YOUR SOURCE FOR THE LATEST IN YOUNG TALENT
YOUR SOURCE FOR THE LATEST IN YOUNG TALENT
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ANNIE THE MUSICAL | ABOUT
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HOLDING ONTO HOPE WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH CAN TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF DETERMINATION, AND SOMETIMES, AN AWFUL LOT OF DETERMINATION COMES IN A SURPRISINGLY SMALL PACKAGE. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE HAS REMINDED GENERATIONS OF THEATERGOERS THAT SUNSHINE IS ALWAYS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND NOW THE BEST-LOVED MUSICAL OF ALL TIME RETURNS IN A NEW PRODUCTION –
JUST AS YOU REMEMBER IT AND JUST WHEN WE NEED IT MOST.
ANNIE, DIRECTED BY JENN THOMPSON, FEATURES THE ICONIC BOOK AND SCORE, WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD®–WINNERS THOMAS MEEHAN, CHARLES STROUSE AND MARTIN CHARNIN. THIS CELEBRATION OF FAMILY, OPTIMISM AND THE AMERICAN SPIRIT REMAINS THE ULTIMATE CURE FOR ALL THE HARD KNOCKS LIFE THROWS YOUR WAY.
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EXCLUSIVE Q & A WITH THE 2023-2024 CAST OF ANNIE
RAINEY HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THE AGE OF THREE. SHE BEGAN DANCE TRAINING AND VOCAL, ACTING, AND MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING AT SIX. SHE PERFORMS REGULARLY WITH THE HURRAH PLAYERS, VIRGINIA’S LEADING FAMILY THEATRE COMPANY. AND SHE HAS PERFORMED WITH THE VIRIGINIA OPERA, VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL, AND VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATRE. SHE TRAVELS TO NYC REGULARLY TO MEET WITH HER VOCAL COACHES AND SEEK OUT OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. RAINEY CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN COMMERCIALS AND HAS RECORDED SEVERAL VOICE OVER COMMERICAL SPOTS AND APPEARED IN PRINT ADS. SHE IS ALSO CURRENTLY RECORDING AS A MAIN CHARACTER IN A SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED CARTOON SERIES. RAINEY’S MOST RECENT THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE SUMMER IN SCHOOL OF ROCK WITH VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATRE, YOUNG NALA IN LION KING WITH HURRAH PLAYERS, MARTA IN THE SOUND OF MUSIC WITH THE VIRGINIA OPERA. AND FLOUNDER IN THE LITTLE MERMAID WITH THE HURRAH PLAYERS. AT HOME, RAINEY IS A TYPICAL ELEVEN YEAR OLD LIVING IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA. SHE ENJOYS DRAWING, READING, VIDEO GAMES, CRAFTS, COMPOSING AND PLAYING MUSIC PLAYING WITH HER YOUNGER SISTER, THREE DOGS AND HER TEN OTHER SMALL ANIMALS.
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AVERY HOPE IS SO EXCITED TO HAVE MADE HER NATIONAL TOUR DEBUT AS PEPPER IN ANNIE. AVERY WAS BORN INTO A MUSICAL FAMILY INCLUDING HER MOTHER AS A PERFORMER AND VOCAL COACH, AND HER FATHER AS A MUSICIAN AND MUSIC THERAPIST. AVERY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY ENTERTAINERS AND MUSICIANS FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER. THE FIRST STAGE THAT AVERY EVER STEPPED FOOT ON WAS THE ST. JAMES THEATRE IN NYC.
AVERY SAW HER FIRST BROADWAY SHOW AT THE AGE OF FOUR YEARS OLD. FROM THEN ON, SHE WANTED TO WATCH AS MANY BROADWAY SHOWS AS POSSIBLE. AVERY BEGAN TAKING DANCE CLASSES AT FOUR YEARS OLD IN ASTORIA QUEENS, NY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHE BEGAN HER THEATRICAL TRAINING WITH BROADWAY’S OWN CARLOS L. ENCINIAS.
AVERY’S MOM AND VOCAL COACH, NICOLE CARDONA, SUBMITTED AVERY FOR HER FIRST BROADWAY SHOW WHERE SHE GAINED HER AGENT NANCY CARSON OF CARSON ADLER.
