By Malena Araujo – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law Drama Club recently performed the famous musical “Annie” for their annual spring show.

“Annie” is a 1977 family musical about an adventurous, 11-year-old orphan who finds love and family in people who were once just strangers.

“Annie was one of my favorite films growing up,” sophomore Nisali Fernando said. “Bringing it to Law allowed us to make this classic story our own, allowing the cast to become a family.”

The cast consisted of mainly Law students except for one student who was from Notre Dame.

The whole cast showed so much dedication for this production. Each student devoted a lot of their time for rehearsals and the cast spent an average of nine hours each week for about two months rehearsing for the play.

“My favorite part of rehearsals was being able to make new friends and then rehearse with them.” sophomore JonPaul Amaro said.

Amaro showed a good deal of dedication himself when he shaved his head for his character Oliver Warbucks a few days before the first performance.

“To see someone I’ve known for two years go bald, was incredibly funny yet inspiring,” Fernando said. “JonPaul was so committed to his role.”

Although viewers find this musical very heartwarming, it is also very humorous because of the lively characters. Ms.Hannigan (played by senior Brie Williams) quickly became a crowd favorite and received many laughs for her wacky and funny character.

“My favorite character was Ms. Hannigan because she was all out hilarious,” sophomore Vanoulith Sirisouk said.

Directors and stage managers adopted a toy dog named Sandy (who represents the actual dog in the play). Sandy was given to one cast member for a night based on whoever had worked the hardest during rehearsals. Sandy helped to keep the cast members motivated and excited about the play.

“Annie” involved a great deal of choreography for the entire cast. Tap dancing was new to most members of the cast. These members included Amaro, who surprisingly didn’t have tap shoes until a half an hour before the first show.

“The last show I did I was really comfortable with it and was tapping my heart out,” Amaro said. “I’ve never tapped a day in my life before then and it was truly great to feel it all.”