Performances are July 19-21

For detailed audition instructions, please scroll down.

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.

AUDITIONS: April 19 and April 21  

The Sound of Music

Production team.

 

Director: Emily Murray

Assistant Director: Heather Arnold

Assistant Director: Niki Harper

Music Director: Wendy Oesterle

Choreographer: JJ Beussee

Stage Manager: Rebekah Kenerly

Character descriptions.

 

Maria Rainer, a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey

Captain Georg von Trapp

The Children:

  1. Liesl von Trapp, age 16

  2. Friedrich von Trapp, age 14

  3. Louisa von Trapp, age 13

  4. Kurt von Trapp, age 11

  5. Brigitta von Trapp, age 10

  6. Marta von Trapp, age 7

  7. Gretl von Trapp, age 5

The Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey

Baroness Elsa Schrader "wealthy and sophisticated" and Captain von Trapp's would-be fiancée

Max Detweiler, Captain von Trapp's friend, a music agent and producer

Rolf Gruber, the 17-year-old Nazi delivery boy who is in love with Liesl

Sister Bertha, the Mistress of Novices

Sister Margareta, the Mistress of Postulants

Sister Sophia, a sister at the Abbey

Franz, Captain von Trapp's butler

Frau Schmidt, Captain von Trapp's housekeeper

Herr Zeller, the Gauleiter

Admiral von Schreiber, a high-ranking member of the German Navy

Ensemble includes nuns, high-society neighbors of Captain von Trapp who attend the ball thrown in Elsa's honor, Nazi soldiers and contestants in the festival concert

Audition information.

Auditions will be held at The Stage Oconee Theater

Ages: Rising 2nd Grade to Adult

You will need to complete a conflict calendar before you will be cast in the show. Please fill out a conflict calendar and bring it with you to auditions. We will provide paper copies if you prefer to fill it out there. We require a conflict calendar before you will be cast in the show.

You will need to sign up for an audition time slot. Please see the audition form to choose your time slot for your audition.

Rising 2nd Grade to Rising 7th Grade will be given a song to learn and a portion of the script to read. See included instructions.

Rising 8th Grade to Adult will sing a 30 second - 1 minute prepared piece of music of your choosing. Please bring an electronic device prepped to play a karaoke track for you to sing with. We will connect it to the sound system for you. Song choices should reflect the classic style of Rodgers and Hammerstein and old Broadway musicals. Songs can be from The Sound of Music or from another show. Good song choices showcase your best vocal qualities within the 30 second- 1 minute timeframe.

Please wear jazz shoes or comfortable shoes for the dance portion of the audition. We are especially looking for waltzers for the party scene, but all auditioners will learn a short choreographed piece during the auditions to showcase their movement abilities.

Callbacks will be held Sunday, April 21, 7:30 pm to 9:30pm. Younger kids may be called back for further reading and singing from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Older children and adults may be called back 7:30pm to 9:30pm.

You may be asked to read from the script. We will provide scripts for cold readings.

If you cannot audition at the given times, please contact soundofmusic@thestageoconee.com for alternate options.