Independent Arts News Reporting Music Mountain Theatre Presents the Family Favorite Musical “Annie”
Reported on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Pictured Above: The Cast of “Annie” with Julia Mueller (center) as Annie the Musical at Music Mountain Theatre. Photo Credit: John Posada.
NEWSROOM POST: LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY
Annie is on stage now through November 23rd at Music Mountain Theatre in Lambertville, NJ
Lambertville, NJ — Leapin’ lizards! The comic strip heroine comes to Music Mountain Theatre in the family favorite musical “Annie” by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin. Little Orphan Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of the orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. With help from her fellow orphans and the lovable mutt Sandy, she escapes the hard-knock life and finds a new home with Daddy Warbucks.
MMT’s production has direction by Louis Palena, choreography and costume design by Jordan Brennan, music direction by Sue den Outer, scenic design by McAfee Madding, lighting design by Chris Cichon, and sound design by Nick Bates. The cast includes Julia Mueller and Kai-Li Pine (Annie), Jay Casale (Daddy Warbucks), Deven Miller (Grace), Anna Hentz (Miss Hannigan), Phoenix Fritch (Rooster), Chelsea Connelly Lewis (Lily), Edward Forsthoffer III (Drake), Erin Looney Higgins (Mrs. Pugh), and Sterling Coyne (FDR).
Pictured Above: Kai-Li Pine as “Annie” at Music Mountain Theatre. Photo Credit: John Posada.
Also featured are orphans Ty Bedesem, Lorena Bueno Looney (Duffy), Angela Casale, Juliette Delessio, Claire Dryzga, Sadie Elliott, Naomi Gooden (Tessie), Grace Greeley (Kate), Alexa Gutierrez, Rosie Maimon, Rosalie Marin (July), Jocelyn Mulcahy, Teresa Bao Nhi Nguyen, Maddie Pettola, Giuliana Pipito, Aurora Smith (Molly), Mia Smith, Riley Smith (Pepper), and Ada Wittenzellner.
The ensemble includes Yalee Bergerin, Jaime Blais (Mrs. Greer), Layla Brown, Linda Cunningham, Caitlyn Eisenbrey, Frank Favata (Hull), Rachel Fingles (Sophie), Christina Freeman (Annette), Christopher Hyland (Morgantheau), Lillian Irene (Star to Be), CJ Knorr (Howe), Cayla Maratea, Amy Masgay, Claire-Elizabeth Patterson (Cecille), Tyler Pelton (Bundles), Cassidy Remeniski, Amy Schroeder, Zachary Schwarz, Judy Segers (Perkins), Michael Shepherd (Ickes), and Cory Steiger (Bert Healy/Lt. Ward).
Pictured Above: Julia Mueller as “Annie” and Anna Hentz as “Ms. Hannigan” at Music Mountain Theatre. Photo Credit: John Posada.
“Annie” is a limited engagement of 12 performances only from November 7 through 23 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $32 for adults ($30 for students, seniors, and military) and can be purchased at musicmountaintheatre.org, in person at the box office, or by calling 609.397.3337. It’s never too late to subscribe and save with a subscription package for the 2025 season. Subscriptions are valid through December. Tickets to Annie can be found at www.musicmountaintheatre.org/annie
This production is made possible with funds from the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Pictured Above: The cast of “Annie” at Music Mountain Theatre. Photo Credit: John Posada.
In addition to mainstage productions, MMT offers young audience shows throughout the year. The next show is MMT’s “The Snow Queen’s Frozen Adventure” from November 1-22, followed by MMT’s “Frosty and Rudolph” from December 6-20. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 11 AM and 1 PM, and tickets are just $12.
Music Mountain Theatre is located at 1483 NJ-179 in Lambertville, New Jerssey.
