Boston Citizens Opera House, The Sound of Music, January 2026

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DIRECTOR JACK O’BRIEN ON BRINGING THE SOUND OF MUSIC BACK TO ITS ROOTS (Story By CQ Quintana). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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On staircase, Cayleigh Capaldi (Maria Rainer) with the von Trapp children (left to right): Haddie Mac (Brigitta), Luciana VanDette (Gretl), Benjamin Stasiek (Kurt), Ruby Caramore (Marta), Ava Davis (Louisa), Eli Vander Griend (Friedrich), Ariana Ferch (Liesl) in The Sound of Music. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.

Welcome to the Citizens Opera House and the Boston return of The Sound of Music! For 65 years, this musical has been one of our “favorite things.” With such a timeless story, unforgettable score, and powerful message of hope and courage, few musicals have left such a lasting mark. It’s an absolute joy to share this beloved production with our community here in Boston. Coming up next, we’ll turn up the tempo with Some Like it Hot—a dazzling musical comedy inspired by the iconic film. Plus, stay tuned because our 2026-27 season announcement is just around the corner! It will be filled with more can’t miss productions and we can’t wait to present it to you. Feel free to stop by our information table in the lobby; we’d love to say hello. And as always, you can see the full lineup of upcoming shows on our website (BroadwayInBoston.com). To our title sponsor Lexus, thank you for your support bringing the best of Broadway here to Boston, as well as Point32Health, The Godfrey Hotel, Citizens, and Boston Chops. And thank you to our loyal subscribers and local Broadway fans—we are so glad to continue welcoming you back season after season. Enjoy the show,

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6 | encore DIRECTOR JACK O’BRIEN ON BRINGING THE SOUND OF MUSIC BACK TO ITS ROOTS STORY BY

CQ Quintana Most are familiar with the beloved musical classic, The Sound of Music, which tells the story of Maria, a bold young woman who leaves the convent to serve as governess to a large family on the eve of Anschluss, the Nazi occupation of Austria. Ultimately, Maria falls in love with the children and their widowed father, Captain von Trapp, and together the family forges a plan to flee Austria. Some of the show’s best-known songs include “Edelweiss,” “Do-Re-Mi” and “My Favorite Things,” to name a few. Yet when invited to take the helm as director of the 2015 national tour company of The Sound of Music—now back on stage in an invigorated 2025 production— legendary, Tony-winning director Jack O’Brien nearly said no. O’Brien recalls, “When I opened the script and read, ‘Austria 1936,’ I thought to myself, I’ve never seen anything to do with The Sound of Music that looked like the 1930s.” Every version he’d seen of the 1959 musical had been steeped in the ’60s, including the film. “I realized that no one had ever done the piece the way it was written. The great privilege of staging [the current production is] people go in expecting to see the movie, and what they see is what the writers originally intended.” As O’Brien describes his work on the show, “I got to awaken sleeping beauty, and now, people are flipping over it!” The Sound of Music, with its unforgettable score, is the only Rodgers & Hammerstein musical that Oscar Hammerstein II didn’t write the book for—instead it was cowritten by renowned Broadway librettists Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. “I’ve been auditioning people to do this show for the last 10 years, and I’m telling you, I never tire of hearing that script,” says O’Brien. In a career spanning 60 impressive years including an array of Broadway and regional triumphs, O’Brien attests “working on this production has been one of the greatest pleasures of my entire life.” He describes “revelation after revelation [during the 2015 production process], and we opened, and it did extremely well, but all of us wanted to come back and finish the work, and that’s what we’ve done.” As a University of Michigan student in 1960, O’Brien sat in the audience of the original production of The Sound of Music at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre—little did he know the impact the musical would later have on his life. He recalls “Mary Martin in a little tree, trucked downstage. There was no amplification, and you heard this astonishing voice.” O’Brien felt Martin was, of course, a great star, but at 44 years old, she wasn’t quite suited for the role. Having an age-appropriate Maria “helps audiences understand that there’s real life involved here.” People often forget that The Sound of Music is inspired by the true story of orphan-turned matriarch Maria von Trapp and her memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. (On opening night of the current iteration of the show in Washington, D.C., Cayleigh Capaldi, who now plays the role of Maria, gifted O’Brien a copy of the original book.) Beyond consideration of the leading lady’s age, when O’Brien and his team started auditioning for the part of Maria, he said, “Don’t bring me any little Mary Martins. I want a girl jock. I want a hockey player. I want the greatest babysitter in the world.” As O’Brien observes, you learn this in the song “How Do Solve a Problem Like Maria,” because “clearly she’s not cut out to be a nun.” O’Brien is delighted with the response both from theatergoers and insiders. “It’s so much fun to see audiences discovering something they think they understand from a completely different vantage point,” says O’Brien, who has developed a friendship with librettist Crouse’s children, Lindsay and Timothy. The director recalls the librettist’s son telling him: “This is what they’ve waited all their lives for. Even though everybody loves the movie, if they really want to see the mother lode, they’ve got to see the show!”

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Kyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Photo by Matthew Murphy. © Disney

JUST A LITTLE CHANGE Writer Linda Woolverton and director-choreographer Matt West describe the evolution of Beauty and the Beast from the screen to the stage — plus what’s new for this tour. STORY BY

Ruthie Fierberg When Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast landed on silver screens in 1991, it changed the cinematic paradigm. “[Executive producer and lyricist] Howard [Ashman] really conceived of it as a Broadway musical in animation,” said the movie’s screenwriter Linda Woolverton. “It was the first time it had ever been done. Little Mermaid did a little, but Beauty just blew out the form.” “We really made that statement that we were basically doing Broadway musicals,” Woolverton added. And in 1994, Disney mounted Beauty and the Beast in its inspirational form — opening as a full-fledged Broadway musical on the stage of the Palace Theatre. Woolverton penned the book for the stage adaptation, which was directed by Robert Jess Roth and choreographed by Matt West with a score of now iconic songs by Ashman, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice. The Broadway musical’s opening marked another paradigm shift — this time a theatrical one. Beauty and the Beast was the first Broadway outing for Disney, the production that would usher in the establishment of Disney Theatrical Productions and the dozens of stage shows it has since created. Since Beauty first bowed in 1994, the musical has played in the West End, on tours throughout the U.S. and the U.K. and in productions around the globe. Now, just over 30 years since its premiere, Beauty and the Beast has been revitalized for a new tour. But don’t worry. It is still very much the Beauty and the Beast that won the hearts of millions of people. That said, transformation is in the show’s DNA. “One of the things that’s so lovely about Beauty and the Beast is that it’s a living, always growing piece of theatre,” said West, who took over direction of the show in 2021 and is the directorchoreographer of its latest tour. “We’re a team that loves [the show] so much that we continue to look at it, we continue to bring it into the contemporary world because it lends itself to that.”

