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ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLO RILEY O’KANE JENNA SEASHOLTZ EMILY STRUGATSKYQUINN TITCOMB EDWARD TURNER ALEXANDRA BRADLEY HENRY FIN BERRY

BRYAN AUSTERMANN TOMMY BETZ MORGAN BLANCHARD NICHOLAS CARROLL ELAINE COTTER SCOTT FUSS KELLY GLYPTIS STEPHANIE GRAY LEAH GREENE JORDYN NORKEY JAMES TAYLOR ODOM

JAMES PARKS JILLIAN ROSSI CHRISTINA TOMPKINS ARIANA VALDES TERESA WHITT

Scenic DesignerDOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT

Costume Designer JANE GREENWOOD

Lighting Designer NATASHA KATZ

Sound Designer SHANNON SLATON

Orchestrations by ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT

Casting bySTEWART/WHITLEY

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Choreography Recreated byJONATHAN WARREN

Original Choreography byDANNY MEFFORD

Directed byMATT LENZ

Original Direction byJACK O’BRIEN

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Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSESuggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp

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CAST AND MUSICIANS

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(in order of appearance)The Mother Abbess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN KIDWELLMaria Rainer, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JILL-CHRISTINE WILEYSister Berthe, Mistress of Novices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ARIANA VALDESSister Margaretta, Mistress of Postulants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TERESA WHITTSister Sophia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ELAINE COTTERCaptain Georg von Trapp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MIKE McLEANFranz, The Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCOTT FUSSFrau Schmidt, the housekeeper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHANIE GRAYLiesl LAUREN O’BRIENFriedrich EDWARD TURNERLouisa JENNA SEASHOLTZKurt ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLOBrigitta EMILY STRUGATSKYMarta RILEY O’KANEGretl QUINN EDEN TITCOMBRolf Gruber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HUNTER BROWNElsa Schraeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATE TURNERUrsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JILLIAN ROSSIMax Detweiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAKE MILLSHerr Zeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES PARKSBaron Elberfeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRYAN AUSTERMANNBaroness Elberfeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ARIANA VALDESA New Postulant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JILLIAN ROSSIAdmiral von Schreiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES TAYLOR ODOMNeighbors of Captain von Trapp, Nuns, Novices, Postulants and Contestants at the Festival Concert . . . . . . . .BRYAN AUSTERMANN, TOMMY BETZ,

MORGAN BLANCHARD, ELAINE COTTER, SCOTT FUSS, KELLYL GLYPTIS, STEPHANIE GRAY, LEAH GREENE, JORDYN NORKEY, JAMES TAYLOR ODOM,

JAMES PARKS, JILLIAN ROSSI, ARIANA VALDES, TERESA WHITTSWINGS

NICHOLAS CARROLL, CHRISTINA TOMPKINSUNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific posting or announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Maria Rainer - ELAINE COTTER, JILLIAN ROSSI, TERESA WHITT; for The Mother Abbess - KELLY GLYPTIS, ARIANA VALDES; for Captain Georg von Trapp - NICHOLAS CAROLL,

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM; for Liesl - LEAH GREENE; for Friedrich - HENRY FIN BERRY; for Louisa - EMILY STRUGATSKY; for Kurt - HENRY FIN BERRY; for Brigitta - RILEY O’KANE;

for Marta - ALEXANDRA BRADLEY; for Gretl - ALEXANDRA BRADLEY; for Rolf Gruber - TOMMY BETZ, MORGAN BLANCHARD; for Max Detweiler - JAMES TAYLOR ODOM,

JAMES PARKS; for Elsa Schraeder - JORDYN NORKEY, CHRISTINA TOMPKINS.Dance Captain: ELANIE COTTER

ORCHESTRAMusic Director/Conductor/Keyboards: MICHAEL GILDIN; Assistant Conductor/Keyboards: MILES

PLANT; Violin/Concertmaster: VICTORIA HURLBURT; Violin: ANNIE SOPHIE ANDERSEN; Cello: EARLE PEREZ; Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet: MICHAEL ROSEN; Clarinet/Oboe: TERRY HALVORSON;

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MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENESACT I