AVERY CAN BE SEEN IN THE NBC KELLY CLARKSON CHRISTMAS COMMERICAL AS A FEATURED SINGER. SHE CAN ALSO BE HEARD AS THE CANDYMAKER ON PANDA CORNER’S ALBUM HAUNTED HALLOWEEN PARADE.
AVERY CREDITS PAUL HARDT CASTING, NANCY CARSON, CARLOS L. ENCINIAS, MICHAEL LAVINE, AND HER MOM AND VOCAL COACH FOR WHERE SHE IS TODAY. SHE LOVES BEING ON TOUR WITH ANNIE AS PEPPER AND GETTING TO UNDERSTUDY ANNIE.
KYLIE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THEATER SINCE THE AGE OF FIVE. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2018 AT A LOCAL COMPANY. GRAND PERFORMING ARTS, IN ENSEMBLE ROLES IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND PETER PAN. IN THE NEXT SHOW, SHE RECEIVED HER 1ST SPEAKING ROLE AS ANNIE IN MARY POPPINS. AFTER COVID SHUTDOWN, KYLIE LANDED THE LEAD ROLE IN JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH AS JAMES HENTRY TROTTER. THAT JAW DROPPING PERFORMANCE EARNED HER THE TITULAR CHARACTER OF MATILDA. IN THE FOLLOWING THE PRODUCTION OF MATILDA WHERE SHE WOWED THE 1700+ AUDIENCE AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT EASTBAY. IN THE FOLLOWING, SEUSSICAL PRODUCTION, KYLIE WAS AWARDED THE DUAL LEAD ROLES BIRL GIRL AND BABY KANGAROO, WHERE SHE LEARNED TO BRING HER BREATH OF SINGING TO TWO SEPARATE CHARACTERS. KYLIE CONTINUED TO HONE HER CRAFT AND CELEBRATE HER PASSION IN THE THEATER & ARTS WHERE SHE LEAD HER SARDINEGROUP AND WAS A LEAD SOPRANO VOCALIST IN THE BROADWAT SENSATION, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL AT LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
DEBUTING ON THE NATIONAL TOUR OF ANNIE HAS BEEN A DREAM FOR KYLIE. THIS CALIFORNIA GIRL HOPES TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO EXPLORE THEIR PASSION IN THEATER. SHE IS GRATEFUL TO ROYAL THEATER ACADEMY AND HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
ARIANNA IS A NATIVE OF NEW JERSEY. ARIANNA HAS ENJOYED SINGING, ACTING AND DANCING FROM AN EARLY AGE. SHE STARTED TAKING DANCE CLASSES AT AGE FOUR, ACTING AND VOICE CLASSES AT AGE 6. SHE APPEARED IN MULTIPLE LOCAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS. HER FAVORITE ROLES INCLUDE MATILDA IN MATILDA, BELLE IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, CHARLEY BUCKET IN WILLY WONKA, MEREDITH IN PIECE. LOVE AND CUPCAKES. WHEN NOT ACTING, ARIANNA ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER FRIENDS, GOING TO THE JERSEY SHORE WITH HER FAMILY IN THE SUMMER. SHE ALSO ENJOYS GOING TO NEW YORK CITY TO WATCH THE BROADWAY SHOWS. LOVES RIDING THE FASTEST AND TALLEST ROLLERCOASTERS AND SINGING IN THE SCHOOL CHORUS.
ADDIE PRACTICALLY CAME INTO THIS WORLD SINGING, DANCING AND ACTING. TH EMBODIMENT OF DRAMA. HER PASSION FOR ENTERTAINING SPARKED AT THE TENDER AGE OF THREE WHERE SHE BEGAN DANCE CLASSES, CRAVING THE SPOTLIGHT. BY THE AGE OF FIVE, SHE HAD FOUND HER PLACE AT STARLIGHT PERFORMING ARTS. DIVING INTO NUMBERS IRONICALLY STARTING WITH “THE HARD KNOCK LIFE.
