ANNIE Debuts at Arts Center of Cannon County for July 7-22 Run

Directed and choreographed by Matthew Hayes Hunter, with musical direction by Brittany Goodwin, Annie, the beloved musical about the plucky comic book heroine of the 1930s, comes to the Arts Center of Cannon County for a July 7-22 run.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing, hardscrabble beginning in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations...and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Annie boasts one of Broadway's most memorable scores with songs including "Hard Knock Life," "Easy Street" and "Tomorrow."

This production features Alyssa Freeze and Ashleigh Massengill as Annie, Aaron Walls as Oliver Warbucks, Cyndie Verbeten as Miss Hannigan, Hayley Orozco as Grace, John Goodwin as Rooster and Brittany Goodwin as Lily St. Regis. The cast also includes Kiley Jo Byrom, Kaitlyn Lamb, Caroline Humphries, Eliza Griffey, ElizaBeth Brown, Evelyn Bunce, Caroline Gribble, Karigan Smith, Atiera Stickler, Dayana Stickler, Mitch Gannon, Ted Verbeten, Scheneithia Stickler, Georgia Hemrick-Core, Alyssa Ross, Karis Knierim, Sharon Bessant, Craig Core, James Bessant, Jana Denning, Rae Lynn Stickney, Cambell Lester, Eleanor Vaughn, Amanda Taylor, Brianna Denning, Catalina Rice, and Anna Hall.

Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. for Friday and Saturday performances, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 with discounts available for students and seniors and can be purchased by calling (615) 563-2787 Tuesday through Saturday 10AM-4PM or online at artscenterofcc.com and (subject to availability) at the door one hour prior to show time.

ACCC is located on 1424 John Bragg Highway, just west of the town of Woodbury, approximately 20 minutes from Murfreesboro, Manchester, and McMinnville and one hour southeast of Nashville. For more information, go to www.artscenterofcc.com.