Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630
Port Angeles Light Opera Association
P.O. Box 327, Port Angeles, WA 98362 - (360) 457-5630
presents
The Sound of Music
1992
The Sound of Music was presented through special arrangement
with
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatre Library
1655 Braodway, Suite 3801, New York, New York 10019
Music by Richard Rodgers - Lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Cast of Characters
Maria Rainer .......... Laura Eyestone
Sister Berthe ....... Jennifer Gray
Sister Margaretta .......... Vivian Beran
The Mother Abbess .......... Sandy Albertson
Sister Sophia .......... Tammy Hansen
Captain Georg von Trapp .......... David Meyer
Franz, the butler .......... John Morgan
Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper .......... Paula Walters
Children of Captain von Trapp
Liesl .......... Alison Agness
Fredrich .......... Joe Wolfley
Louisa .......... Sarah Keeton
Kurt .......... Evan Bacchus
Brigitta .......... Kristin Kimler
Marta .......... Linnea Tiller
Gretl .......... Tayler McCrorie
Rolf Gruber .......... Jason Ness
Elsa Schraeder .......... Pili Meyer
Ursula .......... Erin O'Brien
Max Detweiler .......... Harry Jackson
Herr Zeller .......... Don Scott
Baron Elberfeld .......... Bill Anabel
Baroness Elberfeld .......... Eileen Knight
A New Postulant .......... Tammy Weiler
Admiral von Schreiber .......... David Bendell
Chorus of Nuns
Julie Anderson, Lucy Barnhardt, Suzanne Bouchard, Marilyn Carlson, Naomi Denhart,
Ellen Duncan, Karen Fluke, Molly Matthews Hallett (solo chant), Molly Hemmen,
Ann Kennedy, Susan Kroh, Jennifer Koon, Katie Lenoue, Terri Ann Lyons-Tait,
Marian McGilvra, Carol Philpott, B. J. Sorensen, Carol Weiler, Sandy West,
Sharon Wilson, Geri Zanon.
Postulants
Robin Barr, Jenni Tait, Linsey Tuttle, Tammy Weiler
Neighbors of Captain von Trapp
Matthew Barrett, Ryan Church, Shawn Dawson, Heather Jackson, Bernie Lenoue,
Katie Lenoue, Susan MacDonald, William Melville, Carol Philpott, Alisa Pisciotta,
Jamie Unger, Gene Unger.
Contestants in the Festival Concert
Suzanne Bouchard, Molly Hemmen, William Melville, Alisa Pisciotta
The Production Staff
Artistic Director .......... Dewey W. Ehling
Administrative Assistant .......... Dan Peterson
Stage Director ............. Gregory Scherer
Conductor ........ Nico Snel
Choreographer ....... Sylvia Wanner
Scene Concepts .......... Loretta Martin
Scenic Designer & Construction Coordinator ..... Patricia Pratt
Lighting Designer & Technician .......... Lew Bartholomew
Costume Designer & Technician .......... Kathy Duff
Properties Technician .......... Brenda Lasorsa
Stage Manager ............ Marge Ryan
Make-Up Technician .......... Jean Snyder
Accompanist .......... Kate McDermott
Concertmaster .......... Betty Hanson
Orchestra Manager .......... Jackie La Rue
Musical Numbers
Preludium: Dixit Dominus, Morning Hymm, Angelus Bells,
Alleluia
The Sound of Music
Maria
My favorite Things
Do-Re-Mi
Sixteen Going in Seventeen
The Lonely Goatherd
How Can Love Survive?
So Long, Farewell
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
EnEntr'acte
No Way to StopIt
Processional
Canticle: Confitemini Domino
Edelweiss
Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Story Synopsis
It is 1938, In Nonnberg Abbey in Austria, the busy nuns are
going about their daily tasks, but toward evening it becomes apparent that the
postulant, Maria Rainer, is not among them. Maria is out on the mountain,
singing of the joy she finds in nature, and as she returns to the Abbey late, as
usual, The Mother Abbess and her assistants are forced to conclude that Maria is
not yet ready for the religious life.
Although the Mother Abbess shares many enthusiasms with Maria, she decides to
send her out of the Abbey to become temporary governess to the children of
Captain Georg von Trapp, a retired officer of the Austrian Navy. Since the death
of his wife, the Captain has taken to running his home like a battleship and his
children like military recruits. When Maria and the children have a few days
alone together, however, she teaches them how to play, to sing, to enjoy life.
Liesl, the oldest child is in the throes of first love with Rolf Gruber, a
village boy, and she steals from the house to meet him. Maria wins over Liesl,
indeed all of the children, when she comforts them with her singing during a
thunderstorm.
The Captain returns from Vienna with his fiancee, Elsa Schraeder, and a family friend, Max Detweiler. At first astonished and angry at Maria's dismantling of the martial law he had imposed on his children, the Captain's cold reserve melts away when he hears the sound of music in his home for the first time in many years, Maria has made him realize how important it is to know and love his children.
The PALOA Set of Sound of Music
Winner of the PALOA
Theeatrical Scholarship
Kary Hermann