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Something there that wasn’t there before After all, when Beauty first leapt from animation to the stage, it underwent changes. “In animation, you can do anything. You say ‘cut to,’ but [on Broadway,] we had to move people across the stage,” Woolverton recalled. “We had to figure out the horse, Philippe,” West remembered. “That horse, in the animated film, came back to tell Belle that something was wrong. We had to figure out things like that. It took a long time.” The musical’s creative team also integrated new ideas about the castle’s servants — Lumière, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and more — who had become enchanted objects. “We had this new conceit that they were gradually changing, which isn’t in the movie,” Woolverton explained. “In the show, they are gradually becoming more and more [inanimate]. So everybody’s got more stakes in Belle and the Beast coming together.” “Linda expanded the script from the animated film in so many ways,” West added. The musical’s score also expanded — salvaging songs that had been cut from the animated version, like “Human Again,” and adding new ones, like Belle’s solo “Home.” But the core of the beloved characters has always remained the same, particularly Belle. “Howard Ashman and I had decided we wanted to do a different kind of Disney heroine — not a princess, a heroine — who was a thinker, who wasn’t about what she looked like,” Woolverton recalled. “She was proactive. [She] had a vision and read a lot. I don’t think we ever really said it in words, but really we were trying to create a new iconic Disney heroine. I think we succeeded.” No change in heart Over the decades, Belle has only become a stronger, more insightful and more relatable character. In 1998, the Broadway musical’s team added the song “A Change in Me” — the heroine’s second-act power ballad. For this 2025 iteration, Belle wears reading glasses. “Those connective tissues to the audience are important, too,” West said. “Watching the first audiences come through, many of the young ones were in their Belle dresses. But so many of the young people were wearing glasses. I called Linda and said, ‘What if Belle wears glasses when she reads, to connect to these kids?’” The show itself has also evolved — from the script to the choreography to the design — in order to continue to feel contemporary. Woolverton wrote an entirely new scene for this production and has updated some of the language. “Terminology changed,” Woolverton said. “We don’t call the Beast ‘master’ anymore. We say ‘lordship.’ Just simple things like that that make it feel less stuck in the past.” “Disney is so great about coming to us and saying, ‘What would you like to do?’” West said. That willingness to innovate has led to entirely new choreography for this Beauty. “I’ve always wanted to see ‘Be Our Guest’ as a tap number,” West shared. “And so now, it’s got every flavor of dance in it. It’s got the tango, it’s got Big Band and it ends with a big swing tap number.” “We’ve been able to do that with all the numbers,” West revealed. “‘Human Again,’ the ‘Gaston’ pub number — the [mug] clinking is still in there, but in a whole other way. Even in the opening number of ‘Belle’ we’ve added things.” From a production and design standpoint, Beauty has also leveled up. Ann Hould-Ward has slightly revamped her Tony Award-winning costume design, integrating more luscious fabrics and textures and refining the silhouettes of characters. Natasha Katz has reinvigorated her Tony-nominated lighting design, leveraging today’s technology to sculpt with color and warmth for a more vibrant visual. Stanley Meyer combines analog and digital aspects to elevate the enchanted nature of his scenic design. The costumes, sets, lights, props and sound equipment travel in nine trucks to deliver this fresh spectacle in every city. “The show has grown up,” said West. “When you go to see Beauty and the Beast, you still have that warm, fuzzy feeling, because we are true to the characters. They may look a little different in textures and clothing, but we’re using all the opportunities to heighten the show and bring it to life in new ways.” Still, sometimes heightening the experience means trusting in what has always been there: a dazzling score, an iconic story, not to mention the original stagecraft of the Beast’s climactic transformation — all of which remains true to the original. As West said, “Some magic is so amazing, you don’t mess with it.” Beauty and the Beast is scheduled to come to Citizens Opera House starting April 14, 2026. For more in-depth interviews, up-to-date news and show reviews on Broadway, visit BroadwayNews.com.

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Lyrics by

Music by

RICHARD RODGERS

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp with

CAYLEIGH CAPALDI

KEVIN EARLEY

KATE LOPREST

ARIANA FERCH

NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ

ELI VANDER GRIEND AVA DAVIS LUCIANA VANDETTE HARPER BURNS JOHN ADKISON

IAN COURSEY

BENJAMIN STASIEK HADDIE MAC OLIVER CIRELLI MOLLY GLOWACKI COREY GREENAN

RUBY CARAMORE TESSA MAE PUNDSACK

DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN

BLAIRE EILENE BAKER SYDNEY K. BORCHERS DYLAN BRADFORD STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS ALLI ECHELMEYER ZACH HERMAN CHARLOTTE JENKINS JADE LITAKER MEREDITH LUSTIG JENNIFER MALENKE MARK BRADLEY MILLER TESS PRIMACK RUTHIE SANGSTER and

CHRISTIANE NOLL as Mother Abbess

Scenic Design DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT

Costume Design JANE GREENWOOD

Associate Director MATT LENZ

Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ

Associate Choreographer MARK MYARS

General Management GENTRY & ASSOCIATES STEVEN VARON-MOORE

Hair Design TOM WATSON

Music Director JONATHAN MARRO

Orchestrations ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT Tour Booking THE ROAD COMPANY

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Music Coordinator JOHN MILLER

Dance & Vocal Arrangements TRUDE RITTMANN

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE RACHEL HOFFMAN, CSA RASHAD NAYLOR, CSA Company Manager JAMEY JENNINGS

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Music Supervision and Additional Orchestrator

ANDY EINHORN Choreography by

DANNY MEFFORD Directed by

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(in order of appearance)

Mother Abbess...............................................................................................................................CHRISTIANE NOLL Maria Rainer, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey..............................................................CAYLEIGH CAPALDI Sister Berthe, Mistress of Novices.................................................................................................. JADE LITAKER Sister Margaretta, Mistress of Postulants................................................................................... TESS PRIMACK Sister Sophia...................................................................................................................................MEREDITH LUSTIG Captain Georg von Trapp.................................................................................................................KEVIN EARLEY Franz, the butler................................................................................................................................. JOHN ADKISON Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper.........................................................................................JENNIFER MALENKE Liesl ARIANA FERCH Friedrich ELI VANDER GRIEND Louisa AVA DAVIS Kurt BENJAMIN STASIEK Children of Captain Georg von Trapp......... Brigitta HADDIE MAC Marta RUBY CARAMORE Gretl LUCIANA VANDETTE Rolf Gruber................................................................................................................................................ IAN COURSEY Elsa Schraeder........................................................................................................................................KATE LOPREST Ursula....................................................................................................................................... SYDNEY K. BORCHERS Max Detweiler......................................................................................................................NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ Herr Zeller......................................................................................................................DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN Baron Elberfeld.................................................................................................................MARK BRADLEY MILLER Baroness Elberfeld................................................................................................................................ JADE LITAKER A New Postulant.................................................................................................................. SYDNEY K. BORCHERS Admiral von Schreiber................................................................................................................. COREY GREENAN Neighbors of Captain Georg von Trapp, Nuns, Novices, Postulants and Contestants at the Festival Concert........................................................... JOHN ADKISON, BLAIRE EILENE BAKER, SYDNEY K. BORCHERS, DYLAN BRADFORD, ALLI ECHELMEYER, COREY GREENAN, ZACH HERMAN, CHARLOTTE JENKINS, JADE LITAKER, MEREDITH LUSTIG, JENNIFER MALENKE,MARK BRADLEY MILLER, TESS PRIMACK, DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN

