We hope you understand
Your wish is our command.
We know youre gonna like it here.
Welcome!

(end of song)

Warbucks: Where is everybody? (SERVANTS re-enter)
Hello, everybody. Drake, dismiss the staff.
Drake: Yes, sir.
(The SERVANTS, not including GRACE, EXIT; WARBUCKS turns to speak to GRACE.
Warbucks: Well, Annie, I guess we ought to do something special on your first night.
(Has an idea)
Would you like to go to a movie?
Annie: Gosh, Mr. Warbucks, Ive never been to one.
Warbucks: Drake!
Drake: Yes, sir?
Warbucks: Get our coats. Were going to the movies!
Annie: Leapin lizards!
Drake: Which car will you be wanting, sir?
Warbucks: This childs been cooped up in an orphanage. Well walk.

Narrator 11: Oliver Warbucks and Grace showed Annie a part of New York shed never known before.

Scene 5: The Streets of New York City

Song: N.Y.C. (Company)

Warbucks
N.Y.C.
The shimmer of Times Square, the pulse,

Grace
The beat,

Warbucks and Grace
The drive!

Warbucks
N.Y.C. You might say that Im square,
But wow! I come alive!

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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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All
The citys bright as a penny arcade.
It blinks, it tilts, it rings.

Annie
To think that Ive lived here all of my life
And never seen these things!

All
N.Y.C.
The shimmer of Times Square,
The pulse,
The beat,
The drive!
N.Y.C. You might say that Im square,
But wow! I come alive!
The citys bright as a penny arcade.
It blinks, it tilts, it rings.

Annie
To think that Ive lived here all of my life
And never seen these things!

All
N.Y.C. The whole world keeps coming
By bus, by train; you cant explain
Their yen for N.Y. ---
(end of song)

(All FREEZE , NARRATORS step forward)
Narrator 12: This was the beginning of many adventures for Little Orphan Annie.
Narrator 13: The nation may have been depressed that Christmas of 1933
Narrator 14: but Annie gave everyone she met, rich or poor, the gift of hope and goodwill.
(EVERYONE unfreezes.)

Song: Youre Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile

All
Hey, hobo man, hey Dapper Dan,
Youve both got your style, but, brother
Youre never fully dressed without a smile!

Your clothes may be Beau Brammelly
They stand out a mile, but, brother
Youre never fully dressed without a smile!

Who cares what theyre wearing
On Main Street or Saville Row?
Its what you wear from ear to ear,
And not from head to toe, that matters.

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Annie, Junior Practice Script

Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse


Lyrics by Martin Charnin
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So Senator, so janitor,
So long for a while.
Remember, youre never fully dressed,
Though you may wear your best.
Youre never fully dressed without a smile!
Smile! Smile! Smile, darn ya, smile!
(CURTAIN)

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