Please send your video audition with a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and song, along with your resume and headshot to the email address below. Please mention any conflicts for audition dates.
Submit video, resume and headshot to: [email protected].
After review, some actors will be invited for an in-person audition May 24 - 29.
Rehearsals run from June - Sept. on Weeknights and Saturdays.
Show weekends Sept 19 - October 19, 2025
Compass Rose Theater, an award-winning professional teaching theater at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, offers young actors a unique opportunity to perform alongside professionals.
Now accepting video audition submissions for ANNIE - youth ages 6-13, adults 20-60. (local DMV area). Out of town actors will be considered if they can audition in person and relocate from June - October 2025. Housing provided for out of area actors.
PAID, non-union, stipend.
Tracy Adler, Director
Barrett Johnson, Musical Director
Barbara Webber, Producer
Character Breakdown
Annie
A street-wise orphan, she is eventually taken in by Oliver Warbucks. Spunky, friendly, big-voiced.
Gender: female
Age: 10 to 12 (ages 8-14 invited, but must appear 10-12)
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Warbucks
A successful businessman with a warm heart. Rich, stiff-collared, bullish.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: Gb5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Grace Farrell
Faithful secretary to Mr. Oliver Warbucks. Poised, sweet, gentle.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 35
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Orphans
The other girls in the orphanage with Annie. These girls are gritty, neglected and vulnerable, yet basically honest and potentially lovable.
Gender: female
Age: 6 to 13
Servants
The servants at the Warbucks mansion. Includes Drake, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Greer, Cecille, and Annette.
Gender: any
Age: 20 to 50
Miss Hannigan
The orphanage boss who hates children but is fond of liquor. Very disillusioned, bitter, and cold.
Gender: any
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Rooster
annigan's no-good brother looking for a quick buck. A sleazy, slick con man.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Lily
Rooster's girlfriend, who is also out for a quick buck. She is considered to be a floozy and a bimbo.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Bert Healy
The ultimate radio personality. He helps Annie by broadcasting about the search for her birth parents.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: E4
Roosevelt
The 32nd President of the United States. A Democrat and friend of Warbucks.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 60
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Ensemble
Servants (Drake, Mrs. Greer, Mrs. Pugh), Boylan Sisters, Cabinet Members, Hooverville Citizens
Gender: any
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Auditions are May 24-29
For the audition, you will read the sides of the script, which will be provided. Dress comfortably for stage movement.
For questions, email [email protected]