The Middletown High School Drama Club
presents
The Sound Of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

performed December 11, 12, & 13, 2008

Directed by Jackie Zahm
Vocal direction by Claudia Carlson Vars
Orchestral direction by Jim Ascoli

Check out the pictures!!!!

The Cast

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AND, check out the pictures - I will spend more time on the selection and editing process in the future, BUT as soon as I get a fewmore camera's worth of pictures from this production, I will put them ALL on a CD full-sized and uncropped!

Maria Ranier
Becca Cunha
The Mother Abbess
Julia Chille
Sister Berthe, Mistress of Novices
Marnie Murray
Sister Margaretta, Mistress of Postulants
Margaret Maurer
Sister Sophia
Kate Bosch
Captain Georg von Trapp
Zach Lorusso
Franz, the Butler
Ryan Leys
Frau Schmidt, the Housekeeper
Molly Tracy
Leisl
Tia Meneses
Freidrich
Jack Broderick
Louisa
Sarah Skelly
Kurt
Drew Barrett
Brigitta
Kelly Fullerton
Marta
Marisa K
Gretl, the youngest
Clara Maurer
Rolf Gruber
Kevin Cruz
Elsa Schraeder
Amanda Wylly
Max Detweiller
Connor Broderick
Herr Zeller
Ryan MacFarlane
Baron Elberfeld
Dan N
Baroness Elberfeld
Anastasia Miller
A New Postulant
Anastasia Miller
Adm. Von Schreiber
Mike H
Party-Goers
Kate Bosch, Jonathan Casey, Eric Day, Karel Dimalanta, Koraima E,
Jay Grocott, Alex Groves, Laureen O, Desiree Williford, Pamela Wylly
Trio of the Saengerbund of Herwegen (3rd place)
Jonathan Casey, Katie Skelly, Pamela Wylly
Fraulein Schweiger (2nd place)
Anastasia Miller
Nun's Chorus
Ashley Halverson, Joanna Grocott, Karel Dimalanta, Katie Skelly, Liz Peterson, Mary R, Nicole W, Pamela Wylly, Rachel S

Soldiers

Alex Groves, Jay Grocott
   
The Crew
Director
Jackie Zahm
Pianist
James Ascoli
Vocal Director
Claudia Vars
Technical Director
Kevin Zahm
Costumes
Laura Gifford, Anastasia Miller, Kathryn Wylly
Stage Manager
Taylor Barrett
Stage Crew
Eric Day, Tommy C, Katie Skelly, Nicole W
Lights
Brittney Peterson
Spotlight
James Maurer
Stained glass
Debbie Marksberry
Sound Effects
Joanna Grocott
Sound Engineering
Frank Dwyer/StageCraft Audio
House Managers
DJ C, Anastasia Miller, Grace E, Dan Quintanilla
Sound Engineering
Frank Dwyer/StageCraft Audio
Properties
Shayla Morse
Set Construction
Taylor Broderick, Connor Broderick, Jack Broderick, Kelly Fullerton, Alex Groves, Ryan Leys, Tia Meneses, Anastasia Miller, Brittney Peterson, Dan Quintanilla, Amanda Wylly, Pamela Wylly
   
Music
Piano
James Ascoli
Guitar & Mandolin
Lizzy Callas
Bass
Clayton Hawes
Percussion
Emily Tessier
Violins
Karena W, Kathryn M
Clarinet
Emily Buck, Lizzy Callas
Brass
Liz Peterson
Flute
Caitlin McH
   
Special Thanks
Tom Alose, Laura Gifford, Patsy King, Maureen Maurer, Patricia Robb, Phil Statser, The URI Theater Department, Allen Waite, Kathy Wylly, Ken & Mary Zahm
   
Pictures
The Whole Cast!
The Captain and the Children
Maria and the Captain
Elsa and Max
Maria and Leisl
Leisl and Rolf
The Children
The Children and Maria sing "The Lonely Goat Herd"
"So Long, Farewell"
"The Sun has gone to bed and so must I."
 
The Baroness
The Captain and Tennille, er, Maria
Fraulein Schweiger
The Captain, Elsa, and Max
Our Tech Crew - all them awake!
Frau Schrader, er, Schmidt, and Franz
Our marvelous orchestra
The Mother Abbess, and Sisters Margaretta, Sophia, and Berthe
Our nun's chorus
The Captain sings "Edelweiss"
Maria
Admiral von Schreiber and his techie/nun friend
Our modern, multicultural Nazis
Nun and techie Katie
Techie Tommy
Shaft? The Joker? Willy Wonka?
Kevin, Claudia, Jackie, and Jim
Kevin & Jackie
Jim & Claudia
Then & Now
We had some cast members from the 1975 production join us on Friday night. We didn't move fast enough to get a picture of Art Berluti, but...
Sue Brown and Becca Cunha (Maria)
Clara Maurer & Jackie (Maurais) Zahm (Gretl)
Jackie Zahm and Jim Ascoli (director)