Scene 1: The Nonnberg Abbey Preludium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nuns of the Nonnberg AbbeyScene 2: A Mountainside Near the Abbey The Sound of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MariaScene 3: The Office of the Mother Abbess, the next morning Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sisters Berthe, Sophia, Margaretta and Mother Abbess My Favorite Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria and Mother AbbessScene 4: A Corridor in the Abbey Reprise: My Favorite Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MariaScene 5: The Living Room of the Trapp Villa, that afternoon Do-Re-Mi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria and the ChildrenScene 6: Outside the Villa, that evening Sixteen Going On Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rolf and LieslScene 7: Maria’s Bedroom, later that evening The Lonely Goatherd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria and the ChildrenScene 8: The Terrace of the Villa, six weeks later How Can Love Survive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max, Elsa and Capt. von Trapp Reprise: The Sound of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Children and Capt. von TrappScene 9: The Living Room, one week later So Long, Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The ChildrenScene 10: A Corridor in the Abbey Morning Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The NunsScene 11: The Office of the Mother Abbess, three days later Climb Ev’ry Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother Abbess

ACT II

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 Something Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria and Capt. von TrappScene 2: The Office of the Mother Abbess, two weeks later Gadeamus Domino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The NunsScene 3: The Cathedral at Nonnberg Abbey, immediately following Reprise: Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nuns Confitemini Domino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nuns Reprise: Something Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria and Capt. von TrappScene 4: The Living Room, one month later Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maria and LieslScene 5: The Concert Hall Stage, Kaltzberg, three days later Reprise: Do-Re-Mi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria, Capt. von Trapp and the Children Edelweiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capt. von Trapp, Maria and the Children Reprise: So Long, Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria, the Children and Capt. von TrappScene 6: The Garden of the Abbey, that night Finale Ultimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company

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WHO’S WHOJILL-CHRISTINE WILEY (Maria Rainer) returns to the hills of Austria for a second year! A native of Lancaster, PA, she feels delighted to be a part of this iconic show! National Tours: Beauty and The Beast (u/s Belle, Ensemble). Regional: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Carrie Pipperidge), Disney’s The Little Mer-maid (Ariel), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Fantasticks (Luisa), Little Women (Beth). Love and thanks to NETworks, Stew-art/Whitley Casting, Gregg Baker Mgt., the company of SOM, family and friends. @jilljcw #liveinthehappy

MIKE McLEAN (Captain Georg von Trapp) is excited to share this experience with you! It’s wonderful to tell a story that the whole fam-ily can enjoy. National Tours: Guys and Dolls (Benny), Saturday Night Fever (Frank Jr.). Off-Broadway: Zieg feld’s Midnight Frolic (Jack Pickford), 90210: The Musical (u/s Dylan Mckay). Regional: Brigadoon (Tommy), Life Could Be a Dream (Wally). @the.other.mclean mikemcleanofficial.com

HUNTER BROWN (Rolf Gruber) was born and raised in Orlando, FL and received his BFA in musical theatre from Elon Univer-sity. National Tour: Fame: The Musical (Nick Piazza). Select Regional credits: Oklahoma! (Curly), Damn Yankees ( Joe Hardy), The Fantasticks (Matt), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie), Grease (Danny) and Mame (Patrick). Hunter has also headlined on Norwegian Cruise Lines with The Company Men: Amer-ica’s First Mash-Up Group. @BrunterHown

LAUREN KIDWELL (The Mother Abbess) is very excited to join The Sound of Music! MFA in Musical Theatre from Boston Conservatory. Credits: Ragtime (Mother), My Heart in a Suitcase (Mutti), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene), Smile (featured performer, Bos-ton Gay Men’s Chorus), Franc D’Ambrosio’s Broadway: Songs of the Great White Way, Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Lauren is grateful to the Lord and her family for their continued love and support! Love never fails. laurenkidwell.net

JAKE MILLS (Max Detweiler) is thrilled to be back on the road with NETworks and to continue his journey with this beloved clas-sic. National Tour: Annie (directed by original lyricist, Martin Charnin). Regional: Holiday Inn (Danny), Parade (Watson/Starnes), Jekyll & Hyde (Bishop), 1776 (Joseph Hewes), The

Drowsy Chaperone (Mr. Feldzieg), Joseph…Dreamcoat (Reuben/Butler), Spamalot (Bede-vere), Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie). Thank you NETworks, Stewart/Whitley and the entire SOM family for this humbling opportunity. For Mom, Dad, Tess and Matt. @mrjakemills

LAUREN O’BRIEN (Liesl) is honored to be in her first national tour! Regional: Dames at Sea, South Pacific, The Murder Room. BFA from SUNY Fredonia. Thanks to her NYC family, grandparents, TSOM team and Stew-art/Whitley. Especially grateful for Mom, Dad and Kevin.

