The Sound of Music Script

Directors: Paula Davis and Sanyika Garrett

Choreographers: Sanyika Garrett and Rahee Henderson

SCENE 1-Maria
SCENE 2-All Sisters, Mother Abbess, Maria
SCENE 3-Maria, Captain, all children
SCENE 4-Liesl, Rolfe
SCENE 5-Baroness, Captain, Max, Rolfe, all children, Maria
SCENE 6-Captain, all children, Max, Baroness, Maria
SCENE 7-Mother Abbess, Maria
SCENE 8-All children, Maria, Captain
SCENE 9-Captain, Max, Maria
SCENE 10-Max, Captain, Maria, all children, Rolfe
SCENE 11-All Sisters, Mother Abbess, Maria, Captain, all children, Max

SCENE 1-The Hills (Morning)

MARIA 1:46
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand
years The hills fill my heart with the sound of
music My heart wants to sing every song it
hears
My heart wants to laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
Stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I´ll sing once more
0:09
(Church bells toll in the distance. Maria’s dreamy smile fades and becomes a confused frown.
With sudden realization, she puts a hand to her head and gallops across the field.)
MARIA Ohhhh!
BLACKOUT

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SCENE 2-The Abbey 0:39
SISTER BERTHE I simply cannot find
her. MOTHER ABBESS Maria?
SISTER BERTHE She's missing from the Abbey again.
MOTHER ABBESS Considering that it's Maria, I suggest you look in someplace unusual.
(Sister Bernice nods)
MOTHER ABBESS (sighs) (to the other nuns) Tell me, what do you think of ...Maria?
SISTER CATHERINE She's a wonderful girl ... some of the time.

SISTER MARGARET It's very easy to like Maria ... except when it's, uh, difficult.
MOTHER ABBESS (nods) And you, Sister Sophia?
SISTER SOPHIA Oh, I love her very dearly. But she always seems to be in trouble, doesn't
she?
SISTER BERTHE Exactly what I say!

SISTERS 1:29
She's always late for chapel (Chris)
But her penitence is real (Bridgette)
She's always late for everything
(Lauren) Except for every meal (Julia)
I hate to have to say it, but I very firmly feel Maria's not an asset to the abbey
(Chris, Lauren, and Julia)
I'd like to say a word in her behalf: Maria makes me laugh (Sanyika)
How do you solve a problem like maria? (Bridgette)
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? (Lauren)
How do you find a word that means Maria?
(Sanyika) A flibbertigibbet? (Chris)
A will of a whisp (Lauren)
A clown (Julia)
Many a thing you know you'd like tell her
(Julia) Many a thing she ought to understand
(Lauren) But how do you make her stay?
(Sanyika)
And listen to all you say (Chris)
How do you keep a wave upon the sand? (Bridgette)

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Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria? (Sanyika)
How do you hold a moon beam in your hand?
(Bridgette) 0:28
(Sisters exit. Maria enters and hurries over to the Abbess. She kneels and quickly kisses the
Reverend Mother's hand.)
MARIA Oh, Reverend Mother, I'm so sorry. I just couldn't help myself. The gates were open
and--
MOTHER ABBESS Maria, I haven't called you here for apologies. It seems to be the will of God
that you leave us.
MARIA Leave?!
MOTHER ABBESS Only for a while. There is a family near Salzburg that needs a governess
until September. The Captain’s wife died several years ago leaving him alone with the children.
(Maria gives her a look.)
MOTHER ABBESS The Lord will show you.

SCENE 3-Inside the Villa 3:15

(Maria secretly peers through the crack of a door as she waits. The Captain enters. Startled,
Maria gazes fearfully at him and hurries back to where she was supposed to be waiting.)

CAPTAIN In the future, you will kindly remember there are certain rooms in this house which are
not to be disturbed.
MARIA Yes, Captain. Sir.
CAPTAIN Now, every morning you will drill the children in their studies. Each afternoon, they will
march about the grounds. Bedtime is to be strictly observed, no exceptions...
MARIA Excuse me, sir, when do they play?
CAPTAIN ... You will see to it
MARIA Yes sir! (with an overly enthusiastic salute)
(The Captain pulls a whistle from his pocket and blows a command into it. Seven children,
wearing identical sailor's uniforms dash out and line up according to age, standing at attention.
Maria silently counts them. The Captain looks at them a moment, then exits. Maria smiles to
herself. The children start to giggle. Maria turns to the children who snap back to attention and
stare straight ahead.)
MARIA (sighs) At ease.
(In unison, they place their hands behind their backs. They're a well-trained bunch.)
MARIA Now hello. Would you please tell me all your names and how old you are?

