We are so excited to bring the iconic, heart-warming musical ANNIE JR to the stage this summer! Below you’ll find everything you need to audition for the show. Not yet enrolled? We have a few spots left, so join the cast today!
Annie JR Auditions will be held at CAM on May 22, 2024 Everyone is encouraged to audition in person, if possible, as this is how we can best assess your role in the show. If you cannot audition on May 22nd, please contact our Studio Manager, Danelle, at frontdesk@charlotteacademyofmusic.com for information on how to submit a videoed audition. If you know you prefer an ensemble role, you do not have to audition, although we still encourage you to do so!
Before You Audition: If possible, watch the 1982 movie starring Carol Burnett or find an excellent recording of Annie JR online. We cannot express how useful this can be in helping you prepare for your audition.
Sign Up for an Audition Slot: Sign up for your audition time here! We will audition in groups of 4-5 cast members.
Practice Your Audition Material: You will prepare a short monologue and song excerpt for your audition (see below). Practice your monologue in front of others. Prepare your song first with the Guide Vocal track, and then get comfortable singing with the Accompaniment Track. You will sing with the Accompaniment Track at your audition.
What We’re Looking For: We’re looking for actors with good fundamentals (vocal energy, diction, clear motivation, and confidence). We also look for actors who make and commit to bold physical, vocal, and emotional choices. Don’t be afraid to take risks and step outside of your comfort zone. We keep auditions at CAM laid back and encouraging, so relax and have fun!
AUDITION SONGS
Choose one of the following song excerpts to prepare. Your song excerpt should be memorized.
If auditioning for a FEMALE role (other than Miss Hannigan), please sing the excerpt below for either MAYBE or IT’S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.
“Maybe” (0:00 to 0:45)
Guide Vocal track
Accompaniment track
“It’s the Hard Knock Life” (0:00 to 0:34)
Guide Vocal track
Accompaniment track
Auditioning for the role of MISS HANNIGAN “Little Girls” (0:10 to 0:48)
Guide Vocal track
Accompaniment track
If auditioning for a MALE role, please sing the excerpt for I DON’T NEED ANYTHING BUT YOU or EASY STREET
“I Don’t Need Anything But You” (0:05 to 0:25)
Guide vocal track
Accompaniment track
“Easy Street” (:47 to 1:34)
Guide Vocal track
Accompaniment track
MONOLOGUES
Choose one of the monologues below to perform at your audition! You may find it helpful to memorize the monologue, although it is not required.
Miss Hannigan
Ah ha! Caught ya! I hear ya! I always hear ya! Get up! All of ya! Well, is this the way you say good morning? I know it’s 4 o’clock in the morning. That’s your problem. Now what do you say? What. Do. You. Say? Tell me how much you love me. Rotten orphans! You kids in here, get up! Put them things away. For this one’s shenanigans you’ll scrub the floors and strip them beds for the laundry man. Rise and shine!
Annie
Pipe down, all of you! Do you want Hannigan to hear you? I know, she’s talking in her sleep. Shhhh, Molly. It’s all right, Annie’s here. It was only a dream. Now we’ve all got to get back to sleep. It’s after 3 a.m. Alright, Molly, I’ll read you my note again if you promise to go back to sleep. (clears throat) “Please take care of our little darling. We’ve named her Annie. She was born on Oct. 28…” So, you’re all laughing now, are ya? Do you want to sleep with your teeth inside your mouth or out?
Grace
Good afternoon, Miss Hannigan is it? Oh, good. I’m Grace Ferrell and the New York City board of orphans suggested that I…Miss Hannigan, I’m sorry, but I don’t have the slightest idea about this runaway that you’re talking about. I’m not peddling anything. I’m the private secretary to Oliver Warbucks. Mr. Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend the Christmas holidays at his home. I’m here to select one.
Molly
Mama! Mama! Mommy! I was on the merry-go-round and she was smiling and holding my hand. And then, she was gone. I couldn’t stop the merry-go-round and I couldn’t find her no more, no where. Annie, will you read me your note again, please? It always makes me feel better. I promise I’ll go to sleep after you read me your note.
