GLEE's Heather Morris and More to Star in ANNIE at Scottsdale Musical Theater Company; Cast Complete!

TV, Film and Broadway star Bronson Pinchot ("Perfect Strangers," Beverly Hills Cop, Broadway's Putting It Together and Sly Fox); Broadway star and Drama Desk Award nominee Kaitlin Hopkins (Bat Boy: The Musical, Anything Goes, Noises Off), and TV's popular "GLEE" star Heather Morris (also GLEE: The 3D Concert Movie, Ice Age: Continental Drift, "Dancing with the Stars") will headline Scottsdale Musical Theater Company's limited one week engagement of the classic musical Annie, January 3 - 7, 2018 at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Pinchot will portray Daddy Warbucks opposite Hopkins's Miss Hannigan and Morris will play Lily St. Regis. New York native and MAC Award-winner Hector Coris joins the cast as Rooster with 2017 National Youth Award-winner Ryan Parker playing the title heroine.

With memorable songs by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams like "Tomorrow", "Little Girls", "Easy Street" and "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile", Annie is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser that follows the adventures of everyone's favorite little comic-strip orphan. SMTC's production is not to be missed - especially with this stellar cast portraying these classic characters like you've never seen them before!

After an exciting round of auditions, the full cast for Annie will be:

Bronson Pinchot (Daddy Warbucks)

Kaitlin Hopkins (Miss Hannigan)

Heather Morris (Lily St. Regis)

Ryan Parker (Annie)

Hector Coris (Rooster)

Lauren Koertizer Grace (Grace)

Bob Downing (Drake)

Timothy Mullen (FDR)

Michael Schauble (Bert Healy)

Arielle Kutz (Molly)

Olivia Feldman (Kate)

Ellie Sachs (Tessie)

Samantha Gibbons (Pepper)

Lily Nelson (July)

Katie Brown (Duffy)

Ensemble: Rob Allocca, Ryan Ardelt, Nicki Bond, Kevin Fenderson, Jeremy Gatlin, Christopher Gonzalez, DJ Hall, Shelby Jensen, Melissa Kamel, Phoebe Koyabe, Kate Maniuszko, Madison Ottinger, Alexus Poulette, Chris Reah, Asher Sheppard, Salvador Verdugo, and Karylin Veres.

Tickets are now on sale ranging from $32 - $58, with Senior and Student discounts available, and can be purchased at www.ScottsdaleMusicalTheater.com or by calling (602) 909-4215. Group rates are also available. Tempe Center for the Arts is located at 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway Tempe, AZ 85281.

Now in its 7th year in the valley, SMTC prides itself on "bringing Broadway's favorites back to life", presenting full, large-scale productions of Broadway musicals in their original versions as they were meant to be seen. SMTC features well-known guest stars from TV, Film and Broadway, great local talent, professional sets and costumes and a full 20+ piece live orchestra for every show.