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(The children step forward and back in military fashion announcing their names and ages.)
LIESL I'm Liesl. I'm sixteen years old, and I don't need a governess.
MARIA Well, I'm glad you told me, Liesl. We'll just be good friends.
FRIEDRICH I'm Friedrich. I'm fourteen. I'm impossible.
MARIA (laughs) Really? Who told you that, Friedrich?
FRIEDRICH Fraulein Josephine. Four governesses ago.
(The blonde girl in braids steps out and in.)
LOUISA I'm Brigitta.
MARIA (smiles) You, um, you didn't tell me how old you are, Louisa.
(Brigitta, steps out.)
BRIGITTA I'm Brigitta. She's Louisa. She's thirteen years old, and you're smart. I'm ten, and I
think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw.
(Brigitta steps back in line. Kurt, the chubby cheeked boy, turns to her.)
KURT Brigitta, you shouldn't say that.
BRIGITTA Why not? Don't you think it's ugly?
KURT Of course. But Fraulein Helga's was ugliest.
(Kurt steps forward.)
KURT I'm Kurt. I'm eleven. I'm incorrigible.
(He steps back.)
MARIA Congratulations.
KURT What's "incorrigible"?
MARIA I think it means you want to be treated like a boy.
(Kurt rather likes that answer. Marta, the button-nosed girl, steps forward and tugs at Maria's
sleeve).
MARIA Mm-hm?
MARTA I'm Marta, and I'm going to be seven on Tuesday, and I'd like a pink parasol.
MARIA Well, pink's my favorite color too.
(The littlest, Gretl, stamps her foot.)

MARIA Yes, you're Gretl.

(Gretl holds up her hand showing all five fingers.)
MARIA And you're five years old? My, you're practically a lady.
(Gretl and Marta laugh at this. Maria looks at the line of children from Liesl to Gretl.)
MARIA Now, I have to tell you a secret. I've never been a governess before.
(The children look at one another, ready for mischief. They crowd around

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Maria.) FRIEDRICH Well, you must never come to dinner on time.
KURT And, during dessert, always blow your nose. (Marta makes nose-blowing noises)
GRETL Don't believe a word they say, Fraulein Maria!
MARIA Oh, why not?
GRETL Because I like you!
MARIA I like you too! Ah! Ah! Aah! Oh! Ohh --
(Maria pulls a frog out of her pocket and flings it away. She sighs with relief.)
GRETEL (to Maria) You're very lucky. With Fraulein Helga it was a snake.
MARIA Ugh! I can't understand why children as nice as you would play such awful tricks on
people.
LIESL Well, how else can we get Father's attention?
MARIA Oh, I see. Well… (getting idea) alright everybody! Let's think of something to sing for the
Baroness when she comes.
LOUISA We don't even know how to sing.
MARIA You don’t know how to sing? Well then. You must learn.
GRETL But how?
(Maria motions for them to sit down)

MARIA 1:46
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with ...
GRETL A-B-C
MARIA When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
THE CHILDREN Do-re-mi?
MARIA Do-re-mi. The first three notes just happen to be Do-re-mi
THE CHILDREN Do-re-mi
MARIA Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti (spoken) All right, let's see if I can make it easier. Listen.
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread

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That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)
MARIA Doe
GRETEL A deer, a female deer

CHILDREN Do!
MARIA Ray
LOUISA A drop of golden sun
CHILDREN Re!
MARIA Me
BRIGITTA A name I call myself
CHILDREN Mi!
MARIA Far
MARTA A long, long way to run
CHILDREN Fa!
ALL
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do!

BLACKOUT

SCENE 4-Garden of the Villa (Evening) 0:25

LIESL Rolfe! Oh, Rolfe!
(They throw their arms around each other. Rolfe breaks the clinch.)
ROLFE No, Liesl, we mustn't.
LIESL Isn't this why you're here waiting for me?
ROLFE Yes, of course. I've missed you, Liesl. (playfully) Even though you’re so...
LIESL What?
ROLFE Well, you're such a baby!
LIESL I'm sixteen. What’s such a baby about that?
(Rolfe smiles knowingly.They start dancing.)

