Audition Central: Annie KIDS
Script: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ANNIE
Really?
(ROOSEVELT enters in his wheelchair, pushed by his aide, LOUIS HOWE.)
Merry Christmas, President Roosevelt.
ROOSEVELT
Merry Christmas, Annie. Annie, early this morning, FBI Director Hoover succeeded in tracing the identity of your parents.
ANNIE
Yes. Mr. and Mrs. Mudge.
ROOSEVELT
No, dear. David and Margaret Bennett.
ANNIE
But
WARBUCKS
Annie... Annie, your mother and father passed away. A long time ago.
ANNIE
You mean I’m an orphan, after all.
WARBUCKS
Are you all right, Annie?
ANNIE
Yes. Because I know they loved me. And they would have come for me if they weren’t...
(pause, suddenly tougher)
...Now, who the heck are Ralph and Shirley Mudge?
GRACE
Nobody knew about the locket except us.
WARBUCKS
And the FBI of course.
ANNIE
And Miss Hannigan.