Thursday, December 22, 2011

Little Orphan Annie "Tomorrow" Collector's Plate

I received this porcelain Annie collector's plate for Christmas this year. This plate is a Limited Edition of "Tomorrow" and is the fifth Issue in the Annie Collector's Plate Series painted by William T. Chambers. It is issued Exclusively for Columbia Pictures by the Knowles China Company Copyright 1983 Tribune Co. Syndicate, INC  Columbia Pictures Industries, INC.  The Little Orphan Annie Plate Measures 8 1/2 inches in diameter and includes the certificate to go with it.




The Edwin C Knowles China Company Annie Collector's Plate Series is a 1982 Tribune Company Syndicate production. This collections has a set of 6 Limited Edition Plates:

  • Plate 1. Annie and Sandy (1st Issue 1982) 
  • Plate 2. Daddy Warbucks (2nd Issue 1982) 
  • Plate 3. Annie and Grace (3rd Issue 1983)
  • Plate 4. Annie andThe Orphans (4th Issue 1984)
  • Plate 5. Tomorrow (5th Issue 1985) 
  • Plate 6. Annie and Miss Hannigan (6th Issue 1986) 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

A Southern Christmas!



This was a Christmas present from a friend. The hand towel shows the 12 Days of Christmas with a Southern twist! What a wonderful and fun gift. The towel reads: 


A Southern Christmas
A cardinal in a magnolia tree, 
Two delta darlings, 
Three smokin' barbeques, 
Four plucked banjos, 
Five golden hushpuppies, 
Six cotton plants growing, 
Seven footballs flying, 
Eight racecars racing, 
Nine chickens frying, 
Ten grits a-grinning, 
Eleven hounds a-howling 
and Twelve kudzus creeping

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Anchor Hocking Deviled Egg Plate and Relish Plate


Vintage Fire King Deviled Egg Plate

This is a wonderful deviled egg plate in white milk glass from Anchor-Hocking Fire King manufactured during the 1950s. It measures 10" and is trimmed in gold gilt.  The underside of the plate with its  ridges is as attractive as the front. This 10" snow-white plate cradles a dozen yummy deviled trimmed all around in bright gold. There's a flat area in the center of the plate to place an appetizer such as pickles or mixed nuts. It is Just lovely serving deviled eggs from this vintage milk glass plate. 

Vintage Fire King Three Part Milk White Relish Plate

This is a Fire King by Anchor Hocking relish dish with three sections. It is white milk glass with gold accented edges. The underside has ridges in design and is  9 3/4 " in diameter and 1" deep. An impressive companion piece to the matching deviled egg plate.

Anchor Hocking White Grape Footed Bowl


Bowl showing octagonal foot

Purchased this lovely shallow bowl today at a consignment shop. The bowl is on an octagonal foot and is decorated with a raised grape and leaves pattern on the inside of the bowl. This amazing fruit bowl made by Anchor Hocking is rimmed with 22 karat gold. The bowl measures just over approximately 8" across (10" with handles) x 2½" tall. it is in perfect condition with no chips or cracks and is an unsigned Anchor Hocking bowl. This will make a great companion piece to my egg plate and relish dish with the same gold rim pattern.



Top view showing raised grape and leaf pattern


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Moonstone Opalescent Hobnail Open Sugar Bowl


Moonstone Glass Sugar Bowl With a Pedestal Base
This vintage hobnail open sugar bowl belonged to my grandmother Miller. The Moonstone glass sugar bowl has a pedestal base with a white frosted top edge and two large "ear" handles This style glass was manufactured by several different companies during the 1940's and 1950's and is referred to by different names. Anchor Hocking called it "Moonstone”, a lovely blue glow, just like the moonstone it was named after. Fenton called it French Opalescence Hobnail. The opalescence has a beautiful bronze depth when viewed in the light. It is made using clear glass and bone ash is thrown into the mix to give that white opal coloring. This sugar bowl is about 4 inches wide from handle to handle, 2-1/2 inches deep and about 2 inches tall. I do not have the glass companion creamer and not sure if this is an Anchor Hocking or Fenton sugar bowl. Only she would know where she purchased the bowl or if it was a gift.