Oliver Warbucks
Been away six weeks, where is everybody? Hello! It’s good to be home. The flight wasn’t bad. It took eleven hours and we only had to land four times. Now, first thing’s first. Has the painting arrived from Paris? Let me see it before they hang it. Ah, yes. Hmm? No, I don’t think so. Any messages? The president. I’ll get back to him tomorrow. Anyone else? Alright. Good to see you all again. Grace, if you’ll get your notebook and…Who is that? The orphan? But that’s not a boy. Orphans are supposed to be boys.
Rooster
Hiya, sis! Long time no see. Yep, they finally let me out of prison. I got six months off for good behavior. You wanna know what I was in for? Ahh, some old geezer from Yonkers said I swindled him out of eleven hundred bucks. Ya wanna know why he said that? Because the Rooster swindled him outta eleven hundred bucks! Sis, I’d like you to meet a friend of mine from Jersey City. Miss Lily St. Regis. Whaddaya think, sis? She’s named after the hotel. (chuckles)
That’s it for audition material. More information about the show can be found below which may help you in preparing.
Character Descriptions
The Orphans (Molly, Pepper, July, Duffy, Tessie, Kate): These girls are gritty, neglected and vulnerable— yet basically honest and lovable. They have mischievous fun with each other as well as “sibling-style” fights.
Annie: A complex, tough, streetwise urchin who is nevertheless vulnerable when she thinks she might lose her newfound “Family.”
Miss Hannigan: The bitter woman who runs the orphanage. She obviously hates her job and the children she is supposed to care for.
Grace Farrell: Mr. Warbucks’s secretary. She is classy and businesslike when dealing with Miss Hannigan and Warbucks, yet maternal toward Annie.
Oliver Warbucks: A daunting millionaire. A middle-aged or older self-assured and confident man. At first awkwardly affectionate toward Annie, he soon finds himself completely charmed by her.
Rooster: Miss Hannigan’s broke brother, who is also a convicted felon. He is flashy and self-assured, and he is always looking for a scheme that will make easy money.
Lily St. Regis: Rooster’s girlfriend and ditzy sidekick, who joins in on any of his nasty plots.
Bert Healy: “The Oxydent Hour of Smiles” radio talk show host.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: President of the United States of America at the time.
Other characters:
Warbucks mansion Servants (Drake, Mrs. Greer, Mrs Pugh, Cecile Annette, Chauffeur, others)
Bundles McCloskey
Apple Seller
Dog Catcher
Sandy
Lieutenant Ward
Star-to-Be
Man in Brownstone Window
Usherette
Radio Announcer
Sound Effects Man
Louis Howe
New Yorkers, Passersby, Orphans, Policeman
Song List
Maybe (Scene 1): Annie, Molly, Pepper, Duffy, Kate, Tessie, July, All Orphans
Hard Knock Life (Scene 1): Annie, Molly, Pepper, Duffy, Kate, Tessie, July, All Orphans
Hard Knock Life Reprise (Scene 1): Molly, Pepper, Duffy, Kate, Tessie, July, All Orphans
Tomorrow (Scene 2): Annie, Sandy
Little Girls and Little Girls Reprise (Scene 3): Miss Hannigan
I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here (Scene 4): Annie, Grace Farrell, Drake, Cecille, Annette, Mrs. Greer, Mrs. Pugh, All Servants
NYC (Scene 5): Entire Cast except all orphans, Miss Hannigan, Rooster & Lily
Easy Street (Scene 6): Miss Hannigan, Rooster Hannigan, Lily St. Regis
You Won’t Be An Orphan For Long (Scene 7): Annie, Oliver Warbucks
Maybe Reprise (Scene 8): Annie
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Scene 9): Molly, Pepper, Duffy, Kate, Tessie, July, All Orphans
Easy Street Reprise (Scene 9): Miss Hannigan, Rooster Hannigan, Lily St. Regis
I Don’t Need Anything But You (Scene 10): Annie, Oliver Warbucks
Maybe 2nd Reprise (Scene 11): Annie
Tomorrow Reprise (Scene 11): Entire Cast