Violet, left, and Hazel Curran play the two youngest members of the Von Trapp family in Community Players of Concord’s production of “The Sound of Music.”
Violet, left, and Hazel Curran play the two youngest members of the Von Trapp family in Community Players of Concord’s production of “The Sound of Music.”
Community Players of Concord
Violet, left, and Hazel Curran play the two youngest members of the Von Trapp family in Community Players of Concord’s production of “The Sound of Music.”
Community Players of Concord
Hannah McCauley, who in real life is a kindergarten teacher, plays Sister Sophia.
The Community Players of Concord’s production of the classic musical “The Sound of Music” this weekend is bringing together lots more than one family.
Husbands, wives, parents and siblings all share in the retelling of the story about a governess of seven children in Austria in the home of a widowed naval captain.
For starters, Courtney Carmody portrays a nun and her husband, Shawn, plays the imperious Captain von Trapp.
“Milk, bread, eggs and ‘The Sound of Music’ have been staples in our household ever since I can remember,” Courtney said.
Shawn learned his signature song, “Edelweiss,” from his brother Joey who played it incessantly on his Fisher-Price record player.
Another close-knit pair is Maddie Short, who plays a nun, and her father, Joe, who portrays Admiral Von Schreiber.
Longtime Community Player and local veterinarian Donna Julian plays Baroness Elberfeld and shares the stage with her daughter, Hannah McCauley, a kindergarten teacher who plays Sister Sophia.
Meanwhile, her dad, Andy Julian, will be running the follow-spot (a type of mobile profile lantern).
Lisa Cohen is running curtains and “flying” scenery and her husband, Mark, also works on the follow-spot.
The Demers family is spending copious hours this week rehearsing at City Auditorium. Paula plays the Vienna socialite Elsa Shraeder, Captain von Trapp’s fianceé, and is joined by her husband Chris, a Concord educator who plays Franz, the suspicious butler. Daughter Katharine is part of the Nun Chorus as well as an integral part of the backstage crew making sure all the set pieces are moved from here to there.
Young actress Holly Keenan also will be on stage as Louisa von Trapp, while mom Natasha Reiner toils and trills in the Nun Chorus.
Two sisters, Hazel and Violet Curran, play the two youngest von Trapp children, Marta and Gretl.
Behind the scenes, husband-and-wife duo Ron and Beck Bryson and their son, Hunter, are on hand. Ron is handling designing and running the lights and Beck is stage manager. Hunter will supervise the makeup transformation of the actors.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St.
Tickets are $18-$20.
For information, go to communityplayersof concord.org or call 603-344-4747.