Open Hobnail Sugar Bowl


Monday, November 7, 2011

Winston-Salem Journal Review - "Annie"

'Annie' brings 'magic time' to the stage'
By: LYNN FELDER | Special correspondent
Published: November 06, 2011


Annie and Sandy
It may be a "Hard-Knock Life" out there in the world, but the audience at the opening night of Twin City Stage's production of "Annie" was on "Easy Street" Friday night.
Annie and the 11 other orphan girls set a high standard of performance in the first scene with "Maybe" (Annie's solo) and "Hard-Knock Life" (a great production number). They proceed from there to fairly run away with the show, and there's plenty to run away with: Benji Starcher's choreography is exuberant; Bland Wade's gold-and-sepia-toned sets are elegant; Justin Hall's 1930s-style costumes are pitch-perfect.
The orchestra, under the talented leadership of Margaret B. Gallagher, often sounds much fuller than its 10 pieces, and the singing is fine throughout.
Anytime the girls are on stage, it's magic time, and the same goes for the orphanage supervisor Miss Hannigan, played with wicked relish by Peggie Kaan. Miss Hannigan, one of the juiciest roles in the repertoire, loves booze as much as she hates "Little Girls." Kaan rips into her role, stomping and reeling about with one sock up and one sock down as she hectors her charges and bemoans her fate.
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But the orphans are far too plucky to seem like victims. Annie, well-played by Beatrice Howell, 11, and the littlest orphan, Molly, played by the effervescent Isabella Ellis, lead the others in numerous assaults on poor Miss Hannigan's dubious dignity.
The villains and the heroes are pretty clear-cut in "Annie," but director Steven LaCosse stays away from comic-book characterizations and lets his actors develop real personalities.
LaCosse's opera-director hand can be seen in some wonderful ensemble staging and in his collaboration with choreographer Starcher: "I Think I'm Going To Like It Here," the number when the servants welcome Annie to her new (maybe) home; and "NYC," when Daddy Warbucks (Ken Kennedy) and his secretary Grace (the graceful Miriam Davie) take Annie out on the town.
Many of the 32 cast members play multiple roles and perform amazing feats of quick-costume change. Mark Pirolo does a fine turn as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Joshua Gerry as Rooster Hannigan (Miss Hannigan's ne'er-do-well brother) and Mary Lea Williams as his girlfriend, Lily, are deliciously sleazy and fun to watch. Drake, Warbucks' butler, played by Miles Stanley, has a grand sonorous voice.
And there's something just irresistible about a little red-haired girl standing on a desk in the Oval Office advising FDR and his Cabinet to believe in "Tomorrow."
Act I is a little long, and the energy dropped a tad before intermission, but things picked up fast in Act II. In fact, there are too many wonderful moments in this show to note them all here. Suffice it to say, it's a show that's so full of love and optimism that you will likely leave the theater feeling a whole lot of both.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Winston-Salem Journal Article - "Annie"

'Little Girls' have big shoes to fill in beloved 'Annie'

