Lewisburg father stars in Annie with daughter’s first performance
Lewisburg’s Steve Aguirre played Daddy Warbucks while 6-year-old Diana made her stage debut in Millbrook Playhouse’s Annie. The family pairing turned a summer show into a milestone.
Steve Aguirre of Lewisburg played Daddy Warbucks at Millbrook Playhouse while his 6-year-old daughter, Diana Aguirre, joined the rotating cast of orphans in her first musical. The pairing gave the Ryan Main Stage production of Annie a family connection that reached beyond the script and into a local milestone for the Aguirres.
Millbrook Playhouse, in Mill Hall, described itself as a historical professional summer stock theater that has served Clinton County for more than 60 years. Its Annie run opened June 19 and continued through July 3, with Ericka Lee Conklin directing, Ceci Salome choreographing and Wesley Morgan handling musical direction. The show was presented as family-friendly, all-ages and rated G, a fit for a production built around a child’s first time on stage and a parent’s role in the same cast.
Aguirre said sharing the stage with Diana was “a dream come true.” He also said he and Diana’s mother met as performers, making his daughter’s debut especially meaningful in a family already shaped by theater. Diana’s part in the rotating orphan cast put her in one of the most recognizable ensembles in the musical and gave her a place in a production that has long drawn parents, children and grandparents to the same seats.
The production also reflected Millbrook’s larger role in the Susquehanna Valley arts scene. A local report described Annie as bringing together a professional cast, a local youth ensemble and community partners, a mix that helps a regional theater stay active while giving young performers a first step into live performance. Millbrook also noted that Annie won seven Tony Awards, underscoring the title’s place as one of the best-known family musicals in American theater.
For Lewisburg families, the story landed in familiar territory: a small-town stage, a well-known show and a father and daughter sharing the same production at the same time. In a season built around live performance, Millbrook’s Annie made room for a professional lead, a child’s debut and a community theater institution still filling summer nights in Clinton County.
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