'The Sound of Music' production a hit in St. John

Theater brought in its largest crowd Sunday

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Aug 03, 20230

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Elizabeth Treis, Teresa Treis, Anna Dow and Maria Guadagnini, as the Von Trappe sisters, hide from thunder during the Sunday, July 30 production of 'The Sound of Music'.

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ST. JOHN - Golden House Theater's last production of 'The Sound of Music' was on Sunday, July 30, filling the St. John cafeteria with 180 to 200 people.

"The other nights varied pretty surprisingly and drastically," Co-Director Dominic Treis said, adding that Friday was the second biggest crowd, and Saturday had a small but good group. Treis mentioned they had to put out more chairs for people on Sunday.

Treis stated that to get the rights to put on the show, they had to pay the royalties, fees per performance, and the music for the backing track totaling about $2,500.

"Everybody knows that mu...