By: LYNN FELDER | Special correspondent
Twin City Stage
     "Little cheeks. Little teeth. Everything around me is little," sings Miss Hannigan, the orphanage supervisor who is hilariously unsuited to care for the "Little Girls" whom she's singing about in "Annie." The musical opens Friday night at the Arts Council Theatre
     Eighty-five girls from in and around Winston-Salem auditioned for "Annie" in September. That's a lot of little cheeks and little teeth; a lot of little voices for singing and feet for dancing, too.
     "It was a tough decision to pare it down," said director Steven LaCosse. "We had a first round (of auditions) and a second round, and just sort of pulled it in little by little.
     "There were several girls who stood out … and we had them reading together and singing together."
     Beatrice Howell, 11, won the coveted title role. She is slender with a piping voice and a sunny personality. But there was so much talent on display that LaCosse ultimately selected 11 girls to play the orphans instead of the usual seven in the script.
      Rehearsals for the all-volunteer cast are nightly from 7 to 11 p.m.
     "We try to only call the orphans for rehearsal on a couple of school nights," LaCosse said. "But Annie's in every scene, and she has to be there every night."
     Despite the grumpy Miss Hannigan, played by newcomer Peggie Kaan, and a few other n'er-do-wells, love and optimism are at the heart of "Annie's" appeal.
     The time is 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression. The setting is New York.
     Annie was left at the orphanage in 1922 with a note from her parents saying that they would return for her one day. She's hopeful, but decides to take things into her own hands.
     After comforting the littlest orphan, Molly, played by a lively and bespectacled Isabella Ellis, Annie escapes from the orphanage to search for her parents.
     Annie is taken in temporarily by Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, a millionaire, who offers a $50,000 reward to anyone finding her parents.
     "Annie is able to bring light and change back into Daddy Warbucks' all-business world," LaCosse said.
     This is LaCosse's fifth show in 13 years for Twin City Stage. He is the opera director and the assistant dean for enrollment in the music school at UNC School of the Arts. He has sung and directed with Piedmont Opera.
     A quiet man in interviews and conversations, LaCosse is animated in rehearsals. He bounces from room to room for the first run-through of the Act II opener, "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile." The number is done in two scenes: One, a radio show, includes Annie and some of the adults. The second, a room in the orphanage, includes all the other Little Girls.
     In the rehearsal hall, Daphne Nichols plays accompaniment on piano, and Margaret B. Gallagher directs the singing. LaCosse gives a few instructions to the girls and to choreographer Benji Starcher, who then teaches the dance steps and staging to the Little Girls.
     The girls fidget and chat a little among themselves. But they mostly pay rapt attention to LaCosse, Gallagher and Starcher, and concentrate on the words and movements.
     After he has them do the dance for what seems like the 2,000th time, Starcher smiles with infinite patience and says, "Don't worry. You've got it. It will happen."
      Down the hall in the theater lobby, LaCosse works with Annie and the adults on the radio-show version of the song.
     "I enjoy directing, and it's always fun working with people. This show has a lot of heart," LaCosse said. "It rings very true to what's happening in the country today. The real heart of the story is in the relationship between Daddy Warbucks and Annie. He came to realize that all he ever wanted was money and power. What was missing was someone to care for — who could count on him and he could count on."
     LaCosse said that planning and preparation are essential to working with a 32-member cast. "Musicals are the ultimate collaborative project," he said. In addition to the music director and choreographer, the scene designer Bland Wade, costume designer Justin Hall and stage manager Edwin Martinat are also key team members.
     LaCosse said that he has directed more than 600 productions in his career, and he has learned how to work with the volunteers and the professionals.
     "You've got people volunteering their time, so you really want to treat them with respect," he said. "If you have patience and people are doing their job, it will get done."
     So he plans, prepares and then remains open to suggestions. "If they make a suggestion, we try it. That's how we rehearse," he said.
     "We need a show that has optimism and says that things are going to get better, and they will get better," LaCosse said. "Sometimes, it's hard to remember that."

Friday, October 7, 2011

Vegetarian Lasagna


10 Lasagna noodles
2 packages (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach
1/2 Cup chopped onion
1 Cup grated raw carrots
2 Cups sliced fresh mushrooms (2 small packages)
1 Cup (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1 Cup (6 oz) tomato paste
1/2 Cup chopped pitted rip black olives (1 can)
1 1/2 tsp. Dried oregano
1 cups cream-style cottage cheese
1 lb. Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese
1/4 Cup grated Parmesan Cheese

1.     Prepare noodles, drain.
2.     Prepare spinach according to package.
3.     Sauté onion in oil, till soft. Add carrots and mushrooms; cook until crisp-tender. Stir in tomato sauce, paste, olives, and oregano.
4.     Grease 12x9x2” casserole pan.
5.     Layer 1/2 each noodles, cottage cheese, spinach,  sauce mixture, and 1/3 cheese. Repeat placing remaing 1/3 Monterey Jack cheese on top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
6.     Bake 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Serves 8.