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For Maria Rainer—SYDNEY K. BORCHERS, CHARLOTTE JENKINS; for Mother Abbess— BLAIRE EILENE BAKER, MEREDITH LUSTIG; for Captain Georg von Trapp— COREY GREENAN, DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN; for Liesl—SYDNEY K. BORCHERS, ALLI ECHELMEYER; for Friedrich—OLIVER CIRELLI; for Louisa—ALLI ECHELMEYER, MOLLY GLOWACKI, TESSA MAE PUNDSACK; for Kurt—OLIVER CIRELLI; for Brigitta— MOLLY GLOWACKI, TESSA MAE PUNDSACK; for Marta—HARPER BURNS, MOLLY GLOWACKI; for Gretl—HARPER BURNS, RUBY CARAMORE; for Rolf Gruber—DYLAN BRADFORD, ZACH HERMAN; for Max Detweiler—JOHN ADKISON, MARK BRADLEY MILLER; for Elsa Schraeder—JENNIFER MALENKE, TESS PRIMACK; for Franz—STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS, MARK BRADLEY MILLER; for Frau Schmidt—BLAIRE EILENE BAKER, RUTHIE SANGSTER; for Admiral von Schreiber—STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS, MARK BRADLEY MILLER; for Herr Zeller—STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS, ZACH HERMAN; for Sister Margaretta— CHARLOTTE JENKINS; for Sister Berthe—BLAIRE EILENE BAKER. DANCE CAPTAIN: ALLI ECHELMEYER ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor—JONATHAN MARRO; Associate Conductor/Keyboards—ANNE VAN STEENWINKEL; Keyboards—GRIFFIN STROUT; Trumpet—KYLE KNEPPER; Violin/Concertmaster—SARAH FAZENDIN; LOCAL ORCHESTRA Flute/Piccolo/Bb Clarinet—BILL VINT; Oboe/English Horn—KYOKO HIDA BATTIGLIA; Bassoon— GREG NEWTON; French Horn 1—ALYSSA DALY; Trumpet 2—JAY DALY; Trombone— WALT BOSTIAN; Cello—MICHAEL CURRY; Upright Bass—TONY D’AMICO; Percussion (timp, drum set, mallets)—MICHAEL AMBROZEWSKI; Key 2 sub—HENRY ROSEMAN; Contractor (Violin 2)—JODI HAGEN. Electronic Music Design—HIRO IIDA AND ETHAN DEPPE FOR STRANGE CRANIUM Music Supervisor—ANDY EINHORN To view the cast list for this performance, scan the QR code to the right.

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Kevin Earley

Cayleigh Capaldi

Christiane Noll

Nicholas Rodriguez

Kate Loprest

Ariana Ferch

Ian Coursey

Eli Vander Griend

Ava Davis

Benjamin Stasiek

Haddie Mac

Ruby Caramore

Luciana Vandette

Harper Burns

Oliver Cirelli

Molly Glowacki

Tessa Mae Pundsack

John Adkison

Corey Greenan

Daniel Robert Sullivan

Blaire Eilene Baker

Sydney K. Borchers

Dylan Bradford

Steven Grant Douglas

Alli Echelmeyer

Zach Herman

Charlotte Jenkins

Jade Litaker

Meredith Lustig

Jennifer Malenke

Mark Bradley Miller

Tess Primack

Ruthie Sangster

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MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I Scene 1: The Nonnberg Abbey “Preludium”.................................................................... The Nuns of the Nonnberg Abbey Scene 2: A Mountainside Near the Abbey “The Sound of Music”...........................................................................................................Maria Scene 3: The Office of the Mother Abbess, the next morning “Maria”..................................... Sisters Berthe, Sophia, Margaretta and Mother Abbess “My Favorite Things”.................................................................. Maria and Mother Abbess Scene 4: A Corridor in the Abbey “Reprise: My Favorite Things”...........................................................................................Maria Scene 5: The Living Room of the Trapp Villa, that afternoon “Do-Re-Mi”.............................................................................................Maria and the Children Scene 6: Outside the Villa, that evening “Sixteen Going On Seventeen”........................................................................ Rolf and Liesl Scene 7: Maria’s Bedroom, later that evening “The Lonely Goatherd”.....................................................................Maria and the Children Scene 8: The Terrace of the Villa, six weeks later “How Can Love Survive?”.............................. Max, Elsa and Captain Georg von Trapp “Reprise: The Sound of Music”............. The Children and Captain Georg von Trapp Scene 9: The Living Room, one week later “So Long, Farewell”................................................................................................ The Children Scene 10: A Corridor in the Abbey “Morning Hymn”.............................................................................................................The Nuns Scene 11: The Office of the Mother Abbess, three days later “Climb Ev’ry Mountain”........................................................Mother Abbess and the Nuns 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 Captain Georg von Trapp “Something Good”................................................... Maria and Captain Georg von Trapp Scene 2: The Office of the Mother Abbess, two weeks later “Gadeamus Domino”.................................................................................................... The Nuns Scene 3: The Cathedral at Nonnberg Abbey, immediately following “Reprise: Maria”.............................................................................................................. The Nuns “Confitemini Domino”.................................................................................................. The Nuns “Reprise: Something Good”.................................. Maria and Captain Georg von Trapp Scene 4: The Living Room, one month later “Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen”.................................................... Maria and Liesl Scene 5: The Concert Hall Stage, Kaltzberg, three days later “Reprise: Do-Re-Mi”...................... Maria, Captain Georg von Trapp and the Children “Edelweiss”....................................... Captain Georg von Trapp, Maria and the Children “Reprise: So Long, Farewell”..... Maria, the Children and Captain Georg von Trapp Scene 6: The Garden of the Abbey, that night “Finale Ultimo”....................................................................................................... The Company THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION

18 | encore WHO’S WHO in the CAST CAYLEIGH CAPALDI (Maria Rainer) is honored to be making her Broadway national tour debut bringing this iconic and vital story to life. Off-Broadway and West End: Titanique (Rose, Céline Dion). West End: Figaro (Sienna). Regional: Frozen (Elsa, U.S. regional premiere), Putting it Together (The Younger Woman), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Into the Woods (Cinderella), and Little Women (Jo March). TV/Film: “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Mrs. Fletcher.” As an influencer and creator, she has garnered over 300K followers and 100M views across socials. Recent honors graduate of Columbia University and Berklee College of Music, Londoner-turned-New Yorker, and fluent Mandarin speaker. Gratitude to M+D+N+G, Kimberly, her Stewart team, Dave, Telsey and Beanie for being one of my favorite things. @cayleigh.capaldi, CayleighCapaldi.com KEVIN EARLEY (Captain Georg von Trapp). Broadway: Old Friends, Les Misérables, Thoroughly Modern Millie and A Tale of Two Cities. Off-Broadway: Death in Death Takes a Holiday (Drama Desk Nom). Recent Regional: Pierre in Natasha Pierre and…, Dysart in Equus, Andrews in Titanic, Hart in 9 to 5, and Archibald in The Secret Garden. Awards: Joseph Jefferson Award, Drama Critics Circle Award and four Ovation Award noms. Albums: Death Takes a Holiday, A Tale of Two Cities, Secondhand Lions, Ripper, Rarities and “Earley Standards.” kevinearley.com CHRISTIANE NOLL (Mother Abbess). Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen, Ragtime (Tony/Drama Desk nomination), Elf, Chaplin (Drama Desk nomination), Urinetown, Mambo Kings, Ain’t Nothin But the Blues, Jekyll and Hyde, Grease, Miss Saigon, City of Angels. Television/Film: “The Equalizer,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Ruth,” “Evil,” “Madame Secretary,” “L&O: SVU,” “The Good Fight,” “L&O: Organized Crime,” “The Bite,” The Sound of Music Live!, The King and I (Singing Anna). Other: Partnership, God of Carnage, Fun Home, Next to Normal, Follies, Encores! 1776, Closer Than Ever (Off-Broadway Alliance Award). Symphony Soloist - 100 0rchestras worldwide. @christiane.noll NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ (Max Detweiler). Grammy nominee. Broadway: Company, Tarzan. Tour: The Sound of Music (Captain Georg von Trapp), The Eyes of the World (PBS). Off-Broadway: Toxic Avenger, Almost Heaven. Symphonic Soloist, including Carnegie Hall, Boston Pops, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, White House. Film: Sex

