Grace: Now, what do you want to do first? Annie: The floors. (GRACE and ANNIE ENTER through the door.) Drake: Good afternoon, Miss Farrell. Narrator 9: And Annie was off to the Warbucks mansion! Scene 4: The Warbucks Mansion Narrator 10: Welcome to the Warbucks mansion. Grace: How about that one? Narrator 8: But Grace insisted that Annie be the chosen orphan. Miss Hannigan: A cheerful redhead? Sorry, we dont have any orphans like that. Miss Hannigan scowls at her) And oh, I almost forgot: Mr. Miss Hannigan: What sort of orphan did he have in mind? Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend the Christmas holidays at him home. (GRACE sits in the office chair, STAGE LEFT of the desk.) Miss Hannigan: Oliver Warbucks the millionaire? Grace: No, Oliver Warbucks the billionaire. Miss Hannigan? Miss Hannigan: Yeeeah? Grace: Im Grace Farrell, private secretary to Oliver Warbucks. Narrator 7: That afternoon the Orphanage received and unusual vistor (GRACE FARRELL ENTERS, carrying a briefcase.) Grace: Good afternoon. As THEY EXIT, ANNIE motions for SANDY to follow along.) Scene 3: Back at the Orphanage Narrator 6: Lieutenant Ward took Annie back to the orphanage. Come with me, Im taking you back! (WARD takes ANNIE by the arm and leads her OFFSTAGE. Lieutenant Ward: Hey you! Little girl, come here! Annie: Yes, Officer? Lieutenant Ward: Youre that runaway orphan Miss Hannigan reported. Youre always a day away! Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, Tomorrow! The sunll come out tomorrow, So ya gotta hang on til tomorrow,Ĭome what may. When Im stuck with a day thats gray and lonely I just stick out my chin and grin and say, ohhh! If not today, wellīet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, Therell be sun!Ĭlears away the cobwebs and the sorrow Til theres none! But dont worry, I aint gonna let them get you or me. (ANNIE gets down on her hands and knees and signals for the DOG to come to her SANDY, crawling, ENTERS from STAGE RIGHT and CROSSES to ANNIE.) Annie: Theyre after you, aint they? Well, theyre after me too. ANNIE notices a DOG OFFSTAGE RIGHT) Annie: Hey, theres one they didnt get. Then they must all be runnin wild a few streets over. Scene 2: A Downtrodden Neighborhood Street Dog Catcher: You seen any stray dogs around here? Annie: No, sir. Narrator 5: While everyone at the orphanage was busy cleaning, Annie escaped into the streets of New York. Wont you please come get your baby, Maybe. So, maybe now this prayers the last one of its kind. So, maybe now its time, and maybe when I wake,īetcha he reads, betcha she sews, Maybe shes made me a closet of clothes, Maybe theyre strict, as straight as a line, Dont really care as long as theyre mine. Betcha theyre good, why shouldnt they be? Maybe in a house all hidden by a hill, Shes sittin playing pianah, Hes sittin payin a bill.īetcha theyre young, betcha theyre smart, Bet they collect things like ash trays and art. He may be pouring her coffee, She may be straightning his tie. Narrator 4: The orphans were working hard on scrubbing the floors, washing the sheets when Annie heard Molly crying Annie: Whats the matter Molly? Molly: Sometimes I feel like Im never going to get a family to adopt me Annie: Dont worry Molly, theyre out there they just havent found their way to you yet. Its the hard-knock life, Its the hard-knock life, Its the hard-knock life! No one cares for you a smidge When youre in an orphanage! No one cares if you grow or if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an weepy! From the cryin, you would think this placed sink!Įmpty belly life! Rotten, smelly life! Full-of-sorrow life! No tomorrow life! No ones there when your dreams at night get creepy Once a day, dont you wanna throw the towel in? Its easier than puttin up a fight. Its the hard-knock row we hoe! Cotton blankets Steada wool Empty bellies Steada full!ĭont it feel like the wind is always howlin? Dont is seem like theres never any light? Its the hard knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so, Steada treated - We get tricked! Steada kisses - We get kicked! (MISS HANNIGAN enters and catches her) Miss Hannigan: Aha! Caught you! Get up and do your chores! Make this dump shine like the top of the Chrysler Building.Īll Orphans: Its the hard-knock life for us! Its the hard-knock life for us!
Kate: Annie, what are you doing? Annie: Runnin away.
Narrator 2: Were smack dab in the middle of the Great Depression in the city of New York. Scene 1: The New York City Orphanage Narrator 1: The time is 1933. Annie, Junior Practice Script Book by Thomas Meehan - Music by Charles Strouse