The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Suggested by “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers”
source: Concord Theatricals
Performances at
Edmund Keefe Auditorium
November 14-16, 1997
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Acknowledgments
American Stage Festival
Stage One Productions
Jed Holland
Sister Carol & Sister Lucy of Presentation of Mary Academy
Harvey Family
Poulin Family
Kasok Family
The King’s Florist
Radio Shack (Nashua Mall)
Collins Florist
Marklin Candle Design
St. Christopher’s Parish
St. Patrick’s Parish
Sebastian Salvo
Darrell’s Music Hall
Jim Travers
Barry Bonner Graphic Design Services
Funding for Signing for the Deaf at Thursday’s dress performance was provided by Gidge Insurance Services, Inc.
The producer also wishes to thank all those contributors to this production whose names were omitted or submitted too late to be included in print.
Musical Synopsis
Act One
Overture The Orchestra
Scene 1 The Nonnberg Abbey (Austria, 1938)
Preludium The Nuns of the Nonnberg Abbey
Scene 2 A Mountainside Near the Abbey
The Sound of Music Maria
Scene 3 The Office of the Mother Abbess, the next morning
Maria Sister Berthe, Sister Sophia, Margaretta and Mother Abbess
My Favorite Things Maria and Mother Abbess
Scene 4 A Corridor in the Abbey
Reprise: My Favorite Things Maria
Scene 5 The Living Room of the Trapp Villa, that afternoon
Do-Re-Mi Maria and the Von Trapp Children
Scene 6 Outside the villa, that evening
Sixteen Going On Seventeen Rolf and Liesl
Scene 7 Maria’s Bedroom, later that evening
The Lonely Goatherd Maria, the Children, Goatherd Ensemble
Scene 8 A Hallway in the Villa
Scene 9 The Terrace of the Villa, six weeks later
How Can Love Survive? Max, Elsa, and Capt. Von Trapp
Reprise: Sound of Music Children, Capt. Von Trapp, Maria
Scene 10 A Hallway in the Villa, one week later
Scene 11 The Living Room, the same evening
Party Waltz Party Ensemble
Laendler Capt. Von Trapp and Maria
So Long, Farewell The Children
Scene 12 A Corridor in the Abbey
Morning Hymn The Nuns
Scene 13 The Office of the Mother Abbess, three days later
Climb Ev’ry Mountain Mother Abbess
Act Two
Scene 1 The Terrace, the same day
Reprise: My Favorite Things The Children and Maria
No Way To Stop It Elsa, Max and Capt. Von Trapp
Scene 2 A Corridor in the Abbey, two weeks later
Scene 3 The Office of the Mother Abbess, immediately following
Gaudeamus Domino The Nuns
Scene 4 The Chapel, immediately following
Reprise: Maria The Nuns
Confitemini Domino The Nuns
Scene 5 The Living Room, one month later
Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen Maria and Liesl
Scene 6 The Concert Hall Stage, three days later
Reprise: Do-Re-Mi Capt. Von Trapp, Maria and the Children
Edelweiss Capt. Von Trapp, Maria and the Children
Reprise: So Long, Farewell Capt. Von Trapp, Maria and the Children
Scene 7 The Garden of the Abbey, that night
Finale Ultimo The Nuns
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