Weathervane Winery Stratosphere


Saturday, September 24, 2011

Twin City Stage "Annie" Cast List

November 4-6; 10-13 & 17-20, 2011
Shows are Thursday-Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 
2pm


By Strouse, Charnin and Meehan  The Tony Award-winning musical, featuring the popular song “Tomorrow” has been a favorite with audiences since 1977. Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil plans, befriends the President and finds a new family and home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Women
Mary Lea Williams - Lily 

Miriam Davie - Grace 

Peggie Kaan - Hannigan 

Angela Hodges - Mrs. Greer 

Heather Osterer - Ronnie Boylan 

Kathy Ledbetter - Star To Be 

Katie Lyall - Annette & Usherette
Marge Clark - Mrs. Pugh & Perkins 

Sally Meehan - Dog Catcher 

Susan Rapier - Sophie the Kettle 

Suzanne Vaughan - Bonnie Boylan 

Taylor Kearney - Cecile & Connie Boylan


Men
Joshua Gerry - Rooster 

Ken Kennedy - Warbucks 

Mark Pirolo - FDR 

Cameron Williams - Bert Healy & Harold Ickes 

Donovan Fansler - Bundles, Eddie, Fred & Louis Howe

Joshua Fansler - Jimmy Johnson 

Miles Stanley - Drake, Radio Producer & Cordell Hull 

Ryan Ball - Assistant Dog Catcher & Marine Honor Guard 

Tony Courville - Sound Effects Man

Orphans
Isabella Ellis - Molly 

Ellie Burdette - Pepper 

Fara Marin - Duffy 

Logan Wellborn - July
Meredith Brown - Tessie 

Mary Cathryn Wolfert - Kate 

Beatrice Howell - Annie 

Jessie Burdette - Laurie 

Martha Dean - Judy
Annalisa Ebbink - Dana 

Ava Foster - Jessie 

Tori Seals - Jennie

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

1965 Ford Mustang Fastback

During 1965 the new sporty 2+2 fastback body style was introduced to the Mustang line. The car came with a V6 Engine, automatic transmission with center console and bucket seats. These are a few pictures of my white mustang fastback that had red leather bucket seats. These three pictures were taken around 1969 or 1970 and were not taken with color film. This was first car that I purchased (used) and also was the first car I wrecked. Who knew that a Mustang would be such a collectible car!




Thursday, August 18, 2011

Playhouse marks 30th year with special 'Sound'

When the Stained Glass Playhouse presents "The Sound of Music" beginning Friday, the occasion will mark the organization's 30th season in the old sanctuary of Marvin United Methodist Church on Indiana Avenue.
By KEN KEUFFEL
Published: July 17, 2011
Photo Credit: BRUCE CHAPMAN/JOURNAL
The Stained Glass Playhouse cast rehearses for "The Sound of Music." This is the playhouse's 30th year. The director credits the affordability and community appeal as factors in the group's success.

          Patrons can count on seeing four shows a year in a 90-seat venue, most being revivals of tried-and-true musicals and plays. What accounts for such staying power?
Alvin Tyndall, Stained Glass' artistic director, provided intriguing answers. "We're very inexpensive," he said. "We have the lowest ticket prices anywhere: $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students. … We want everybody to be able to come. We want to get more people to enjoy theater. It's not a matter of restriction by pocket book."
           Remarkably, Stained Glass relies on ticket sales for most of its operating income, keeping costs down by paying virtually no one — directors sometimes receive a modest honorarium — and by recycling sets and costumes. Many materials are loaned or donated rather than purchased.
            The company got started when church members wanted to present concerts and youth productions in a venue other than the church sanctuary. The church's current sanctuary is next door to its old one, which was converted into a performance venue.
             Stained Glass Playhouse benefited from an unusual set of theater-related talents and connections in its founding members, several of whom are still active with the company.
             It started out as a part of Marvin United Methodist. It then became a separate entity. In return, Stained Glass donates a portion of profit from ticket sales to the church. When refreshments are served during intermission, they are free. But patrons can make a donation to a church cause. A desire to be inclusive has contributed to Stained Glass' longevity. Stained Glass gets no financial support from Marvin United Methodist, but it uses the church's old sanctuary for free.
             "We think we involve a large part of the community, all kinds of people, not just a certain clique of people, not just a certain economic level of the community," Tyndall said.
             Tyndall, who is directing "The Sound of Music," said that a homeless person has appeared in Stained Glassshows and worked behind the scenes. The homeless person worked with the likes of Cameron Williams, a physician from Lewisville. Williams, a veteran of community-theater shows in the area, will play Capt. Georg von Trapp in "The Sound of Music."
             Numerous neophyte actors try out for Stained Glass productions, having likely been encouraged by whatTyndall calls an "open" audition process that keeps the playing field as even as possible. Kate Kellum, a rising junior at Reagan High School, will make her acting debut as Liesl in "The Sound of Music.""I love singing and acting," she said. "I'm a huge 'Sound of Music' person. I thought, why not? I work in the mornings and then I come here. I love it."Until the opportunity to perform in "The Sound of Music" came along, Kellum had only taken drama classes at Reagan. Now she will "definitely do" school shows as well.
            The repertory of Stained Glass likely has something to do with its enduring appeal. Each February, for example, the company presents a show in celebration of Black History Month. This year's show will be "A Raisin in the Sun," Langston Hughes' classic. Other Black History Month shows have included "Miss Evers' Boys" and "Mahalia."
           "It's an opportunity to involve a group in the community who kind of felt left out," Tyndall said. "We really appeal to that community. We've been delighted at the number of people who've become a part of it."


