Cleveland Play House brings Annie to the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square for the holidays, November 28–December 27, 2026, with Patrick McCollum directing and choreographing.
The Cleveland company has handed its holiday slot to the 1977 musical, which has a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. The run starts with a 7:30 p.m. performance on Saturday, November 28, and plays through December 27 in the Allen, one of the three Playhouse Square theaters the company calls home.
McCollum choreographed The Band's Visit on Broadway and was movement associate on the Tony-winning revival of Angels in America. In Cleveland he has charge of both the staging and the dances.
Casting reported by Playbill puts Lennon Rosiar in the title role, with Amy Fritsche as Miss Hannigan and Paul Oakley Stovall as Oliver Warbucks. Fritsche is a familiar name in Northeast Ohio: she teaches acting and musical theater at Kent State University and has twice won the Cleveland Critics Circle award for best actress in a musical. Stovall, an actor and playwright, was among the producers of the Tony-winning A Strange Loop. Cleveland Play House has not yet posted the full company on its own site.
It is not the only Annie on a regional stage this season: Goodspeed Musicals is marking the show's 50th anniversary at the Connecticut house where it began.
Tickets run from $36 to $90 and are on sale through the Cleveland Play House website and the box office at 216-241-6000. Student matinees are also available. The Allen Theatre is at 1407 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