and the City 2 (soundtrack). TV: “One Life to Live” (GLAAD Award), “Madam Secretary,” Tommy. Regional: Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Awards), George St., MUNY, Bucks County, ZACH, Barrington Stage. Artistic Director: Broadway Dreams. Album: The First Time... thenickrod.com, @thenickrod KATE LOPREST (Elsa Schraeder). Broadway: First Date (Allison), Hairspray (Amber), Xanadu, Wonderland, Drowsy Chaperone. Tour: Wicked (Glinda, u/s Nessa), Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson, first natl.) Regional: The Guthrie, Asolo Rep, Barrington Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Washington National and Dallas Opera Theatre and more. Select TV: ADA Heidi Russell on “Law & Order: SVU,” “FBI,” “Boardwalk Empire” (Corrine). For Juliette and James: Auntie’s “favorite things”. KateLoprest.com. ARIANA FERCH (Liesl). National Tour debut! Regional: Little Women (Beth), Mamma Mia! (Ali), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins). Recent graduate of Oklahoma City University with a BM in Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance. Immense gratitude to ATB Talent, Jack O’Brien, Chuck Koslowske, her glorious family, and her two sisters who taught her the joy of music. She dedicates this to her beloved papa Fred in heaven. @ari_ferch Jeremiah 31:3 IAN COURSEY (Rolf Gruber) is a Maryland native and a proud graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre program. He was recently seen on the first national tour of Dear Evan Hansen. He would like to think his family, his team at HCKR, John, Rolando, and Danmian. iancoursey.com ELI VANDER GRIEND (Friedrich). The hills are alive—and so is Eli’s excitement for his national tour debut in the beloved classic, The Sound of Music! Regional: Falsettos (Court/Timeline) “Jason,” Fun Home (Porchlight) “Christian,” Matilda (Fireside) “Bruce,” Billy Elliot, School of Rock (Paramount), A Christmas Carol (Metropolis). Eli is a member of Chicago’s ETC Tap Company. Special thanks to coaches Audrey Belle Adams, Michelle Aravena, Tina Reynolds and Christina Ramirez, incredible sisters Lucy and Lila, and the dedicated Talent X Alexander team! @elivandergriend AVA DAVIS (Louisa). Excited to make her professional debut! A current vocal major at Charleston County School of the Arts.

encore At SOA, she has had the honor to play Louisa (The Sound of Music) and is excited to get to do it all again! Previously seen in local productions of Annie (Molly), The Lion King Jr. (Young Nala), Matilda Jr. (Alice), and more. “This is an absolute dream come true, thank you to everyone who has helped me get here!” @avadavadavis BENJAMIN STASIEK (Kurt) hails from SC, and is thrilled to be making his national Broadway tour debut! Matilda (Bruce, SC Children’s Theatre). A two-time National Association of Teachers of Singers MidAtlantic winner and three-time NATS SC category champion, Benjamin is passionate about musical theatre, storytelling, and making people laugh. He loves reading, building LEGOs, and games. He sends love and thanks to his family, BHA Voice Studio, and everyone cheering him on! @benjaminstasiek HADDIE MAC (Brigitta) is over the moon to be on stage as Brigitta! She recently toured Asia as Marta (u/s Gretl) in the 23/24 The Sound of Music international tour. Offstage, she’s chasing sparkles, bouldering mountains, befriending animals, and developing her wanderlust. Known to friends as Haddie Mac n’ Cheese, she’s thankful for the teachers and mentors who guide her, her professional team—and for her family, who makes all her dreams come true. Follow along: @haddiemac RUBY CARAMORE (Marta, u/s Gretl) is thrilled to make her Broadway tour debut with this awesome cast! Favorite roles include Molly in Annie and Tiny Tim at BGW. Endless gratitude to her sisters Charlie and Stella. Special thanks to Kim Pedell, Hugh Copeland, Amelia DeMayo, Jacklyn Collier, and Kurt Domoney. @ruby_caramore LUCIANA VANDETTE (Gretl) - Age 8, from Buffalo, NY. Lucy is thrilled to be a part of the von Trapp family and join this incredible cast! Credits: national tour - Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (Cindy Lou Who). TV/Film - Terrifier 3, “Night Agent,” Netflix’s “Horton Hears a Who,” Echo Valley, Fallout, Fresh Kills. Huge Thanks to the creative team, NETworks Presentations, The Telsey Office, CESD David Doan, Alyson Isbrandtsen, Darby Vincent, Donald Rey, Christie Delaney, Joanne. @lucy_vandette HARPER BURNS (u/s Marta, u/s Gretl). National tour debut! Credits: Frozen (Ogunquit Playhouse, u/s Young Anna), Annie (Rochester Opera House, Molly), Into the Woods (Hackmatack Playhouse), Peter Pan, Jr (The Word Barn, Captain Hook),

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and Alice in Wonderland (Upside Arts, Dormouse). Harper studies gymnastics, dance, aerial silks and ukulele. She LOVES pigs and frogs and also loves going to overnight camp every summer with Upside! Huge thanks to everyone involved for this amazing opportunity! All her love to her sister Violet, mom, dad and her dog Bella! OLIVER CIRELLI (u/s Kurt, u/s Friedrich) is honored to join the national tour of The Sound of Music! Favorite regional credits include Bye Bye Birdie (Randolph MacAfee), A Bronx Tale (Young C), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Augustus Gloop, u/s Charlie Bucket). He is endlessly grateful for the support of his incredible family and friends, and to his amazing agent David Doan at CESD. Love to the entire SOM team! @ollie_cirelli MOLLY GLOWACKI (u/s Louisa, u/s Brigitta, u/s Marta) is thrilled to be part of The Sound of Music family! Her favorite past roles include - National Tour: How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical (Annie Who), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Fun Home (Small Alison), and Shrek The Musical (Young Fiona). You can also see her in film/tv, and voiceovers. Huge thanks to her family, coaches, David, Randi, The SOM creative team, and Telsey for supporting her dreams! IG: @mollyglowsings TESSA MAE PUNDSACK (u/s Louisa, u/s Brigitta) is beyond excited to be making her national tour debut! Recent credits: Susan Waverly in White Christmas (Paramount), Small Alison in Fun Home (Porchlight), Annie in Annie (BNT), Baby June in Gypsy (Devonshire). Tessa adores dance, traveling, musical theatre, and her yorkie Pico. Endless gratitude to her coaches, friends, and family. Special thanks to Christina Ramirez and Sarah Schroeder for always believing in her! Rep: Stewart Talent; Free Flight Talent. @tessamaeonstage JOHN ADKISON (Franz, u/s Max Detweiler). Tours: My Fair Lady directed by Bartlett Sher (Colonel Pickering), The Addams Family, Elf, The Music Man (Harold Hill). Regional: Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Ocean State Theatre Co. People’s Light and Theatre Company. Stock: Little Theatre on the Square, Theatre by the Sea and Barn Theatre. More at johnadkison.com. COREY GREENAN (Admiral von Schreiber, u/s Captain Georg von Trapp). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sky), Scandalous (Ensemble). National Tours: Jersey Boys (Tommy DeVito), Mamma Mia! (Sky), If/Then (Ensemble). International Tours: The Sound of Music (Captain Georg von Trapp), Evita (Che). Regional: Mamma Mia! (Sam Carmichael),