KATE TURNER (Elsa Schraeder) is thrilled to be a part of The Sound of Music national tour with this fantastic company. Kate was last seen in Ogunquit Playhouse’s production of Ragtime. National Tours: Ragtime (Mother), Camelot (Nimue). Regional: A Christmas Story (Mother), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), A Chorus Line (Val), The Marvelous Wonder-ettes (Cindy Lou), All My Sons (Anne Deever), Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley). Kate is a proud graduate of the Penn State BFA Musi-cal Theatre program. Thanks to family, friends and my mother Debbie for all of the inspira-tion and support! @thekateturner

ETHAN DOUGLAS CUTILLO (Kurt). From Clarks Summit, PA, Ethan is thrilled to make his national tour debut. Regional credits include: Rags (David), Mary Poppins (Ensemble). He gives thanks to Danny Marx and Colin Holmes for starting him on the path to this great opportunity. Much love and thanks to all his family, especially to Mom, Dad and his sister, Carolyn, for all their help and support.

RILEY O’K ANE (Marta, u/s Brigitta) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut. Riley is a 4th grader at Green Meadow Elementary School (East Greenbush, NY). Recent credits: Annie (Orphan) Mac-Haydn Theater, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka (Oompa Loompa/Candy Girl), Peter Pan (Tinker-bell). Special Riley hugs to all who inspire her: Emma, Lisa, Charles, The Mac-Haydn Family, Andrew, Mom, Dad.

JENNA SEASHOLTZ (Louisa) is thrilled to make her national tour debut! Credits: Wal-nut Street Theatre: Annie (Annie), Wizard of Oz (Munchkin). Regional: Gypsy (Baby June), Street Scene (Mary Hildebrand), White Christ-mas (Susan Waverly), SOM (Gretl). Thanks to

WHO’S WHOGod, Stewart/Whitley, the entire SOM team, Naomi Kolstein Bohemia, Michelle Thomp-son BMG, Kathy Johnston, Danceworks, Jac-queline Ballarin Studios. Love to my family and friends! @jennaseasholtz

EMILY STRUGATSKY (Brigitta, u/s Lou-isa). A 10-year-old from Brooklyn, NY, is hon-ored to make her Tour debut. Stage credits: People’s Garden and Junie B. Jones with Pixie Dust Theater, Annie Jr. with Kidz Theater. Emily would love to thank her entire team of coaches who have helped her live her dream and for pushing her to the next level. Special thanks you to her Manager Mallory Levi and to her family for their unconditional love and support. Instagram: Emily.Strugatsky; emilystrugatsky.com

QUINN TITCOMB (Gretl), age 6 from South Florida, is thrilled to be joining the cast of The Sound of Music! Credits: Wait-ress (Lulu), Broadway National Tour. Quinn enjoys swimming, learning and playing with her friends. Thanks to Connecting Talent Company and Carson-Adler Agency for believing in her. Big hugs to her parents, fam-ily, friends and teachers.

EDWARD TURNER (Friedrich) is thrilled to join the cast. National Tour: A Christmas Story The Musical (Ralphie). Regional: Mary Poppins (Michael Banks), Beat Bugs (Jay), Oliver! (Orphan). Semifinalist, Hal Leonard Children’s Musical Theatre Competition. Thanks to NETworks, Matt, Christine, Bercy Talent, Amelia, Danny, his 6th grade pals, brothers, Mom and Dad. @edwardbturner

ALEXANDRA BRADLEY (u/s Marta, u/s Gretl) is thrilled to join the cast of The Sound of Music. Credits/Off-Broadway: High School Musical (Kratnoff); Legally Blonde (Pilar), Dance Divas World Premiere (Kendra); Show and Tell U.S. Premiere (Harriett); Annie (Molly). Special thanks to NETworks Tours, Matt Lenz, Theresa Pittius, David JV Meenan, Karen Lampiasi, Kerri Krilla and family.

HENRY FIN BERRY (u/s Friedrich, u/s Kurt). National tour Debut! Credits: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, Newsies (Les), Peter Pan (Michael), A Christmas Story (Grover Dill), Dance Divas Nutcracker (Timmy). Competitive dancer at Kick Dance Studios (national title winner, 2017 and 2018). Member of NYC Tap Crew with Thommie Retter and Koin and Kids

training program. Thank you to my Kick Fam-ily, Katie Kurkemelis, Katie O’Toole, Justin Reamy, Badine Magaziner, Stewart/Whitley, NETworks, Jody Prusan, Nancy Carson, and especially Mom, Dad and Sadie.

