Close to 50 local students make up ‘Annie’ Cast

This year’s cast includes: Brittney Carpenter as Annie; Jace Erickson as Daddy Warbucks; Jana Lynch as Grace, Warbuck’s secretary; Sarah Muhs as Miss Hannigan, manager of a poorly run orphanage; Thomas Mortenson as Rooster, Miss Hannigan’s brother; and Brittany McIntyre as Lily, Rooster’s girlfriend.

A number of girls playing orphans include Jenna Stilwell as Pepper; Emma Bennett as Duffy; Abby Olson as July; MacKenzie Johnson as Tessie; Samara McDermid as Kate; Karla Sherfy as Molly; and additional orphans Alexis Smith, Madison Palmer, Jessica Chandler, Jessie Paulson, Julia Yatskis, Mariah Wanzek, Zoey Bennett, McKenna Hemmer and Josie Gerber; Mary Joy, Kara Fix, and Beth Jensen as the Boylan sisters.

Other actors include Hunter Carpenter as Bert Healy, a radio talk show host; Andy Dalbol as President Roosevelt; and Sage Nichols, Erika Hermanson, Christiana Eckstein, Karissa Hubbard, Nick Mortenson, Emily Suckow, Maggie Erickson, Grace Babinski, Luke Bowman and Taylor Puno as servants. Additional cast members who play multiple parts are Declan O’Higgins, Shane Chandler, Kelsey Becker, Libby Kruze, Morgan Baumgartner, Matt Baumgartner, Bekka Nitschke, Ashlyn Weis, Alexis Triebenbach, Jennifer Allmer, Madelyn Dempsey-Reinarts and Kaitlyn Ripplinger.

Members of the orchestra include Nathan Kopperud, Dr. Timothy Bratton, Laura Kraft, Cody Kenna, Mary Reed, Terry Baltrusch, Brandon Viestenz, Chandler Hertz, Alec Nelson, Steve Reed, Elizabeth Entzel, Matt McIntyre, Lea Johnson and Cheryl McIntyre.

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