kkeuffel@wsjournal.com (336) 727-7337

Sunday, July 17, 2011

"Antique Grape" by Metlox Potteries


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"Antique Grape" was produced by Metlox Potteries, California, in the Poppytrail Division. Metlox Potteries was established in 1927 in Manhattan Beach, California. The company began making dinnerware in 1931. After Evan K. Shaw purchased the company in 1946,  the number of patterns were expanded. Metlox Potteries closed in 1989.

The "Antique Grape"  pattern has a traditional shape and is one of the more popular sculptured grape designs.  This pattern has a scalloped rim with a raised embossed grape design on an off white background. "Antique Grape"  was produced from 1964 to 1984 and then discontinued.

My Mother and I both collected this pattern. I now have all of her "Antique Grape" pottery in addition to what I have collected.





Friday, July 15, 2011

Stained Glass Playhouse celebrates 30th season

Breaking ‘glass’: Stained Glass Playhouse celebrates 30th season
This year marks a milestone in Piedmont Triad theater circles, as Winston- Salem’s Stained Glass Playhouse celebrates its 30th anniversary season, kicking off with the July 22 opening of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, The Sound of Music under the direction of Alvin Tyndall, the artistic director of the Stained Glass Playhouse.
So named for its production venue — shows are staged in the old sanctuary Marvin United Methodist Church (4401 Indiana Ave., Winston-Salem) — the Stained Glass Playhouse does not confine itself to religiousthemed productions, encompassing every genre in the spectrum: comedy, drama, musical, mystery.
“Our productions have grown from amateur original scripts to professional ‘Broadway’ productions,” noted Tyndall. “Our actors have grown from children and a few adults to a large group of community actors who are involved in multiple shows throughout the community.”
There were eight founders of the playhouse, which was formed “in an effort to expand on the performances of a musical group at Marvin United Methodist Church called ‘Resurrection Joy’ — a musical group of guitars and drums with vocalists,” recalled Tyndall.
Although Tyndall is not one of the original founders, David Webster, the Stained Glass Playhouse’s current board chairman, was. “I’ve not quite been with the playhouse for the entire 30 years, but almost,” Tyndall said.
Since its humble beginnings, “direction has improved, costumes are outstanding, properties are specifically chosen and appropriate for the historical era, equipment has expanded and rates with other production companies in the area,” he said. “We’re still a ‘black box theater,’ unique to most audiences who don’t know what to expect when actors are directly in front of them as part of the production.”
Having directed over two dozen Stained Glass productions and overseen countless others, Tyndall counts among his personal favorites 1776, Jesus Christ Superstar, Brigadoon and A Raisin in the Sun (which will be revived later this season). Of course, not every show went smoothly.
“I remember that during 1776 one of our actors — who must not have been awake — came to me just before the end of our first weekend and said ‘Goodbye, I’m off for Los Angeles.’ In a panic, I reminded him that we still had two weekends to go. He apologized, but was still leaving. We were fortunate to find another actor, who turned out to be a direct descendant of the character. The replacement was a better actor!” Other mishaps weren’t so humorous, including the time a lead actor suffered a heart attack, or the time that a lead actress came down with laryngitis and has to be replaced by the show’s stage manager.
To describe the Stained Glass Playhouse as a labor of love would not be an understatement, and after 30 years the accent would still be on both “labor” and “love.”
“Some of our productions were quite simple, but we involved a large number of community volunteers,” said Tyndall. “That was one of our original goals and still remains a chief function of the playhouse.”
The playhouse’s 30 th season will include such classics as Arsenic and Old Lace, A Raisin in the Sun and The Miracle Worker.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Blue Ridge Pottery "Yellow Nocturne" Pattern