20 | encore Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), Anything Goes (Billy Crocker). DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN (Herr Zeller, u/s Captain Georg von Trapp). Tours: Dear Evan Hansen, Jersey Boys, Motown. Creator of country music project Danny Ellsworth & the Cattle Drivers, awardwinning play Prospect High: Brooklyn, hip-hop musical Star-Crossed: A GenreDefying R&J Remix, and true-adventure book Braving the Bronx River. Series Regular: “Salty Pirate” (Prime Video). MFA Acting and Directing, UMKC. @DanielRobertSullivan BLAIRE EILENE BAKER (Ensemble, u/s Mother Abbess, u/s Frau Schmidt, u/s Sister Berthe). National Tours: Beauty and the Beast, Bullets Over Broadway. Regional: Tuacahn, Theatre Under The Stars, Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse. BFA, University of Arizona. Thank YOU for supporting live theatre—telling these stories is more important now than ever. Find more about BB at blairebaker.com and @thequeenbeebs. SYDNEY K. BORCHERS (Ensemble, u/s Maria, u/s Liesl). Broadway national tour

debut! Grateful for the unbelievable The Sound of Music team, Telsey casting, and all the incredible theatres and teachers that have poured into her. All glory to her Heavenly Father! Sending love to Mom, Dad and her BFF, Kylie. Psalm 34:1 @sydneykborchers, #rosterproud DYLAN BRADFORD (Ensemble, u/s Rolf Gruber). Honored to be making his national tour debut! Previous Credits: RENT (Collins), A Chorus Line (Male Swing), and 2023 Jimmy Awards. Much love to Mom and Dad, NOCO, Hudson Artists and Sophia. @dylan.b.t STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS (Swing). National Tours: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Bruce Sudano), Ghost The Musical (Sam Wheat). Regional: Waitress (Dr. Pomatter), Jersey Boys (Bob Gaudio), Once (Guy), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw). Love to all my friends and family! BFA University of Minnesota Duluth. @stevengdouglas ALLI ECHELMEYER (Ensemble, u/s Liesl, u/s Louisa, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be making her professional debut in The Sound of Music. From Jefferson City, MO, she has recently completed her first year at OCU (BM). Endless thanks to God, her amazing family, Emmie, and Cindy.

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encore ZACH HERMAN (Ensemble, u/s Rolf Gruber, u/s Herr Zeller). After escaping a childhood in the perilous Florida jungle, Zachary hurled himself into a study of making mythology into reality. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama. Selected Credits: Titanic (Pittsburgh CLO), West Side Story (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre), Sorority Shonen (Self-Produced), Wait Till Dawn (Cincinnati Horror Fest). CHARLOTTE JENKINS (Ensemble, u/s Maria, u/s Sister Margaretta) is beyond thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Favorite credits: Into The Woods (Cinderella), 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky). BFA Shenandoah Conservatory. Much love to my incredible family, friends, and agents! @charlotteajenks JADE LITAKER (Baroness Elberfeld, Sister Berthe) (she/they). Excited for her second national tour! Favorites: Pretty Woman (national tour, Violetta/The opera singer), RENT (ACT of CT, “Seasons of Love” soloist). Love to management team Stalwart Talent, her amazing nine year old DaVeed, and her wonderful partner, David. Special thanks to Rashad Naylor and Rachel Hoffman at Telsey!

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MEREDITH LUSTIG (Ensemble, Sister Sophia, u/s Mother Abbess) has enjoyed a diverse international career in opera, theatre, and television. Proud Juilliard alumna and Circle in the Square Theatre vocal faculty. Gratitude to KOJO and Telsey. All my love to M&C. @meredithlustig JENNIFER MALENKE (Ensemble, Frau Schmidt, u/s Elsa Schraeder). Broadway/ Tour: Into the Woods, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Elsewhere: The Last Five Years, I Love You, You’re Perfect…, Pirates of Penzance. Member, Broadway Inspirational Voices: Carnegie Hall, Met Gala, White House, Tonys. Film/TV: The Power of Music with Josh Groban. Owner, Broadway Babysitters. Thanks Arbender, Rachel. Love to all, especially Otis. :) MARK BRADLEY MILLER (Ensemble, Baron Elberfeld, u/s Max Detweiler, u/s Franz, u/s Admiral von Schreiber). Bridges of Madison County (Robert), Next To Normal (Dan), Beetlejuice (Charles), Newsies! (Pulitzer), Mamma Mia! (Sam), My Fair Lady (Higgins), Carousel (Billy), Nice Work, Kinky Boots, Phantom (Phantom). Tours: The Sound of Music, South Pacific,

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musical theatre. Prior to his work with Hammerstein, Rodgers 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, culminating 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 Hammerstein’s innovations in operetta. Oklahoma! 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. HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE (Book). Lindsay and Crouse had one of the longest and most storied playwriting collaborations in theatrical history, lasting 32 years. Howard Lindsay was born in 1889 and died in 1968. He became an actor at 19 and went on to become a successful

encore 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 Lindsay. 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 Lindsay); the Pulitzer Prize-winning State of the Union; and The Great Sebastians, written for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the pre-eminent acting team of the day. Their producing credits included The Hasty Heart, Detective Story, and Arsenic and Old Lace. JACK O’BRIEN (Director) recently received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, and directed The Roommate on Broadway with Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone followed by a production of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts (Lincoln Center Theatre) and the musical Shucked (The Regents Park, London). He directed his first Broadway production in 1969 and has collected three Tonys since then (Henry IV, Hairspray and The Coast of Utopia). He’s done operas (Il Trittico, Great Soctt, Porgy and Bess, etc.) musicals (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Carousel, etc.), television (“American Playhouse,” “Great Performances,” etc.), ran the Old Globe Theatre for 25 years, written two books published by Farrar Straus & Giroux (Jack Be Nimble and Jack in the Box), and two night club performances at 54 Below. If he’s slowing down, he hasn’t noticed it yet. And check out Notes With Jack wherever you listen to podcasts. @noteswithjack_ MATT LENZ (Associate Director). Credits include - Broadway: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Velocity of Autumn (associate director), Beauty and the Beast (resident director). Off-Broadway: Pageant (Drama Desk nomination), The Irish Curse, Idaho!, The Great Daisy Theory, Fingers and Toes, Tense Guy. Tours: The Music Man (upcoming), Hairspray, Charlie, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Story, Cheers, Catch Me, The Who’s Tommy. Regional: Paper Mill, Ahmanson, MUNY, Ogunquit, George Street, Cape, NCT, Maltz Jupiter, La Mirada, Zach, and more. Matt is a member of the SDC, a Broadway Dreams teaching artist,

