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This production will be presented with full orchestra without amplification. We are looking for trained actors and singers who can project their voices in a legitimate classic musical theater style.
If there is no suggested repertoire listed for a character, we suggest that you bring a song similar in style to "The Sound of Music" in a range appropriate for the character.
Maria Rainer, a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey
Age: 20-35 Mezzo-Soprano / Soprano
“I Have Confidence” AND “Sound of Music” in D or F
Last section of “Lonely Goatherd” (Yodeling)
Captain Georg von Trapp
Age: 35-45 Baritone
“Edelweiss”
“Sound of Music”
Max Detweiler, Captain von Trapp's friend, a music agent and producer
Age: 30+ Tenor
"How Can Love Survive"
The Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey
(Understudy with one performance)
Age: 45+ Soprano
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain” in C/D-flat
Elsa Schrader, "wealthy and sophisticated" and Captain von Trapp's would-be fiancée
(Understudy with one performance)
Age: 35-45 Soprano
"There's No Way to Stop It"
Liesl Von Trapp, the 16-year-old daughter of the captain
Age: 16 Mezzo-Soprano / Soprano
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in E or G
Rolf Gruber, the 17-year-old Nazi delivery boy who is in love with Liesl
Age: 17 Tenor
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in G
Sister Bertha, the Mistress of Novices
"Maria"
Sister Margareta, the Mistress of Postulants
"Maria"
Sister Sophia, a sister at the Abbey
"Maria
Franz, Captain von Trapp's butler (speaking)
Frau Schmidt, Captain von Trapp's housekeeper (speaking)
Ursula (speaking)
Herr Zeller (speaking)
Baron Elberfeld (speaking)
A New Postulant (non-speaking)
Admiral von Schreiber (speaking)
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