In an attempt to understand and exorcise a life-long fixation, the artist mounted a bare bones, experimentally cast production that used the musicals Annie and Oliver as its point of departure. Denied the right to perform any of the original material, the group, had the absurd task of generating a production that somehow fulfilled the performers’ sincere desire to be in Annie or Oliver without them actually being in Annie or Oliver. The casting was based more on the desire and need of the performers to participate than on singing, dancing ability, or appearance. They represent a population who, like the artist, fantasized as children about being in Annie or Oliver but for whom it wasn’t a possibility because of gender, race, talent, or other barriers.