Yellow Nocturne platter, dessert plate, and cups and saucers

Like many people in the southern mountains, I grew up eating off Blue 
Ridge pottery dinnerware everyday. Who would have thought that this Blue Ridge dishware would now be so collectable? The pattern my Mother used was “Yellow Nocturne” from Blue Ridge and Southern Potteries. Southern Potteries of Erwin, Tennessee, produced Blue Ridge Dinnerware Pottery and China  from the late 1930's until closing in mid-1957.

Yellow Nocturne dinner plate
The "Yellow Nocturne" pattern has a bright yellow petal flower with a brown center, lovely green leaves and a thin yellow line on the outside edge on a white background. The pattern is in the Colonial shape and each piece is slightly different since they are hand painted. All her dishes have chips but are still usable but the serving pieces she had are now broken. I have been collecting extra dishes, cups and saucers, and platters.




Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tomato Basil Pie

TOMATO BASIL PIE from CML's Kitchen
Found this recipe in the Carolina Mountain Life Magazine from CML's Kitchen by Adele Forbes. Really sounded like a good summer dish using fresh tomatoes and basil. I used Roma tomatoes and fresh basil from my planter. Will make this again with fresh tomatoes from the garden. To quote the author, "Male friends have eaten a whole pie at one sitting". I agree with her that should speak for itself.  It was delicious!



1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese, divide
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
5 Roma tomatoes (out of season) or 4 regular tomatoes
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
4  cloves of garlic
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
chopped fresh basil for garnish

Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the mozzarella on bottom of pie shell. Cut tomatoes in wedges and drain on paper towels. Drain well...turn them over and make sure that you get all of the moisture that you can out of them or your pie will end up soggy...and who wants to eat a soggy pie? If you are using garden fresh tomatoes (in season) peel them and slice about 1/4-inch thick and seed if needed and drain well on paper towels. Arrange the wedges or slices over the cheese in the pie shell.

Process the basil and garlic in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Sprinkle over tomatoes. Combine remaining 1 cup mozzarella, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese and pepper. Spoon evenly over basil mixture to cover top, making sure to spread all the way to the edge of the crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Serve warm garnished with fresh chiffonaded basil. Delicious!

Cooks Note: to chiffonade basil, stack several leaves together and roll up like you would a cigarette and then cut in slices with a sharp knife. A fancy and fun little trick.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Stained Glass Playhouse "The Sound of Music" Cast


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Stained Glass Playhouse
Director: Alvin Tyndall 
Performance Dates:
July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31 & August 5, 6 & 7, 2011 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm Sundays at 3 pm.
     
"The Sound of Music", Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse: The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon, they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain’s immediate service in their navy. The family’s narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.

Maria - Hannah Rivers
Sister Bethea - Kelli Flick
Sister Margaretta - Angela Hodges
Mother Abbess - Steffanie Vaugan
Sister Sophia - Marilyn Bledsoe
Captain Von Trapp - Cameron Williams
Franz - Jere Dailey
Frau Schmidt - Meredith Whitworth
Liesl - Kate Kellum
Friedrich -  Patrick Burke
Louisa - Caroline Hale
Kurt - Elijah Short
Brigitta - Maggie Booz
Marta - Riley Cullen
Gretl - Amanda Burke
Rolf - Matt Smitherman
Elsa Schrader - Mary Lea Williams
Ursula - Heather Osterer
Max Detweiler - Roberts Bass
Herr Zeller - Mark Walek
Baron Elberfeld - Mickey Hyland
Admiral Von Schreiber
Nuns - Gina Belmont, Holly Bostick, Kelli Letner, and Heather Osterer
Postulants - Michaela Cockerham, Rachel Hale, and Symone Thompson
Guards - Matt kellum, Julian Thompson, Guideo Villaba Portel, and Kenny Gaylord
Neighbors - Jolanta & Scott Kellum, Kay Smitherman, and Jennifer Robinson Short