ROLFE 1:36

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You wait, little girl, on an empty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life, little girl, is an empty page
That men will want to write on
LIESL
To write on
ROLFE
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think
Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line

Eager young lads and rogues and cads

Will offer you food and wine
LIESL
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken
I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are seventeen going on eighteen
I'll depend on you

SCENE 5-Next Day, Porch of the Villa 0:55

(On the veranda, Max is eating. The Captain and the Baroness join him.)
CAPTAIN Still eating, Max, hm? I wonder where the children are. (to the Baroness) I was hoping
they'd be here to welcome you. (looks around)
(Rolfe arrives. Captain sees Rolfe)
CAPTAIN What are you doing there?
ROLFE Captain Von Trapp, (giving the Nazi salute) Heil
Hitler! (The Captain registers displeasure at Rolfe's salute.)
CAPTAIN How do you dare? Who are you?

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ROLFE I have a telegram for Herr Detweiler.
MAX I'm Herr Detweiler.
ROLFE Yes, sir.
(Rolfe joins them and offers the telegram to Max but the Captain snatches it away and hands
it to Max.)
CAPTAIN (sharply) All right. You've delivered your telegram. Now, get out.
(Chastened, Rolfe runs away.)
BARONESS Oh, Georg. He's just a boy.
CAPTAIN (tense) Yes. And I'm just an Austrian.
MAX What's gonna happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.
CAPTAIN (angry, voice raised) Max! Don't you ever say that again!

BARONESS (trying to ease the tension) 1:33

You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist,
Today you have to learn to be a realist.
MAX
You may be bent on doing deeds of derring-do*,
But up against a shark, what can a herring do?
BARONESS
Be wise, compromise.
MAX
Compromise, and be wise!
BARONESS
Let them think you're on their side, be noncommittal.
CAPTAIN
I will not bow my head to the men I despise!
MAX
You won't have to bow your head to stoop a little.
BARONESS
Why not learn to put your faith and your reliance,
On an obvious and simple fact of science?
A crazy planet full of crazy people
Keeps somersaulting all around the sky
MAX
And every time it turns another somersault

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Another day goes by
MAX & BARONESS
And there's no way to stop it,
No, there's no way to stop it,
No, you can’t stop it even if you try.
You're a fool if you worry.
You're a fool if you worry,
Over anything but little number one (motion to selves).
That’s I! I! I! Nothing else as wonderful as I!
(*derring–do is defined as "brave acts or behavior that requires courage")
1:18
MAX You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people
do?
CAPTAIN Oh, yes, you can help it. You must help it!
(Max exits, flustered. Baroness follows. Children enter running with uniforms a mess and
somewhat dirty.)
CHILDREN Papa! Papa! Papa!
CAPTAIN (blows into his whistle once to establish order) Straight line! Go inside, clean up,
change your clothes, and report back here! Immediately!
(The children scramble into the house. Maria frowns with disgust and follows them.)
CAPTAIN Fraulein, you will stay here, please!
(Maria stops, her back to the Captain, and turns to face him.)
CAPTAIN Now, why, may I ask, do my children look like the joke of Salzburg?
MARIA They’ve been out playing. And having a marvelous time!
CAPTAIN Those are uniforms that you’re allowing them to get dirty!
MARIA Children cannot play if they have to worry about spoiling their precious clothes all the--
CAPTAIN I haven't heard them complain yet.
MARIA Well, they wouldn't dare. They love you too much. They fear you too much.
CAPTAIN That will do.
MARIA You've got to hear this from someone. You're never home long enough to know them.
CAPTAIN I said, that will do, Fraulein! Now, you will pack your things
this minute ... and return to the Abbey ...
Children’s voices begin singing offstage)
CAPTAIN What's that?
MARIA The children.

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CAPTAIN (astonished) The children?
MARIA I taught them something to sing for the Baroness.
(Ignoring her, the Captain strides to the house. Maria watches him go, troubled.)

