Seniors Corbin Peacock and Peter Lein, as well as sophomore Autumn Ferguson are set to perform in the Harford Community College production of The Sound of Music. They practice and perform with people of various ages.
The Sound of Music is a story based off of the Von Trapp Family singers and their life leading up to World War ll. Ferguson is playing the part of Louisa Von Trapp. “She is the 13-year-old daughter of captain Von Trapp and she is supposedly the most mischievous one,” describes Ferguson. Peacock is playing the part of Rolf Gruber. He describes him as “the saddest part of the show.”
Lein is in the ensemble and says, “For [him], it’s pretty chill because I don’t really have that much to do.” The senior explains that he is doing the show with his mother. “She wanted to do a show with me so that’s the main reason I auditioned,” he explains.
All three performers have experience in musicals. Peacock has been “seriously doing musicals for two years,” while Lein has been doing musicals for “going on two and a half years.” Ferguson has been doing musicals for about nine years.
But even after multiple years in musicals, all of the performers say they still get nervous and excited. “I’m a little stressed out, but I’m excited overall,” said Ferguson. “It’s always both; if you’re not nervous, then you don’t care,” said Peacock. “But I’m also super excited because we have an amazing cast,” he continues.
The cast of The Sound of Music is a wide variety of ages due to it being an adult theater where anyone can join. The students are working with many people who are just starting in musical theater but are also working with many people who have been doing musical theater for 30 or more years. “I think it’s pretty interesting; you get to learn a lot from other people who have been doing it for longer than you,” said Lein. “In the beginning, we were all unsure of everybody, but now we are all like one big family,” explained Ferguson.
