Submitted by Goodspeed Musicals
(February 27, 2026) — Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces the Annie Audition Experience, the first step of the audition process to find local Connecticut girls to play Annie and the orphans for Goodspeed’s 50th anniversary production of Annie this fall. Whether your “little girl” has performed on stage a hundred times or puts on shows in the backyard every weekend, Goodspeed encourages 8- to 12-year-olds of all experience levels to join us in March.
The Annie Audition Experience will take place on March 15, 2026 and March 22, 2026 at the Alice Hammerstein Rehearsal Studio, 20B Norwich Road in East Haddam, and on March 29, 2026 at the Hartford Stage Rehearsal Studios at 942 Main Street in Hartford. Participants will register on-site, starting at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until noon or until 100 children have registered. Each child will be assigned a time slot on a first-come, first-served basis. The first Audition Experience slot will be at 10:00 a.m.
Children will be brought into the audition room in groups to play an acting game, learn a brief dance, and learn a song from the show. No preparation of audition material is necessary for this experience. Goodspeed is looking for trained or untrained, authentic talent. All participants will be notified whether or not they have been chosen to move on to the next step in the audition process within a few days of their Audition Experience.
Interested children must be available for all performance and rehearsal dates (September 29, 2026 to January 2, 2027) and must participate in one of the Audition Experiences in order to audition for Goodspeed’s production (unless they have representation and can submit in New York City). Children do not need to be members of Actors Equity to audition or to participate.
Goodspeed reaffirms its commitment to nondiscrimination and a flexible, imaginative casting policy. Children of all ethnicities are strongly encouraged to audition. For more information, please contact Jakob Harding, producing assistant, at jharding@goodspeed.org or visit www.goodspeed.org/annie-audition-experience.
