Script

SIDE 1

(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.

 

SIDE 2

 

GRACE

Welcome home, Mr. Warbucks.

WARBUCKS

It’s good to be home.
(notices ANNIE)
Who is that?

GRACE

This is Annie, Mr. Warbucks: the orphan who will be with us for Christmas.

WARBUCKS

That’s not a boy. Orphans are boys.

GRACE

I’m sorry, sir, you just said  - orphan. So I chose a girl.

WARBUCKS

Annie huh? Annie what?

ANNIE

Oh, I’m just Annie, Mr. Warbucks, sir. I’m sorry I’m not a boy.

WARBUCKS

Not at all. Well, Annie, I guess we ought to do something special on your first night.
(comes up with an idea)
Would you like to go to a movie?

ANNIE

Gosh, Mr. Warbucks, I’ve never been to one.

WARBUCKS

Then we will go to the Roxy. Grace, you’ll come, too, of course. Drake, get our coats.

DRAKE

Yes, sir. Which car will you be wanting, sir?

WARBUCKS

We’ll walk. It’s only 45 blocks.
(GRACE, ANNIE, and WARBUCKS begin strolling as various NEW YORKERS enter.)

 

SIDE 3

 

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.