The Sound of Music

A musical based on the memoir of Maria Von Trapp. Set in Salzburg Austria at the beginning of World War II the nuns at the Nonnberg Abbey are concerned that a young postulant Maria Rainer may not be ready to take her vows. She is sent by the Mother Superior (Abbess) to gain an appreciation of the world outside the convent as a governess for the 7 children of a retired widowed Austrian Naval Captain. The Captain is fiercely proud to be Austrian and opposes Austria becoming part of the German Empire (The Anschluss). The Captain runs his household as he would his naval command and has his staff and children trained to respond to a bosun s whistle. Maria finds this demeaning and in her 1st meeting with the Captain expresses her disagreement. His home had been a center of music and culture prior to his wife s death and he has bared music from the house. The captain then leaves for a month leaving the children in the hands of the new governess....

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