BRYAN AUSTER MANN (Baron Elber-feld). National Tour debut! Regional: The Bridges of Madison County (Michael). Cruise Lines: Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line. Many thanks to the entire Sound of Music team, Baker Management, Stewart/Whitley, and his family and friends. BFA, NYU Tisch. Pass It On. @bryanaustermann

TOMMY BETZ (Ensemble, u/s Rolf ). National tour debut! Regional: Newsies (But-tons/Darcy), Footloose (Garvin), West Side Story (Diesel), Mary Poppins (Neleus), Into the Woods (Jack). Thanks to Stewart/Whit-ley, NETworks, the entire SOM team, and of course my family for their undying love and support. BFA, Otterbein University. @tommyfbetz

MORGAN BLANCHARD (Ensemble, u/s Rolf ) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with a show that holds a very spe-cial place in his heart. Regional: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, New London Barn Playhouse, Kitchen Theatre, New Bedford Festival Theatre and UFOMT. Ithaca College BFA 2018. Thank you to fam-ily and friends for all of their love and support. morgan-blanchard.com

NICHOLAS CARROLL (Swing, u/s Cap-tain Georg van Trapp). National tour debut! Favorite regional credits: 1776 (Thomas Jeffer-son), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), Big Fish (Karl the Giant), Spamalot (Lancelot), Shrek The Musical (Lord Farquaad) and Disney Cruise Line. Proud BFA Ithaca College alum. Many thanks to Michael Bradshaw Flynn, Stewart/Whitley and all cast and crew! @nickarroll

ELAINE COTTER (Sister Sophia, u/s Maria, Dance Captain). Regional Credits: Newsies (Katherine Plumber), Little Women (Jo March), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Edwin Drood), Mamma Mia (Ali). Cruise ship credits: Pris-cilla, Queen of the Desert (Female onstage swing). B.F.A in musical theatre from Indiana University — Go Hoosiers! elainecotter.com

SCOTT FUSS (Franz) is so excited to be per-forming on his first tour in America. Recent

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KELLY GLYPTIS (Ensemble, u/s The Mother Abbess). Professional: Prizery Theater, Opera Saratoga, Cardinal Stage, Shreveport Opera, VA Opera, Atlanta Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, MD Lyric Opera, OperaDelaware, Baltimore Concert Opera, Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra. Training: Potomac Vocal Institute, Indiana University (MM), Cana-dian Operatic Arts Academy, Operafestival di Roma. Thank you to Kathy (Encompass Arts), Betsy, Matt, Anne. kellyglyptis.com

STEPHANIE GR AY (Frau Schmidt) is thrilled to be back on the road with The Sound of Music. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), ArtsPower. Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Wardrobe) at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Young Artist at the Seagle Music Colony. BM, Boston University, 2013. Love to my family and Keefe.

LEAH GREENE (Ensemble, u/s Liesl) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! She has previously toured internationally with Sister Act (u/s Mary Robert) and Dis-ney Cruise Line. Other credits include: The Bridges of Madison County (Carolyn), …Spell-ing Bee (Olive Ostrovsky). Thanks and love to Mom, Dad and Scott! leah-greene.com

JORDYN NORKEY (Lady Zeller, u/s Elsa Schraeder) is ecstatic to make her professional debut! Originally from Tecumseh, MI, Jordyn graduated from The University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She would like to say thank you to the creative team, NET-works and Stewart/Whitely for this incred-ible opportunity. Much love to Mom, Dad and Payton!

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (Admiral von Schreiber, u/s Captain Georg von Trapp, u/s Max Detweiler). National Tour: A Gentle-man’s Guide to Love and Murder (The D’ysquith Family). NYC: One Christmas Eve (FringeNYC). Regional: Grumpy Old Men (Tim, Ogunquit Playhouse), Murder for Two (Suspects, TheatreSquared), The Thirty-Nine Steps (Richard Hannay, Cortland Repertory Theatre), God of Carnage (Alan, Shadowland Stages), My Fair Lady (Broadway World Award, Henry Higgins, Prather Entertain-

ment Group), Baskerville (Sherlock Holmes, Cider Mill Playhouse), Disfarmer (Arkansas New Play Festival, Arkansas Rep) and Mary Poppins (George Banks, Gainesville Theatre Alliance). Other regional favorites include: One Man, Two Guvnors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror and It’s a Wonderful life. Origi-nal one-man shows: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon and The Mystery Bookshop Musical. MFA, University of Arkansas and BA, Brenau University. Avalon Artists Group. jamestaylorodom.com

JAMES PARKS (Herr Zeller, u/s Max Det-weiler). Selected NYC Credits: Night of the Secretary General, Missing Gemini, Discov-ering Magenta (cast recording available). National tour credits: Pinkalicious, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun. Thank you for supporting live theater. Quack! MM: NYU Steinhardt; BM: Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins. thejamesparks.com; @TheJamesParks

