DeKalb | The sun will come out today as Stage Coach Players perform the hit Broadway musical, “Annie.”

The local actors perform 7:30 p.m. today at the Stage Coach Players Theater, 126 S. Fifth St.

“Annie” is set in the 1930s and follows the story of 11-year-old Annie. The little girl lives in a miserable orphanage run by the drunken, tyrannical Miss Hannigan in New York City.

Annie’s world is turned inside-out when she is chosen to spend the Christmas season at the home of NYC’s richest billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, played by Larry Breidenbach. The show includes the hit songs “Tomorrow,” “Hard Knock Life” and “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.”

This is the first time in its history Stage Coach Players has performed “Annie,” said director Sue Price Johnson.

“This year is the 30th anniversary of the Broadway show, so it’s the perfect time to do it,” Johnson said.

Johnson said the best part of being able to direct this show is getting to work with children, but she also enjoys the performance itself. She hopes audiences will recognize the story and music from the 1982 and 1999 film renditions of the show.

“A lot of people have seen the movies,” Johnson said. “Our show is the Broadway show, so it is closer to the Kathy Bates film.”

The cast members of the production rehearsed for months and are ready and eager to perform in front of audiences, said cast member Maggie Madziarczyk, 11, of Sugar Grove. Madziarczyk plays the primary Annie in the production, alongside Kaitlin Jacobson, 12, of Sycamore.

The orphans are double cast in the production, giving more children the opportunity to play speaking roles.

Madziarczyk said she is happy to be back on stage playing Annie, a role she has played before at other theaters.

“I have been in 20 shows,” Madziarczyk said. “This is the third time I get to play Annie.”

Jacobson will also have a primary role on stage.

“I’ve only been in small plays at school before,” Jacobson said. “So this is a huge deal for me.”

Jacobson said the cast members have become close over the course of rehearsals, and she hopes their bond will be portrayed on stage.

“They are just like family to me,” Jacobson said.