Jeff Kelley, who plays Rooster Hannigan in the national touring production of Annie that lands next week at the Boch Center Wang Theatre, was not your typical theater kid. Unlike much of the theater community in his age group (almost 33), the Barnstable native did not grow up with ‘Rent’ posters on his wall and didn’t even try his hand at acting until he was in college. After some struggles with his major (earth science) at UMass Amherst, he decided to switch to music as a major (he was a jazz drummer) and took a semester off to focus on auditioning for the school’s music program.

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