TheBCoolPage.com: Archive- "Annie" Maintained by and for Bob Cooley (me!)
Summer - 2000	The first community theater show I directed was "Annie", for Highland Parks. I was blessed with a great cast of fun people, highly talented leads, and strong support from my music director, choreographer and production designer. I watched the video recently, and was generally pleased. Although there were certainly some rough edges, and the 2nd act needs some judicious editing (which I think would be the case for any production of this show) the cast was appealing and the show had a lot of energy. A nice start, I think...
Molly White as "Annie". "Sandy" looks thrilled here, doesn’t she? Molly was amazing, and earned a well-deserved NIETF nomination for her efforts.	Julie Fiekema as "Grace", Molly, and Bill Ference as "Daddy Warbucks".
Maggie Reister as "Mrs. Hannigan", Jeff DeBoer as "Rooster", and Jennifer McGarel as "Lilly St. Regis" (like the Hotel). Jen is only slightly more famous for being my sister-in-law. It wouldn’t have helped her in auditions, but she didn’t need it. (LOL)	Connie Gadbois, Allison Brack, and Ashley Kirinch as "The Boylan Sisters". Allison is one of the best instinctive actresses I’ve had the pleasure to work with, and has moved on to bigger and better things…
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