Middle School Thespians Perform “Little Orphan Annie”

5/18/2023

Berlin, MD – On Friday, May 12, Worcester Preparatory School (WPS) students in grades 6-8 presented an incredible performance of the musical “Little Orphan Annie”, originally based on a poem written in 1885 by James Whitcomb Riley, which later on became a variety of entertainment from comic strips to a Broadway play. The middle school play was directed by Upper School Dance/Drama Director Paulette DeRosa-Matrona and presented in the Athletic and Performing Arts Center on campus in front of parents, friends, and fellow Lower and Middle School students.

Founded in 1970, WPS is a private, independent Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 School, located in Berlin, Maryland. Approximately 500 students attend from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. For more information about WPS, please visit www.worcesterprep.org or call 410.641.3575.

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The middle school cast of the orphans in “Little Orphan Annie” put on an amazing show! In the front from the left are Vivian Spraul (Ocean View, DE), Kaylin Zervakos (Selbyville, DE) and Isha Garg (Berlin, MD). Standing in the back from the left are Ella Conev (Berlin, MD), Haviland Russell-Wood (Berlin, MD), Addyson Wisniewski (Bishopville, MD), Emery Hammonds (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Sydney Parker (Snow Hill, MD), Juliet Webster (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Mia Jaoude (Lewes, DE), Hannah Coyle (Berlin, MD), Emily Ferguson (Ocean City, MD) and Sophia Mealy (Selbyville, DE).
From the left are Sydney Parker (Snow Hill, MD), as Grace Farrel, loyal secretary to Warbucks; Kaylin Zervakos (Selbyville, DE) as Little Orphan Annie; and Paul Kraeuter (Berlin, MD) as Warbucks.
Performing “It’s a Hard Knock Life”, Vivian Spraul (Ocean View, DE), Ava Holland (Berlin, MD), Kaylin Zervakos (Selbyville, DE), Isha Garg (Berlin, MD), Sydney Parker (Snow Hill, MD) and Juliet Webster (Rehoboth Beach, DE).
From the left are Mia Jaoude (Lewes, DE), Emerson Bofinger (Ocean View, DE) and Haven Harrison (Berlin, MD), who were cast perfectly for the trio of Lily St. Regis, Rooster Hannigan and Miss Hannigan.
Pictured is this year’s cast of the middle school play “Little Orphan Annie.” Sitting from the left are Sophia Mealy (Selbyville, DE), Isha Garg (Berlin, MD), Joe Palmisano (Ocean City, MD), Ella Conev (Berlin, MD), Hannah Coyle (Berlin, MD), Haviland Russell-Wood (Berlin, MD) and Emery Hammonds (Rehoboth Beach, DE). Standing from the left are Haven Harrison (Berlin, MD) Emerson Bofinger (Ocean View, DE), Paul Kraeuter (Berlin, MD), Juliet Webster (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Emily Ferguson (Ocean City, MD), Ted Timmons (Dagsboro, DE), Ava Holland (Berlin, MD), Addyson Wisniewski (Bishopville, MD), Vivian Spraul (Ocean View, DE), Kaylin Zervakos (Selbyville, DE), Sydney Parker (Snow Hill, MD) and Mia Jaoude (Lewes, DE).

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