Friday, October 29, 2021

THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre - November 19–December 19, 2021


 
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.

Directed and choreographed by Trisha Ditsworth
Music-directed by Cathy Hauan

Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday & Sunday at 2:00pm
Appropriate for all ages


Cast list:
Maria Melissa Solomon
Captain Von Trapp Mark Stoddard
Mother Abbess Mary Jane McCloskey
Sister Sophia Meghan Van Dobben/Sharesa Uher Moffit
Sister Berthe Courtney Jacobs
Sister Margaretta Grace Bauer/Jari Haile
Elsa Schraeder Alexandra Utpadel
Max Detweiler Matthew Harris
Liesl Jena Allen
Rolf Bennett Allen Wood
Friedrich Taryn Landis/Zach Phelps
Louisa Kalyani Bhatnagar/Arielle Kutz
Kurt Aaron Bernstein/Michael Jaramillo
Brigitta Rachel Thaler/Santhana Rajasundaram
Marta Sofia Ghelfi/Serena Shorey
Gretl Delaney Carne/Ava Seidensticker
Franz J. Roger Wood
Frau Schmidt Michelle Moya
Herr Zeller Brady Anderson
Von Schreider Carlos 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
Michelle Moya
Reagan Plank
Savannah Swiatkowski

Male Ensemble
Carlos Sanchez Beltran
Eli Franklin
Brady Anderson

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