JILLIAN ROSSI (Ursula, Postulant, u/s Maria). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacu-lar (Ensemble). Regional: Weaver of Raveloe, American Repertory Theatre; Me and My Girl, Reagle Music Theatre. BFA Boston Conserva-tory. Thanks to Christine/Stewart Whitley, Henderson Hogan Agency; endless gratitude and love to my parents, family and Bill. This is for you! @jillian__rossi

CHRISTINA TOMPKINS (Swing, u/s Elsa Schraeder) is returning to the hills after work-ing on the U.S. premiere of Grumpy Old Men (Ogunquit Playhouse). Regional Favorites: Anything Goes (Reno), Hairspray (Velma), Sister Act (Sister Mary Martin). BFA Univer-sity of Mississippi. Thank you family, friends, TSOM team and you for supporting the arts! @tina_tompkins

ARIANA VALDES (Sister Berthe, Baroness Elberfeld, u/s The Mother Abbess) is delighted to return for a second season with The Sound of Music! National Tour/Singapore: My Fair Lady (Mrs. Hopkins). Regional: The Sound of Music (The Mother Abbess), In The Heights (Daniela), Sister Act (Sister Mary Patrick), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Baby Jane/Peaches), Shrek (Dragon), Guys and Dolls (General Cartwright), Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), Dis-ney’s Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Grande Bouche). Proud Boston Conservatory-Voice/Opera alum. Follow @arianavaldiva

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TERESA WHITT (Sister Margaretta, u/s Maria) is delighted to be joining this incred-ible company! Favorite regional credits include My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables and The Addams Family. BFA: Montclair State. Love to my family, friends and AP. teresawhitt.com

R ICH AR D RODGER S and OSCAR HAM MERSTEIN II (Music and Lyrics). After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer, 1902–1979) and Oscar Hammer-stein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895–1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most successful partnership in the American musical theater. Prior to his work with Hammerstein, Rodg-ers collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on a series of musical comedies that epitomized the wit and sophistication of Broadway in its heyday. Among their greatest successes were Pal Joey, On Your Toes, and Babes In Arms. Throughout the same era, Hammerstein brought new life to the operetta, culminat-ing in the masterpiece Show Boat (music by Jerome Kern). Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, blending Rodgers’s musical comedy style with Ham-merstein’s innovations in operetta. Okla-homa! was followed by Carousel, State Fair (film 1945, 1962; Broadway 1996), Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Cinderella (television 1957, 1965, 1997; Broadway 2013), Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music. Collectively, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have earned Tonys, Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, Pulitzers, and Olivier Awards.

HOWAR D LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE (Book). The Lindsay and Crouse partnership stands today as the longest col-laboration of any writers in theatrical history, lasting for 32 years. Howard Lindsay was born in 1889 and died in 1968. He became an actor at 19 and went on to become a success-ful Broadway playwright and director. Russel Crouse was born in 1893 and died in 1966. After serving in the Navy, he worked on New York newspapers, gaining his first renown through a signed column in the Post. In 1932 he became head of the publicity department for the Theatre Guild and in 1933 wrote his

first Broadway show, collaborating with Corey Ford on the musical comedy Hold Your Horses. From 1934 on Crouse wrote only with Lind-say. Their hits include The Sound of Music (with a score by Rodgers & Hammerstein); Anything Goes and Red, Hot, and Blue (with scores by Cole Porter); Call Me Madam (score by Irving Berlin); the long-running play Life With Father (which originally starred Lind-say); the Pulitzer Prize winning State of the Union; and The Great Sebastians, written for the Lunts. Their producing credits included The Hasty Heart, Detective Story, and Arsenic and Old Lace.JACK O’BRIEN (Original Director). Upcom-ing: The Hard Problem at Lincoln Center. Broadway: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impres-sionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away With Murder, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award,), Damn Yankees, Two Shake-spearean Actors (Tony nomination), Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination). Metropolitan Opera: Il Trittico. Carnegie Hall: Guys and Dolls. Public Theater Central Park: Much Ado About Nothing. London: Love Never Dies, Hair-spray (Olivier nomination). National Theatre: His Girl Friday. Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre, 1981 – 2007. Six productions for PBS’s American Playhouse. Books: Jack Be Nimble, publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux.MATT LENZ (Tour Director). Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, The Velocity of Autumn (Associate Director on original productions), Beauty and the Beast (Resident Director). Off-Broadway: Pageant: The Musical (Drama Desk nomination), The Irish Curse (Soho Playhouse), Idaho! (NYMF), The Great Daisy Theory, Fingers and Toes (NYMF) and Alan Ball’s The Amazing Adventures of Tense Guy. National Tours: A Christmas Story: The Musi-cal, Cheers! Live On Stage, Catch Me If You Can and Hairspray. Lenz also directed pro-ductions of Hairspray in South Africa, U.K., Toronto, Las Vegas and Germany. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, George Street Play-

WHO’S WHOhouse, St. Louis MUNY, Ogunquit Play-house, Cape Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Zach Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Casa Manana, Gateway Playhouse, Short North Stage, Forestburgh Playhouse and Stamford Center for the Arts. Lenz is a member of SDC and a teaching artist with the Broadway Dreams Foundation.

