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Nov. 19 – Dec. 19, 2021

Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday & Sunday at 2:00pm

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Music by RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE
Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp

Directed by TRISHA DITSWORTH

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse . It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp , The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp . He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards , such as “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” and “The Sound of Music.”
 

 

Cast:

RoleActor
MariaMelissa Solomon
Captain Von TrappMark Stoddard
Mother AbbessMary Jane McCloskey
Sister SophiaMeghan Van Dobben/Sharesa Uher Moffit
Sister BertheCourtney Jacobs
Sister MargarettaGrace Bauer/Jari Haile
Elsa SchraederAlexandra Utpadel
Max DetweilerMatthew Harris
LieslJena Allen
RolfBennett Allen Wood
FriedrichTaryn Landis/Zach Phelps
LouisaKalyani Bhatnagar/Arielle Kutz
KurtMichael Jaramillo
BrigittaRachael Thaler/Santhana Rajasundaram
MartaSofia Ghelfi/Serena Shorey
GretlDelaney Carne/Ava Seidensticker
FranzJ. Roger Wood
Frau SchmidtMichelle Moya
Herr ZellerBrady Anderson
Von SchreiderCarlos Sanchez Beltran
Female Ensemble
Emily Andersen (featured dancer, waltz)
Grace Bauer
Meghan Van Dobben
Jari Haile
Claire Filipowicz
Courtney Jacobs
Mia McFarland
Sophia Mignacca
Sharesa Uher Moffit
Reagan Plank
Savannah Swiatkowski
Male Ensemble
Carlos Sanchez Beltran
Eli Franklin
Brady Anderson