Script
Audition Central: Annie KIDS
Script: Lt. Ward
SIDE 1
(A policeman, LT. WARD, enters.)
LT. WARD
Hey you! Little girl. Come here.
ANNIE
Yes, officer?
LT. WARD
That dog there. Ain’t he a stray?
ANNIE
A stray? Oh, no, officer. He’s my dog.
LT. WARD
Your dog, huh? So, what’s his name?
ANNIE
His name? His name is... Sandy. Right, that’s it. I call him Sandy because of his nice sandy color.
LT. WARD
Okay, let’s see him answer to his name.
ANNIE
Well, you see, officer... I just got him and sometimes...
LT. WARD
Call him!
ANNIE
Here, Sandy. Here, boy. Sandy.
(SANDY crosses to ANNIE.)
Good Sandy. Good old Sandy.
LT. WARD
Next time you take him out, I wanna see him on a leash and with a license, or else he goes to the pound.
ANNIE
Yes, sir, I understand.
LT. WARD
Now get along with you before you catch the death of cold in this weather.
SIDE 2
(There is a knock at the door.)
(MISS HANNIGAN)
Yeah. Come in.
(LT. WARD enters with ANNIE.)
LT. WARD
Good afternoon. Miss Hannigan. We found your runaway.
MISS HANNIGAN
Oh, poor punkin, out in the freezin’ cold with just that thin sweater. Thanks so much, officer.
LT. WARD
All in the line of duty. Good afternoon.
(LT. WARD exits. MISS HANNIGAN acts like her true self again.)
MISS HANNIGAN
Well are you glad to be back? Huh?
ANNIE
Yes, Miss Hannigan.
MISS HANNIGAN
Liar. What’s the one thing I always taught you: never tell a lie!
(GRACE FARRELL enters.)
GRACE
Good afternoon. Miss Hannigan?
MISS HANNIGAN
Yes?
GRACE
I’m Grace Farrell, private secretary to Oliver Warbucks.
MISS HANNIGAN
The Oliver Warbucks? The Millionaire?
GRACE
Mr. Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend the Christmas holidays at his home.
(ANNIE smiles really big.)
MISS HANNIGAN
What sort of orphan did he have in mind?
(ANNIE waves.)
GRACE
What about this child right here?
MISS HANNIGAN
Annie? Oh, no! You don’t want her.
GRACE
Annie, would you like to spend the next two weeks at Mr. Warbucks’s home?
ANNIE
I would love to.
GRACE
If you get her coat, I’ll take her along right now.
MISS HANNIGAN
She don’t have no coat.
GRACE
Then we’ll buy her one.
(to MISS HANNIGAN)
Merry Christmas.
(to ANNIE)
Come along Annie.