Annie, Jr.

WaterTower Theatre presents Annie Jr. , a production staged on the Terry Martin Main Stage at the Addison Theatre Centre. Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie Jr. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.

Box office hours: Monday–Friday noon–6pm

The Penguin Project

For this production, WaterTower Theatre will partner with The Penguin Project, a theater program that empowers children with special needs. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Andy Morgan, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics and the former Head of the Division of Child Development at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, the Penguin Project pairs young aspiring artists with special needs/disabilities with typically developing peer mentors to create a unique and wonderful theatrical experience as they perform beloved Broadway musicals. The Penguin Project seeks to empower children with special needs through the beautiful journey of theatre-making.

Artists are children and young adults ages 8–18 with disabilities, including (but not limited to) cognitive, learning, motor, visual, and hearing impairments, genetic disorders, and neurological disorders and neurodiversity. Peer-Mentors are children and young adults ages 8–18 who are typically developing. They will be matched as closely as possible with an Artist of similar age and interests, and the two will work side-by-side through the entire rehearsal and performance process.

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