Webster City Community Theatre’s

“The Hills Are Alive” at WCCT this summer

The hubbub at Webster City Community Theater, 1001 Willson Avenue, has increased dramatically (pun intended) lately. The theater’s The Sound of Music production enters its final weeks of preparations before an eight-show run June 30-July 2 and July 5-9. Sunday matinees on July 2 and 9 are at 2pm. All other shows are at 7pm.

Tickets are $15 and will go on sale June 24. To reserve tickets, stop by the theatre box office weeknights 5pm-7pm, Saturdays 10am-noon, or one hour prior to showtime. Patrons can also call 515-832-4456 or order online at wcctboxoffice@gmail.com. Leave a message with your name (please spell), phone number, date of show, and number of tickets needed. Your order will be confirmed by phone or email.

An incredible number of hours go into putting a show together, way more than just those the 30-plus actors put into rehearsals. There are as many dedicated volunteers behind the stage as on it. The director, music director, and choreographer work with both the cast and crew.

Volunteers design, build and add artistry to the set to suggest the various locales in the story. Selecting, creating, and altering costumes is a challenge when a character like Maria has 5 costumes and 10 changes and the seven von Trapp children each have 5 changes! Then there are lights, music, and sound effects, props, publicity, intermission (think those cookies just show up?), box office, ushers, and makeup.

Director Wil Groves has announced the following cast list. He is assisted by Dane Barner as music director, Lindsay Henderson as choreographer, and assistant Angela Rottering.

Maria Rainer--Greta Nelson

Captain von Trapp--Dane Barner

Mother Abbess--Kerryn Oliver

Max Detweiler--Dean Evans

Elsa Schrader--Lindsay Henderson

Leisel--Karina Murray

Rolf--Jonathon Magdaleno

Friedrich--Max Anderson

Louisa--Alivia Hector

Kurt--Ben Barner

Brigitta--Florencia Bailey

Marta--Lauren Ehn

Gretl--Grace Barner

Frau Schmidt--Mary Sealine

Franz--Mark Andrew

Herr Zeller--David Borer

Baron Elberfeld--Pat Powers

Baroness Elberfeld--Katie Hildal

Admiral Schreiber--Alan Yungclas

Nuns, novices, postulants: Anne Blankenship, Jeanette Tempel, Susan Andrew, Mary Sealine, Katie Hildal, Barb Wollan, Dori Collogan, Jazmyne Harris, Payton Dodson, Liberty Gamble, Taylor Hejlik, Sarah Lindstrom, Kaitlyn VanDemark, Kyla VanDemark, Ash Timoco

Townspeople, soldiers: Bryce Hrnicek, Don Zompa, Joe Gail, Christine Hassebrock, Loween Getter

The Sound of Music is a Tony- and Oscar-winning musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The original Broadway production opened in 1959 and was adapted as a film in 1965. It was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.” Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, including “Do-ReMi”, “My Favorite Things”, “Edelweiss”, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain”, and the title song “The Sound of Music”.

JUNE 1

Leadership Fort Dodge Alumni

Beautification Day

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

We will be working with PICA for a day of cleanup/beautification to get our community looking great for Frontier Days.

Safe Communities Town Hall Meeting

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

JUNE 2

Vineyard Vibrations: Salty View

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Soldier Creek Winery

JUNE 4

Karl L. King Municipal Band

7:30 PM

Oleson Park preceded by an ice cream social served by the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, starting around 6:30 pm.

Bingo at the Winery!

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Soldier Creek Winery