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and Founding Artistic Director of In The Works ~ In The Woods Festival. mattlenzdirector.com DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer) has choreographed three Tony Award winners for Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier, Best Musical) and Fun Home. Direction: a national tour of Shrek and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center and in NYC starting fall ’25. Upcoming direction: The Gorgeous Nothings and The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Choreography highlights: Love’s Labour’s Lost, February House, Miss You Like Hell, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Good Person of Szechwan. TV: theatrical sequences for “Rise” (NBC), “Dickinson” (AppleTV+), and “Fleishman is in Trouble” (FX). Currently choreographing Richard Linklater’s film version of Merrily We Roll Along, a twenty year project. MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep. MARK MYARS (Associate Choreographer). Resident Director/Choreographer: Death Becomes Her (Broadway). Broadway Associate Choreographer: Dear Evan Hansen (Tour, London), The Cher Show, My Fair Lady (Tour, London), SpongeBob SquarePants, War Paint, If/Then (Tour). International Dance Supervisor: Wicked. markmyars.com ANDY EINHORN (Music Supervisor and Additional Orchestrator). Gypsy (Audra McDonald, OBCR), Hello, Dolly! (Bette Midler, OBCR Grammy nom), Carousel (Renée Fleming, OBCR Grammy nom), Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim. Music director and conductor for Audra McDonald since 2011 including two albums. Touring Music Supervisor: Peter Pan, The Sound of Music. Regional: George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House. TV: HBO’s “Six by Sondheim,” PBS “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” Academy Awards 2019, “Eat Sh*t Bob” for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight starring John Oliver”. Conducting engagements: The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony and Kansas City Symphony. Faculty: Juilliard, Aspen Music Festival, Brevard Music Festival. Rice University, summa cum laude. For Samantha W. DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT (Scenic Designer) with over 200 productions spanning five decades, his work has earned critical acclaim and numerous awards. He received New York Drama Desk Awards for Over Here! and Veronica’s Room, the original production of Grease, Smile, They’re Playing Our Song, and the legendary Frankenstein which

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closed on opening night. His 1983 design of Porgy and Bess at Radio City Music Hall (dir. Jack O’Brien) toured the U.S. and Europe. Broadway credits include the 2001 revival of 42nd Street, Into the Woods (2002), and The Front Page—all earning Tony nominations. The Sound of Music and The Front Page mark his 18th and 19th collaborations with director Jack O’Brien. 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: Bright Star, 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 Sharaff 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 KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts and permanent lighting installations around the world. She is an eight-time Tony Award winner whose recent

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encore Fair Lady, King Kong, All My Songs, The Great Society, Plaza Suite, Parade, and Floyd Collins. JOHN MILLER (Musical Coordinator) Over 140 Broadway shows, including: The Great Gatsby; The Who’s Tommy; A Beautiful Noise; Shucked; MJ: The Musical; Mrs. Doubtfire; Ain’t Too Proud; Tina; Waitress; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Jersey Boys. Studio musician (bass) for Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, BB King, Portishead, Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson. johnmillerbass.com JONATHAN MARRO (Music Director/ Conductor) is thrilled to join NETworks and Concord with this incredible group of artists for The Sound of Music! He is a proud alum of the University of Southern Maine, where he received his music and theatre training. Other NETworks’ productions: Peter Pan, Fiddler on the Roof first national, Shrek The Musical (International), Elf the Musical, and Dirty Dancing. Many thanks to Andy for his brilliant and loving mentorship, as well as the entire music staff and Giacomo for all their endless support. ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (Orchestrations). 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 including 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-hour television documentary 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 contribution to American musical theatre. TRUDE RITTMANN (Dance and Vocal Arrangements) has more than 50 Broadway credits as a choral and dance arranger including The Sound of Music, The King and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Finian’s Rainbow, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Peter Pan. A composer in her own right, she has provided music for such shows as Omnibus and Seven Lively Arts.

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LEIGH ZIMMERMAN (Intimacy Director) is an Olivier Award-winning entertainment professional with 30+ years of experience in live theatre, film, and TV in the U.S. and U.K. Leigh specializes in consent-based, trauma-informed practices for staged intimacy and as an artistic mental health practitioner to support the wellbeing of all artists. leighzimmerman.com THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice.com for our credits. THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking). Founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition to The Sound of Music, current representation includes Wicked, The Outsiders, Back To The Future, Death Becomes Her, Redwood, The Great Gatsby, Kimberly Akimbo, Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Dirty Dancing, and more. GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Manager) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Boop! The Musical, Buena Vista Social Club, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mark Twain Tonight!, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Water for Elephants and The Wiz. KENT McINGVALE & COMPANY (Tour Press and Marketing) currently leads the marketing and press campaigns for the national tours of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, Mark Twain Tonight!, A Magical Cirque Christmas, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, and Dog Man: The Musical!. Recent projects include marketing and press campaigns for the national tours of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Hairspray, Jersey Boys (14 seasons on tour), Beautiful – the Carole King Musical (six seasons on tour), and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. kentmco.com JAMEY JENNINGS (Company Manager) is excited to be part of this classic musical! Select projects: Oklahoma! (2019 revival), Once on This Island, Les Misérables, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage, We Will Rock You, Mary Poppins, and Hairspray. Proud native of Paducah, KY and an honored alumnus of Murray State University. LUKE MEYER (Associate Company Manager) is excited to be donning his lederhosen

26 | encore and traveling to Austria with his sidekick, Tank (@tourdogtank)! He has toured extensively as both a musician and company manager. Credit highlights: Peter Pan (tour); Hairspray (tour); Friends! the Musical Parody (Off-Broadway/tour); Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors (tour); Dr. Mike (tour); Love, Actually? A Musical Parody (Off-Broadway); Kinky Boots (U.S. tour/China); Elf (tour); Anything Goes (tour); Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers (tour). BRIGHAM JOHNSON (Production Stage Manager). Tours: Annie (North America, China), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Christmas in Killarney. Norwegian Cruise Line. Regional credits: The Rev Theatre Co., Arizona Theatre Company, Skylight Music Theatre, Musical Theatre West, The Gateway, Florida Repertory, Triad Stage, and Connecticut Repertory. Brigham is a proud graduate of Western Carolina University. Special thanks to his family and friends. KALI ASHURST (Stage Manager). National Tours: A Beautiful Noise, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. NYC: UC-CCM Honors Alumnus Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Regional: San Francisco Opera, Weston Theater Company. MFA: Stage Management, UC-CCM. Thanks to her family and friends for all their love and support! @kali.ashurst kaliashurstsm.com MEGAN BELGAM (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining The Sound of Music Team! National Tours: Peter Pan, Hairspray, Waitress (Lulu), To Kill a Mockingbird. Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Ogunquit), Frozen Jr. (Ogunquit), Winter Wonderland (American Music Theatre). Proud graduate of Penn State University. Thanks for supporting the arts! SEAN PATRICK FLAHAVEN (Executive Producer) is a 3x Grammy Award and 3x Tony Award-winning theatre and music producer and chief theatricals executive of Concord. He was previously founding worldwide CEO of The Musical Company and SVP of Theatre & Catalog Development for Warner Chappell. He has been a producer on dozens of albums, 16 of which were nominated for Grammys, including winners Hamilton, Into the Woods, and Some Like It Hot. He has produced many shows and won Tony Awards as a co-producer of Hadestown, Company, and Stereophonic. He is a national trustee of the Recording Academy and on the Variety500 for six years. TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks Presentations for over 20 years. Broadway: 1776 (dirs. Diane Paulus and Jeffrey Page), Les Misérables.