DANNY MEFFORD (Original Choreogra-pher). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award, Best Musical), Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and The Bridges of Madison County. TV: NBC’s Rise. Other New York credits: Miss You Like Hell, Venus, Love’s Labour Lost, Good Person of Szechwan, Much Ado About Nothing, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Melancholy Play and Dance Dance Revolution. Direct-ing: Becoming Liv Ullmann, Wasted and The Maids. Danny has been nominated for Drama Desk, Astaire and Lortel Awards for choreog-raphy. Education: University of Evansville and Brown University.

JONATHAN WAR R EN (Tour Chore-ographer). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Associate Choreographer), Wicked (Dance Captain). National Tour: A Night with Janis Joplin (Dance Supervisor). International: Wicked Mexico City (Asst. Dance Supervisor). Regional: A Night with Janis Joplin (A.C.T., The 5th Ave, and McCarter), La Cage Aux Folles (Goodspeed). Film/Television: Outside Providence. Performing Credits: Wicked, Peter Pan, We Will Rock You, West Side Story, Cats, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT (Scenic Designer) has designed more than 200 productions over the past 50 years. Highlights: New York Drama Desk Awards for the Andrews Sisters’ musical Over Here and Ira Levin’s Veronica’s Room, Neil Simon’s They’re Playing Our Song, Bernard Slade’s Romantic Comedy, Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch’s musical Smile, the original production of Grease, and the now legendary multi-million dollar spec-tacle Frankenstein, which closed on opening night. In 1983 he designed Jack O’Brien’s spectacular production of Porgy and Bess at Radio City Music Hall, which also toured in America and Europe. Broadway: 2001 revival of 42nd Street and this year’s remounting cur-rently playing The Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Award nominations) and the

2002 revival of Into the Woods (Tony nomina-tion, Drama Desk and L.A. Ovation Awards). Other recent projects include the Broadway production of The Front Page, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award. The Sound of Music and The Front Page are his 18th and 19th collaborations with director Jack O’Brien since 1975.

JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Designer). Originally from Liverpool, England, Ms. Greenwood was educated at the Central School of Arts. She has designed over 125 Broadway productions since Ballad of the Sad Café in 1963. Recent credits: Saint Joan, Mother of the Maid (with Glenn Close), The Little Foxes (Tony Award), The Assembled Parties, The Sound of Music (national tour), You Can’t Take It With You, Act One, Harvey and Driving Miss Daisy. Awards: Irene Shar-aff Award, 19 Tony nominations and the 2014 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is in the Theater Hall of Fame. Professor of Design at Yale School of Drama since 1976.

NATASHA K ATZ (Lighting Design). A six-time Tony Award winner, Natasha has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts and permanent lighting installations around the world. Recent Broadway: Springs-teen on Broadway; Frozen; Hello, Dolly! (star-ring Bette Midler); Cats; Long Day’s Journey into Night; School of Rock; An American in Paris; Aladdin; The Glass Menagerie; Motown; Once; Follies; The Coast of Utopia: Salvage; Aida and Beauty and the Beast.

SHANNON SLATON (Sound Designer) has designed many national tours including The Sound of Music; Elf the Musical; Bullets Over Broadway; The Illusionists; Turn of the Century; Shrek The Musical; Hairspray; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Noise/Funk; The Full Monty; Contact; A Chorus Line; Tap Dogs; Sweeney Todd; The Wizard of Oz; The Drowsy Chaperone and The Wedding Singer. He was also the Advance Sound on Wicked and the Production Sound for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the U.S. National Tour. Shows he has mixed on Broadway include: Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoun-drels, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awak-ening, Fela!, Anything Goes, Annie, Legally Blonde and Cabaret.

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WHO’S WHOJIMM HALLIDAY (Costume Coordinator) has been a proud member of the NETworks family since 1999, having designed or coordi-nated costumes for dozens of national tours. With Santo Loquasto, he won the 2010 Helen Hayes Award for the acclaimed production of Ragtime at The Kennedy Center and has been the resident Costume Designer at New York’s Mac-Haydn Theatre for the past 33 years. Spe-cial thanks and gratitude to dear friend and colleague Seth Wenig for all his insight and guidance.

