S k e t c h e s Gualala Arts News · December 2005 ______
Gualala Arts Center Theater Presents Annie in Six Performances This holiday season Gualala Arts face and visions of impressive Center Theater proudly presents characters who have changed the way Annie, the award-winning musical you not only feel, but also think. inspired by Thomas Meehan’s Since its opening in 1977, Annie has book, Little Orphan Annie: Her become an American favorite that has Life and Hard Times. With music entertained theatrical goers world wide. written by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, the Gualala Arts Center Theater is pleased comic strip character comes alive. to bring this wonderful play to our area, performed entirely by talented locals. The story is about Annie, played We hope Annie continues its magical by Savannah Power, who is chosen tradition of uniting us through the by Oliver Warbucks’s sec- optimism and indomitable retary, Grace Farrell, play- spirit of one little girl. ed by Paddy Batchelder, to spend Christmas in In charge of creating this Warbuck’s New York man- musical anew are Director sion. Oliver Warbucks, the Lynne Atkins, Assistant richest man in America, Director Claire McPher- portrayed by Bryan Morse, son, with Musical is expecting a boy orphan, Direction & Orchestration and that is only the beginning of the misadventures. by Don Krieger, Choral Director Sita Milchev, Children's Choral Director Sue Bohlin, As Martin Charnin has said, “The plot reveals a and Choreographer Kathye Hitt. With six child of indomitable spirit, who, lost and performances produced by over seventy dedicated wandering, stands as a metaphor for courage, residents of the coast, this show is a treat that you morality, innocence.” owe to your family during the holiday season!
If there is such a thing as a kiddy show for adults, Annie performs at Gualala Arts on Friday, this is it. Annie is an unabashedly corny, December 9, Saturday the 10th, Friday the 16th, unashamedly sentimental, an old-fashioned musical & Saturday the 17th at 7:00 p.m., and on that smacks of motherhood, apple pie, cute little Sundays, December 11th and 18th at 2:00 p.m. girls, friendly mongrel dogs, and nostalgia. The scenes are set in the weeks leading up to Tickets are available at Gualala Arts Center Christmas, so the play is perfect holiday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays and noon entertainment for the whole family. to 4:00 p.m. weekends, or at The Dolphin Gallery from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. The You can expect to leave the theater humming price is $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for children 12 memorable tunes with a satisfied smile on your years old and younger.