National Tours: The Great Gatsby, The Sound of Music (dir. Jack O’Brien), 1776, Les Misérables, Peter Pan (dir. Lonny Price), A Beautiful Noise, Hairspray, Once on This Island, Waitress, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago, Finding Neverland, Dirty Dancing, Bullets Over Broadway, Elf the Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Royal National Theatre production of Oklahoma!, The Wedding Singer, The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein (dir. Susan Stroman) and RENT starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Love to Alan for everything. @trinityonbroadway CONCORD THEATRICALS (Producer) is the world’s most significant theatrical company: R&H, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French, ALW Collection, Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. Our roster includes the work of the finest classic and contemporary authors. We are the only firm providing truly comprehensive services to creators and producers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class producing. Recent Broadway: Hadestown (Tony), Company (Tony), Stereophonic (Tony), SIX, Into the Woods (Grammy), Some Like It Hot (Grammy), Gypsy, Operation Mincemeat. concordtheatricals.com NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer). Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Boop! The Musical, Buena Vista Social Club, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mark Twain Tonight!, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Water for Elephants and The Wiz. networkstours.com OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 STAFF FOR THE SOUND OF MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Sean Patrick Flahaven and Trinity Wheeler GENERAL MANAGEMENT GENTRY & ASSOCIATES Gregory Vander Ploeg Steven Varon-Moore Shira Wolf PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Jason Juenker Matthew Reardon Aimeé Mangual Pagán COMPANY MANAGER Jamey Jennings Associate Company Manager Luke Meyer TOUR BOOKING THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota Shawn Willett Gracie Lewis Rosa Taylor Shane Parksmith AnaBella Kalish Emma DiMaio Marissa Brotz trc.nyc

encore TOUR PRESS & MARKETING Kent McIngvale & Company Kent McIngvale www.kentmco.com CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE Rachel Hoffman, CSA Rashad Naylor, CSA Priya Ghosh Domonnique Aviles Production Stage Manager............................. Brigham Johnson Stage Manager..................................................... Kali Ashurst Assistant Stage Manager...................................Megan Belgam Assistant Director..........................................Anthony C. Daniel Intimacy Director.......................................... Leigh Zimmerman Associate Scenic Designer................................. Chen-Wei Liao Associate Costume Designer..................................... Dan Urlie Assistant Costume Designers............... Kristin Isola, Tess Sarno Costume Assistant.............................................Hope Johnson Costume Coordinator.......................................... Sam Fleming Associate Lighting Designer...................................... Abby May Assistant Lighting Designer.................................... Kelly Martin Moving Light Programmer...................................... Henry Wilen Associate Sound Designer...................................... Bella Curry Associate Hair Designer........................................... Will Vicari Production Audio................................................ Colin Braeger Production Electrician................................... Olivia R. Doniphan Head Carpenter................................................. Mason Chadd Assistant Carpenter................................................. Jon Meyer Flyman.................................................................Brian Hillard Head Electrician...................................................Dallas LaFon Assistant Electrician............................................Jack T. Sears Head Audio.......................................................Rebecca Roeill Assistant Audio......................................... Hannah Zimmerman Head Props........................................................ Jake Williams Head Wardrobe...................................................... Sarah Lord Wardrobe Assistant............................................ Bailee Booser Wig/Hair Supervisor..................................... Madison Medrano Crew Swing...................................................... Emily Simpson Keyboard and Synthesizer Programming.....................Hiro Iida, Ethan Deppe Rehearsal Pianist................................................Evelyn Tamaro Tutoring Services...................................On Location Education Tutor/Child Wrangler........................................ Christine Tureta Production Assistants....................Mikaela Acton, Jenna Coffey, Ava Moyle, McKenna Vargas Physical Therapy................ NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc. Safety Consultant............................................Bryan Huneycutt Production Photography..................................... Jeremy Daniel Video Services...........................Pinecrest Creative, HMS Media Creative Services........................ AKA NYC, Kellyanne Hanrahan Social and Website Services.................Super Awesome Friends Merchandise.................................................. The Araca Group Merchandise Manager.......................................Lindsey Baldak Accounting.................................. NETworks Presentations LLC Legal Services..................................... F. Richard Pappas, Esq. HR Services.................................................... K+K Reset, LLC Housing.......................................................... Road Concierge Travel Agency.............................. Kessler & Co. / Direct Travel Trucking............................................................ Clark Transfer For Concord Theatricals Chief Theatricals Executive................................. Sean Patrick Flahaven EVP Marketing & Communications............ Imogen Lloyd Webber Senior Director Brand Marketing & Communications..............Kinsley Suer EVP Business & Legal Affairs...........................Caroline Barnard Business & Legal Affairs Consultant......................... Victoria Traube President Worldwide................................................. Bill Gaden CFO...............................................................................Ali Roselle VP First Class & Tour Licensing...............................Katherine Stout Senior Manager Production..................................... Ali Tesluk Case Brand & Digital Marketing Manager................................ Ricky Smith For NETworks Presentations Chief Executive Officer................................................Orin Wolf President/Chief Production Officer........................... Seth Wenig Chief Operating Officer.......................................... Margaret Daniel Chief Financial Officer..............................................Scott Levine Business Affairs............................................ Scott W. Jackson Executive Producers.............. Mimi Intagliata, Hannah Rosenthal, Trinity Wheeler Sr. Director/Finance................................................ John Kinna Controller.........................................................Jennifer Gifford Director of Tour Accounting............................... Laura S. Carey