BERNIE ARDIA (Hair and Wig Design) has enjoyed a 37-year career, starting in television. He has designed over 75 productions, includ-ing Bullets Over Broadway (tour), Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables (U.S. and Can-ada). Ragtime at the Kennedy Center, Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Starlight Express at The Las Vegas Hilton, Cinderella with Eartha Kitt and Debbie Gibson, and Happy Birthday, Hollywood (ABC-TV). It has been a thrill working with so many talented performers throughout his career including, Jeanne Cooper, Toni Tennille, Anita Gil-lette, Mary Wilson, Makenzie Phillips, Lynda Carter, Melody Thomas Scott and even Judge Judy! This production is dedicated to his sister. Mr. Ardia is also the author of Barbra Strei-sand in New York City.JOHN MEZZIO (Musical Coordinator) has conducted several national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor/Victoria starring Toni Tennille, Seussical, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, the Royal National Theatre’s revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Web-ber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. John was Musical Coordinator for several national and international tours including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Annie starring John Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Hairspray, The Producers, A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, Elf the Musical, Memphis, Bullets Over Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Shrek The Musical.MICHAEL GILDIN (Music Director/Conductor) is a New York-based music direc-tor thrilled to be making his national tour debut—special thanks to Andy for making this possible. Michael works regularly with New York City Center’s Encores! Series and

with conductors Rob Fisher and John Mauc-eri. In his spare time, he enjoys reconstructing forgotten musicals from the 1920s-50s. Mom, this one’s for you.

ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (Orches-trations). In a career spanning more than five decades, Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981) arranged more than 300 Broadway musical scores. In musical comedy’s golden era of the 1920s, he orchestrated up to 22 shows a season. Among his credits were Show Boat; Roberta; Sunny; Rose-Marie; No, No, Nanette; Girl Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; Face The Music; Carmen Jones; Finian’s Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; My Fair Lady and Camelot. He orchestrated seven of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musicals includ-ing Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Rodgers’s 13 television docu-mentary score for Victory At Sea. A classically trained composer, Bennett’s prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera. He is the posthumous recipient of a 2008 Special Tony Award in recognition of his historic con-tribution to American musical theater.

TRUDE RITTMANN (Dance and Vocal Arrangements) has more than 50 Broadway credits as a choral and dance arranger includ-ing The Sound of Music, The King and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Finian’s Rain-bow, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Peter Pan. A composer in her own right, she has pro-vided music for such shows as Omnibus and Seven Lively Arts.STEWART/WHITLEY (Casting) Dun-can Stewart CSA & Benton Whitley CSA. Broadway/NY: The Great Comet, A Clock-work Orange, As You Like It, On The Town, Pippin, Chicago The Musical, La Cage Aux Folles, The Radio City Christmas Spectacu-lar, Carnegie Hall West Side Story, The Band Wagon, Pageant; West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory, West Side Story; Tours: Finding Neverland, Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music, Into the Woods, The Bodyguard, Chicago The Musical, Once, Shrek, Elf, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets Over Broadway, We Will Rock You. Upcom-ing: Hadestown, Paradise Square, August Rush, Reefer Madness, Other World, The Man in the Ceiling, Back Home Again, Waterfall.

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WHO’S WHO

STAFF FOR The Sound of MusicExecutive Producer

Trinity WheelerGeneral Management

Gentry & AssociatesGregory Vander Ploeg

Jamey Jennings Steve Varon Pearce Landry-Wegener Nicole Gehring

Production ManagementNETworks Presentations

Jason Juenker Hector Guivas Evan Rooney

Walker White Emma DowneyTour Booking

The Road CompanyStephen Lindsay, Brett Sirotawww.theroadcompany.comTour Press & Marketing

Broadway Booking Office NYCSteven Schnepp

Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Zach Stevenson, Danny Knaub, Rachel Peterson

CastingStewart/Whitley

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THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking) was founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition to The Sound of Music, current representation includes Wicked, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, War Paint, The Band’s Visit, SpongeBob SquarePants, A Clockwork Orange, The Lightning Thief, The Illusionists, Dirty Dancing, Kinky Boots and multiple companies of Elf the Musical. The Road Company is made possible by Magaly Barone, Shawn Willett, Jenny Kirlin, Justine Spingler, Joe Reed, and Josh Cape.

BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Press and Marketing) is a leading theat-rical tour booking, marketing and press com-pany representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beauti-ful – The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, Falsettos, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Ham-merstein’s The King and I, Fun Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, Bright Star and Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes. www.bbonyc.com

ANNE CAPE (Company Manager) is thrilled to be back with the NETworks fam-ily. National tours: The Sound of Music, Elf the Musical and Once. Other work includes assis-tant general manager for NETworks Presenta-tions. Graduate of Ohio Northern University (BFA). Thanks to my incredible family, Rick, Chris and Connie for your constant love and support. I wouldn’t be where I am today with-out you!

MARY DENNIS (Production Stage Man-ager) is excited to be working on her second national tour! Past credits – NETworks Pre-sentations: The Sound of Music (ASM/PSM). Pennsylvania State University: Be More Chill (PSM), Hair (PSM), Titanic (ASM). New York: The First Noel (Apollo Theatre; Props Master) Regional: Les Misérables (FUSE Pro-ductions; PSM), Totem Pole Playhouse (PA/ASM). Penn State Graduate.

TR INITY WHEELER (Executive Pro-ducer).Broadway: Les Misérables (Produc-tion Stage Manager). National Tours: Dirty Dancing (Executive Producer), Bullets Over Broadway (Executive Producer), Beauty and the Beast (Executive Producer), The Phan-tom of the Opera (Supervisory Production Stage Manager), Mary Poppins (Production Stage Manager), Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Trinity currently works on the national tours of Les Misérables, Find-ing Neverland, Elf and Rodgers & Ham-merstein’s The Sound of Music. Instagram: @trinityonbroadwayNETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Pro-ducer), from its inception over 20 years ago, has been an industry leading producer and man-ager of touring musical theatre productions and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Hav-ing toured over 70 productions internationally, NETworks’ current and upcoming touring productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Elf the Musical, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, The Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Falset-tos, Fiddler on the Roof and Cameron Mackin-tosh’s Miss Saigon.

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WHO’S WHOBooking Coordinator ................................. Hannah RosenthalDirector of Marketing/PR...................................Heather HessSenior Director, General Management ........................................Gregory Vander PloegGeneral Managers ...................... Jamey Jennings, Steve VaronAssociate General Manager ............. Pearce Landry-WegenerGeneral Manager Associate ............................. Nicole GehringSenior Director, Production Management ..... Jason JuenkerSenior Production Manager ..............................Hector GuivasProduction Managers ...............Evan Rooney, Walker WhiteAssociate Production Manager ...................... Emma DowneyMusic Coordinator...................................................John MezzioIT Manager ......................................................................Tim PizzaOffice Manager ...................................................Buddy PiccolinoOffice Assistant ..........................................................Carol Jewell Warehouse Manager ....................................................Brad KorffWarehouse Costume Manager ...............Bobby Maglaughlin

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Production Stage Manager ...................................Mary DennisAsst. Stage Manager ........................................ Andi RadujkovicAssistant Director .............................Michael Bradshaw FlynnAssistant Choreographer ................................Mackenzie DadeAssociate Musical Supervisor.................... Catherine VenableAssistant Musical Supervisor ................................Grant StromAsst. Scenic Designer ................................................ Maya LinkeAssociate Costume Designer .....................................Dan UrlieAssociate Costume Coordinator ..... Matthew C. HamptonAssociate Lighting Designer ............................... Jon Goldman Asst. Lighting Designer .............................................. Abby MayMoving Light Programmer...............................Thomas HagueAsst. Sound Designer .....................................Patrick LachanceHead Carpenter ..............................................Michael MayburyAsst. Carpenter .....................................................Keefe Kennedy Flyman .................................................................Andrew KutrufisHead Electrician .............................................. Randall AcevedoAsst. Electrician............................................. Jennifer TrewhellaProduction Electrician ................................. Adam CavanaughHead Sound Engineer ...............................................Erin ClearyAsst. Audio .........................................................Parker StegmaierHead Props................................................................ Jae HamiltonHead Wardrobe ..................................................Nicole GiangolaWardrobe Assistant. ....................................Angela CarstensenHair & Make Up Supervisor............................Destinee SteeleTutor/Child Wrangler ................................................ Jason RicePrint Design .................................................................AKA NYCRadio Spot Production ...........................................HMS MediaTelevision Spot Design/Video Production ......HMS Media Website ...........................................................................AKA NYCProduction Photography ..............................Matthew MurphyMerchandising ..................................................The Araca Group Merchandising Manager .............................................. Will CoxAccounting .............................. NETworks Presentations LLCLegal Services ........................................ F. Richard Pappas, Esq.HR & Payroll Services..........................Human Resources inc.Housing................Road Concierge, an ALTOUR CompanyTravel Agency .......................................................... Janice Kessler,

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