The Sound of Music

South Bay Musical Theatre - 2025
children smiling with hands up
Elsa, Max, and Georg posing
nuns in a line, singing
children singing
Georg's arms around Maria'
nuns singing with children in background

staff

Executive Director: Michael Paul Hirsch
Artistic Director: Walter M. Mayes
Production Manager: Emily Tao

Director: Walter M. Mayes
Assistant Director: Steve Allhoff
Musical Director: George Yefchak
Vocal Director: Rachel Michelberg
Choreographer: Francesca Cipponeri

Set Designer & Scenic Painter: Kisti Christensen
Costume Designer: Y. Sharon Peng
Lighting Designer: Noella Thu
Hair & Makeup Designer: Aishy Panwar
Sound Designer: Sheraj Ragoobeer
Props Designer: Barbara Heninger
Projections Designer: Don Nguyen
Stage Manager: Emily Tao
Assistant Stage Manager: Quentin Tepliuk
Photography: Dave Lepori, Bruce Wong

construction

platform unit

the full platform set

Maria's bed

bed frame
bed with plywood on top
Maria standing on bed

the bed needed to be stable enough for Maria & the children to stand and dance on top of


the mattress we had was too soft, so we decided to use the box spring and add a 3/4" plywood on top for stability. we attached the plywood to the bed frame using pipe hanger strap to prevent it from moving

benches

the benches in "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" also needed to be stable for actors to dance on top of


we added a 3/4" plywood to the bottom of the bench & painted it black. on top, we added a pig weight. our props designer disguised it with ivy

Liesl standing on a bench with arms out