Annie Jr. is based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.
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 an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Windsor Performing Arts Academy (WPAA) believes that when we serve others with our talents we are able to uplift the whole community. WPAA provides musical drama experiences for public schools in Windsor K-8 and mentors many students each year at Windsor High School. all at no cost to the schools. Help us continue to do this by coming to our shows and donating!
Students young and old are given opportunities to learn, refine, and share their talents and skills in a safe and happy environment. We are very strict about enforcing our "No negativity, even in jest" rule. Our least skilled students are free to make mistakes and learn from them and become better. Our highest skilled students are free to shine and to share what they know in an envy free environment. Many areas of production are taught: Lighting, Sound, Acting, Dancing, Singing, Costuming, Set Design and Creation.