The hills of Warsaw will be alive this weekend with “The Sound of Music” as the high school drama department will present the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors. Based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, it is set in Austria on the eve of the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March 1938. The production tells Maria’s story, who takes a job as governess to the von Trapp family while she contemplates whether to be a nun or not. Her relationship with the children becomes one of love, and then she falls for their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. When the Captain is ordered to the German navy, he and Maria decide to flee Austria with the children because he opposes the Nazis. The Rodgers & Hammerstein musical features such memorable numbers as “Maria,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “The Lonely Goatherd,” “So Long, Farewell,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “Edelweiss.” The 1965 film version starred Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as the Captain. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Wise, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing and Best Music. The Warsaw Community High School musical is directed by Dana McAfee, with Thomas Hall as musical director. Cast, in order of appearance, are: Kendra Housel as Maria Ranier; Analiese Helms, Sister Berthe; Elizabeth Brown, Sister Margaretta; Audrey Rich, Mother Abbess; Emma Tomasik, Sister Sophia; Lucas Cone, Captain Von Trapp; George Wood, Franz; Cailin Clay, Frau Schmidt; Gabi Bradley, Liesl; William Robison, Friederich; Rachel Smith, Louisa; Cole Hoskins, Kurt; Chloe Hoskins, Brigitta; Rachel Boyle, Marta; Arielle Hepler, Gretl; Wyatt Slone, Rolf; Katie Yocum, Elsa Schraeder; Sam Engle, Max Detweiler; Aaron Wainscott, Herr Zeller; Lydia DeBoest, Frau Zeller/nun; Patrick Priest, Baron Elberfeld; Katie Lauck, Baroness Elberfeld; and Bailey Berelsman as Admiral Von Schreiber. Also playing nuns will be Taylor Biberstine, Yvonne Castillo, Kaitlyn Dailey, Olivia Deeter, Kendra Etchison, Madi Hales, Annalise Harstine, Sara Hohman, Madi Howard, Olivia James, Rachael Kuhn, Macy Miller, NaevEnya Moore, Brooke Neubaum, Sophia Schlitt, Abigail Smith, Ashley West, Katrielle Wood and Elizabeth Yeiter. Nazi guards and party guests will be played by Zach Allen, Hayden Gerst, Chase Madsen and Luke Wilson. In the orchestra will be, on flute: Lindsey Wolfe, Martha Robison, Katharine Engler, Jannalynn Niebbia; oboe/English horn: Claire Hubner; clarinet: Emily Mikel; trumpet: Kole Smith, Levi Hoffman, Kyle Harter; French horn: Noah Scott; trombone: Shaun McGettrick, Bobby Zogbi; baritone: Kyle Christenberry; tuba: Jacob Snider; percussion: Daniel Terry, Brad Nethercutt; and keyboard: Sam Schmidt and Thomas Hall.
