"A drop of golden sun:" Titusville Summer Theater's The Sound of Music

6/27/2023

After a global pandemic hiatus, Titusville Summer Theater returns with a production of "The Sound of Music.

Thursday night at 7 p.m. a group of nuns will sing their way to the Colestock Auditorium stage, thus putting actors and actresses in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019.

Veteran summer theater actress, Abby Preston is the, at first, precocious yet very human Maria in the Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation of the Hoard Lindsay and Russel Crouse book about the Von Trapp family's escape from Nazi occupied Austria at the beginning of what would become World War II.

Her love interest counterpart is Kevin Vinson as the hard edged Baron Von Trapp who will soften as the performance goes on and he reacquaints with his children, who seem to be having real fun for the first time in their lives thanks to Maria.

The show, which had its first dress-rehearsal Monday, will be polished and ready for three shows this week beginning Thursday and running Friday and Saturday as well. All shows start at 7 p.m.

The show directors and producers are:
Stephanie Cicero-Stage Director,
Jerry Knickerbocker-Music Director, Aime Sposato-Music Director, Mariah McDaniel-Choreographer and Gloria Taylor and Kathy Adelman are producers.

Cast members are: Abby Preston, Marissa Gale, Debbie Adamchick, Abigail Vinson, Chris Sonnenberg, Kate Kovach, Jamie Fortney, Kathy Adelman, Stephanie Fullerton, Megin Scwak, Amy Bernard, Julia Brown, Samantha Shepherd, Lizzy Smedley, Maeve Wakefield, Suelahny Gaspard, Flynn Kirvan, Charlotte Winger, Olivia Decker, Elaena Baldwin, Delaney Smith, Laurel McKellop, Katelyn Bernard, Kevin Vinson, Jeremy James, Chloe Preston, Ella Lavery, Ty Witosky, Olivia Clinton, Willa Kirvan, Ella Bernard,Tyler Brown, Patricia McKellop, Shannon Vinson, James McGinnis, Chris Warner, CJ Kirvan, Dale Smith, Jeremiah Shepherd, Debbie Kirvan, Ayden Fullerton and Luke Keebler.