By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

The Thomas More Prep-Marian school’s drama department is getting ready for the fall production, “The Sound of Music,” and a key first step – casting  – has occurred and the roles have been announced.

The show will run Nov. 6, 7 and 8.

“The fall play and spring musical create diverse skill building for the students, such as stage acting and singing or playing instruments in the pit orchestra, makeup/hair, behind the scenes work building sets or painting design, and technology advancement in our state of the art sound and light booth,” according to their department webpage.

The department is headed by Travis Grizzell who has been at TMP since 2007 and Drama Director since 2009, directing students twice a year to produce a fall musical and a spring play.

The shows are open to the public and are performed at the Dreiling Theatre.

 

The full cast list for the “Sound of Music:”

Maria – Elly Lang

Mother Abbess – Dominique Rupp

Sister Berthe – Lauren Moeder

Sister Margaretta – Hannah Michaud

Sister Sophia – Lizzie Leiker

Capt. Von Trapp – John Drees

Franz the Butler – Ethan Rohr

Frau Schmidt the housekeeper – Katy Walters

Liesl – Anna Speno

Friedrich – Trae Megaffin

Louisa – Gracie Schmidt

Kurt – Jensen Brull

Brigitta – Madighan Norris

Marta – Natalie Loftus

Gretl – Jenna Brull

Rolf – Matthew Moeder

Baroness Elsa Schraeder – Taylor Dinkel

Ursula/Baroness Elberfeld – Laura Krug

Max – Justyce Briney

Admiral Von Schreiber – Jagyrd Briney

Baron Elberfeld/Herr Zeller – Paul Brull

Neighbors/Nuns/Postulants/Contestants – Alison Helget, Taryn Rupp, Laura Casey, Taylor Drees, Allison Campbell, Kaitlyn Burd, Alexandra Herrman, Morgan Olmstead, Annie Wasinger, Hannah Trevethan, Isabel Peine, Joelle Pfannenstiel, Brooke Leiker