AT EIGHT, ADDIE’S TALENT LANDED HER AS TINY TIM IN THE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL "EBENEZER” AT SURFLIGHT THEATER. FOLLOWED BY BABY JUNE IN “GYPSY” AT THE WICK THEATER IN BOCA, FLORIDA. HER JOURNEY CONTINUED WITH A ROLE IN THE BROADWAY WORSHOP “THE PIANIST” AS MAGDA. RECOGNIZED FOR HER VOCAL PROWESS, ADDIE CLAIMED TOP VOCALIST HONORS FOR SOLOS LIKE BIG & LOUD, SHY, AND THE TRIO FLYING AWAY. RECENTLY, SHE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AS ANNIE IN “ANNIE WARBUCKS” AT SURFLIGHT THEATER. PRESENTLY, SHE IS ON THE ROAD WITH THE ANNIE BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR CAPTIVATING THE AUDIENCES AS KATE WHILE UNDERSTUDYING MOLLY. SLATED TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY THROUGH MAY 19TH 2024.
SAVANNAH IS THRILLED TO MAKE HER NATIONAL DEBUT AS ORPHAN JULY IN ANNIE! BEING CAST IN ANNIE IS FULL CIRCLE FOR SAVANNAH. AFTER WATCHING ANNIE AT THREE YEARS OLD SAVANNAH COULD NOT STOP SINGING THE SONGS. INSPIRED BY THE YOUNG CAST OF ANNIE, SHE AUDITIONED FOR THE WIZARD OF OZ AT ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. SAVANNAH WAS CAST AS A MUNCHSKIN.
SINCE FOUR YEARS OLD, SAVANNAH HAS BEEN CAST IN NUMBEROUS PRODUCTIONS. SUCH AS MATILDA IN MATILDA THE MUSICAL, FLOUNDER IN THE LITTLE MERMAID, TINY TIM IN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BABY BEAR IN SHREK AND MORE.
AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, SAVANNAH HAD THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO LONDON, ENGLAND TO RECORD AT THE FAMOUS ABBEY ROAD STUDIO WHERE THE BEATLES, STEVIE WONDER AND THE OTHER GREATS HAVE RECORDED.
IN 2022 SAVANNAH DECIDED TO EXPAND HER LOVE FOR ACTING TO TELEVISION AND FILM. THAT SAME YEAR SHE WAS CAST IN ABC’S AWARD WINNIG TELEVISION SHOW ABBOTT ELEMENTARY . DIRECTED BY RANDALL EINHORN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SHE WAS CASTED AT THE LEAD ACTOR IN THE SHORT FILM IN ADEQUATE. IN ADDITION TO ACTING SAVANNAH HAD RECORDED A VOCAL TRACK FOR A SAG TELEVISION PROJECT.
IN 2023, SAVANNAH FURTHER EXPANED HER LOVE FOR ACTING AND PERFORMED HER FIRST STAND-UP PIECE TO A SOLD OUT CROWD AT THE ICE HOUSE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. IT WAS DIRECTED BY SIX TIME EMMY WINNER SUZANNE LUNA.
IN 2023, DECIDED TO STEP HER TOE IN PROFESSIONAL THEATER WITH THE SUPPORT OF HER PARENTS, COACHES AND GOD, SHE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND FLEW TO NEW YORK TO AUDITION FOR THE ANNIE TOUR LEAPIN LIZARDS!
SAVANNAH IS A TRAINED ACTOR IN FILM TELEVISION STAND-UP COMEDY, AND MUSICAL THEATER. SHE IS A TRAINED VOCALIST IN POP, R&B AND MUSICAL THEATER. IN ADDITION SHE IS A TRAINED DANCER IN JAZZ, BROADWAY JAZZ AND TAP.
SAVANNAH IS 11 YEARS OLD AND RESIDES IN CALIFORNIA. WHEN NOT PERFORMING SHE ENJOYS ROLLER SKATING, PLAYING WITH HER MALTIPOO, SUGAR, BAKING, PLAYING ROBLOX, GOING TO THE BEACH WITH HER FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERING. SHE IS A FOODIE AND LOVES A GREAT PASTA DISH WITH CHEESE. THROUGH HER JOURNEY SHE HOPES TO INSPIRE OTHERS, ESPECIALLY GIRLS, TO CONTINUE TO DREAM.
JADE IS SO EXCITED TO PART OF THE ANNIE NATIONAL TOUR. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN HER DREAM TO PLAY THE ROLE OF MOLLY IN THE ICONIC THEATRICAL PRODUCTION OF ANNIE. SHE IS SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING CAST. SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF HER CASTMATES, PRODUCTION, HER AGENT BONNIE SHUMOFSKY AT STEWART TALENT AND HER MANAGEMENT AT PARKSIDE TALENT.
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