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Tax Director...........................................................Pat Guerieri Sr. Tax Accountant.......................................Matthew Peerbolte Tax Assistant................................................... Deborah Brown Accounts Payables & Receivables Clerk................ Lisa Loveless Sr. Director, Booking & Engagements...................Amanda Laird Directors, Booking & Engagements.............. Stacey Burns, Colin Byrne Booking Assistant......................................................Lily Flippen Director of Sales............................................. Zach Stevenson Director of Marketing...........................................Heather Hess Sr. Director/General Management................ Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers..............Madeline McCluskey, Rebecca Shubart, Steven Varon-Moore Associate General Manager................. Amanda Lenti, Shira Wolf Sr. Director/Production Management...................Jason Juenker Sr. Production Manager...................................... Hector Guivas Production Managers................ Matthew Reardon, Alex Williams Associate Production Manager................ Aimeé Mangual Pagán Technical Director...........................................................pesci Production Coordinator.................................... Gina Boccolucci Asset Manager / Rentals...................................... Richard Haug Director of Operations..........................Pearce Landry-Wegener Workers Compensation Coordinator......................Kayla Rooplal People Operations/Payroll Manager.........................Sara Clayton Executive Assistant....................................... Isabella Schiavon Office Manager................................................ Deandra Harris Adminstrative Assistant....................................... Aidan Herman Music Coordinator.................................................John Mezzio Credits Scenery provided by Production Resource Group and Proof Productions; Audio equipment provided by Masque Audio; Lighting provided by Production Resource Group; Rigging provided by Christie; Properties by BrenBri Properties, LLC; Costume Shops: Eric Winterling LLC, Arel Studio. Rehearsed at Gibney Dance Rehearsal Studios in New York. Special Thanks to Broadway Theatre League of Utica and Daniella Padula, Executive Director “Something Good” Lyrics by Richard Rodgers Additional Lyrics by Jack O’Brien Financial Services and banking arrangements by Customers Bank Insurance Broker Services EPIC Entertainment & Sports Exclusive stage performing rights are represented by Concord Theatricals www.concordtheatricals.com SoundOfMusicOnTour.com X and Instagram: @SoundOfMusicontour Facebook: TheSoundofMusicOnTour TikTok: @SoundofMusicTour The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

28 | encore STAFF FOR THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION Chairman of the Board �������������������Peter Schneider Chairman and CEO ��������������������������������� John Gore Vice Chairman ������������������������������������� Miles Wilkin President. ��������������������������������������������Lauren Reid Co-CEO of Interactive Division �������������Jerome Kane Co-CEO of Interactive Division and CTO ����������� Matt Kupchin CEO of Theatre Division and CMO ������������Rich Jaffe Chief Financial Officer ������������������������������Paul Dietz Executive Vice President and Head of International Business Development ��� Kumiko Yoshii General Counsel �����������������������������������Sheila Lavu STAFF FOR BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA President. ������������������������������������������� Susie Krajsa President, Marketing and Content ����������� Bob Bucci Senior Director, Integrated Marketing ���������������������Katherine Theiss STAFF FOR BROADWAY IN BOSTON Vice President....................................Tivon Marcus Director of Operations.......................... Ryan Gilbert Operations Assistant................................... Em Rihl Marketing/Communications

Senior Director of Public Relations & Community Relations....................... Ann Sheehan Director of Marketing........................Victoria Howell

Marketing & Communications Coordinator........................................Sophie Smith Group Sales

Corporate & Group Sales Manager............................. Morgan Shattuck Group Sales Assistant..............................Ben Sarat Sponsorship

Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships.....Jennifer Kelley Chambers Sponsorship Manager.......................Ashley Rodger Ticketing

Regional Sales Operations Manager �������������� Liam O’Connell Ticketing Manager...................... Glen Briggs-Hayler ASL Team........................Léon Jerfita, Whitney Bright, Jessenia Kolaco, Chris Robinson Audio Description................................Laura Pailler Open Captioning............................................... c2 WARNING: The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages. FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergencies do not run–WALK TO THAT EXIT.

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encore STAFF FOR CITIZENS OPERA HOUSE Principal Owners Donald Law The Mugar Family General Manager.............................Margaret Doyle Director of Operations.................Darlene Catalfamo Box Office Manager.............................Robert Foley Facilities Manager........................... Wagner Oliveira Audience Services Manager.............. Rachel Jensen Audience Services Representatives............. Amanda Barnett, Molly Bercutt, Laura Marie Cancro, Perris Fisher, Alyssa Gallarelli, Christian Kelly, Christina Listro, Daniel Rateau, Caryn Sowa, Reagan White, Oliver Worner, Lauren Zablocki Director of Production.................. Michael Marchetti

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Production Manager........................ Aisling Mehigan Carpenter..................................... James McEvoy III Prop Master........................................ John Cocchi Flyman...........................................Michael Higgins Electrician........................................ Mark Donovan Assistant Carpenter.....................Patrick Colantuoni Assistant Electrician..............................Mike Keogh Assistant Props.............................David Colantuoni Wardrobe Supervisor..................... Carol Colantuoni Hair Supervisor.................................Victoria Porter Chief Usher.............................. Cheryl Farrell-Koyon Assistant Chief Ushers..........................Ian Carlson, Andrea Nastri Sodexo Live! Concessions Managers................................ Stephen Whalen and Sean O’Dwyer

ABOUT THE THEATER Welcome to New England’s premier performing arts theater, the Citizens Opera House. As you settle in to enjoy the show, take a few moments to appreciate the splendid design and craftsmanship surrounding you. The exceptional beauty of the theater is rooted in its equally exceptional history. The Citizens Opera House (originally known as the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre) is one of the finest examples of the vaudeville circuit palace at the pinnacle of its development. Designed in a combination of French and Italian styles by Thomas White Lamb, one of the foremost theater architects of his day, it was erected under the close personal supervision of Edward Franklin Albee (1857–1930 and great-grandfather of the playwright of the same name) to memorialize his late partner, Benjamin Franklin Keith (1846–1914). Because it was constructed as a memorial and tribute to vaudeville’s greatest impresario, it was built with a degree of luxury in its appointments that is almost unrivalled. When the theater opened on October 29, 1928, the opening was attended by many theatrical luminaries, among them George M. Cohan and Al Jolson. Former Mayor James Michael Curley was also a guest of honor. The Radio-Keith-Orpheum organization which by that time owned the theater was represented by the host of that great occasion, R. K. O. Board Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy. The theater presented vaudeville for only a year before featuring first-run films for the ensuing decades. In 1965 Sack Theatres purchased the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre from R. K. O. The new owners refurbished the building, making great efforts to restore its opulent beauty, and renamed it the Savoy Theatre. In 1978 the theater was bought by the Opera Company of Boston. The name of the theater was then changed from Savoy to the Boston Opera House. Under the direction of the renowned opera impresario Sarah Caldwell, the Boston Opera

House hosted some of the most acclaimed stagings of opera performances in the modern era. Unfortunately, the costs of maintaining the theater outstripped the ability of the Company to keep up. As tax and utility bills went unpaid, the theater began to suffer deterioration. The Company closed the theater in 1991 and the deterioration accelerated at a sad and alarming rate. In 1995, the Boston Opera House was placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Buildings list. Under the subsequent ownership of Clear Channel Communications, and with the assistance of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the necessary building permits were issued in late 2002 and work to completely renovate and restore the Citizens Opera House commenced. In order to accommodate the needs of large Broadway touring productions, the old stagehouse and attached dressing rooms were completely demolished to make way for a larger, state-of-the-art stagehouse and new dressing rooms. Meanwhile, everything between the proscenium wall of the stage and the Washington Street facade was carefully restored. A rare assembly of old-world craftsmanship and highlyskilled trades went to work restoring sculptural plaster, gold leaf finishes, Carrara marble, paintings and tapestries, grand staircases, chandeliers, walnut and oak paneling. The total cost of the restoration exceeded $50 million. In September 2009, the Citizens Opera House officially entered yet another phase in its storied history. Local businessmen Don Law and David Mugar joined forces to purchase the Citizens Opera House from Live Nation, returning the theater to local ownership for the first time in decades. The same month, Boston Ballet launched its first full season with the Citizens Opera House as its new home, and Broadway In Boston continues to present the best of touring Broadway on this storied stage.

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