SCENE 6-Inside the Villa (the music continues) 0:45

(The Captain slows as he reaches a spacious drawing room. Wearing their uniforms, the
children sing for Max and the Baroness.The Captain hides by the doorway. His eyes soften, he
nods slightly to the music.)
CHILDREN
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd´s throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Odl lay ee, odl lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay
Hoo!
(^^With a growing smile, the Captain walks into the room and joins in. Everyone gapes at him,
astonished. The children exchange amazed glances and gaze adoringly at their father as he
sings solo. The children back him for the last lines. Maria appears in the doorway and
watches.) 1:44
(The Captain smiles faintly and takes a few hesitant step toward his children. Louisa runs over
and gives him a hug. The rest of the children surround him. The Captain hugs the little ones
and playfully nudges the others. They all start to laugh. Maria looks in and bows her head.)
CAPTAIN Ah!
BARONESS (to Captain) You never told me how enchanting your children are.
(The Captain shakes his head as if to say, No, I didn't realize it myself. He turns, looks over at

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the doorway, and sees Maria who hurries to the stairs.)
CAPTAIN (whispers to the children) Don't go 'way!
(The Captain strides quickly out of the room just as Maria reaches the staircase.)
CAPTAIN Fraulein...
(She hesitates, then turns to face him.)
CAPTAIN I ... behaved badly. I apologize.
MARIA No, I'm, I'm far too outspoken. It's one of my worst faults.
CAPTAIN You were right. And I want you to stay.
(She stares at him. The Captain smiles contritely.)
CAPTAIN I, uh, ask you to stay.
MARIA If I could be of any help.
CAPTAIN You have already. More than you know.
(Their eyes meet. With a quick, shy smile, the Captain strides back to the drawing room and
invites Maria.)
MAX Well done, Fraulein.
(Maria smiles modestly.)
CAPTAIN (agreeing) I’m very much impressed.
MARIA They're your children, Captain.
(Their eyes meet in a lingering gaze. The Captain shifts uncomfortably, then nods to the
Baroness and starts out of the room with Max and the children following.)
BARONESS (coolly) My dear, is there anything you can't do?
MARIA Well, I'm not sure I'll make a very good nun.
BARONESS Well, there is what seems to be a slight problem with your interests for the
future...the Captain can’t keep his eyes off you
MARIA Can't keep his eyes off me?
BARONESS There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him.
MARIA In love with him?
BARONESS Of course. And what makes it so nice is ... he thinks he's in love with you.
MARIA But that's not true.
BARONESS Don't take it too seriously. He'll get over it soon enough I should think.
MARIA Then, I should go. I mustn't stay here.
(The Baroness likes this idea but tries not to show it. After a moment of confusion, Maria runs
out)
BARONESS Goodbye, Maria. I'm sure you'll make a very fine nun.
(She smiles fleetingly and walks out the opposite way.)

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SCENE 7-The Abbey 0:57
(Maria walks in wearing a black habit and a simple novitiate's wimple. She rushes to
the Reverend Mother, takes her hand and kneels at her feet. Maria kisses her hand.)
MARIA Reverend Mother.
MOTHER ABBESS Why did they send you back to us?
MARIA They didn't send me back, Mother, I-I left. I was confused. I-I felt -- I've never felt that
way before. I couldn't stay. I knew that here I'd be away from it.
MOTHER ABBESS Maria, our Abbey is not an escape. What is it you can't face?
MARIA The Baroness said I was in love with the Captain. She - she said that he was in love with
me, but I-I didn't want to believe it.
MOTHER ABBESS Maria, the love of a man and a woman is holy, too. You have a great
capacity to love. What you must find out is how God wants you to spend your love.
MARIA But I pledged my life to God, I - I've pledged my life to his service.
MOTHER ABBESS My daughter, if you love this man, it doesn't mean you love God less. You
must go back and live the life you were born to live.
\SCENE 8-Garden of the Villa (Day) 0:15
(The children lie around moping. KURT sighs.)
BRIGITTA When Fraulein Maria wanted to feel better, she used to sing that song. Remember?
LIESL Yes.
BRIGITTA Let's try it.
CHILDREN (singing slowly and sadly) 1:11
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
GRETL Why don't I feel better?
(Liesl hugs Gretl.)
CHILDREN (singing slowly and sadly)
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
(Suddenly Maria's voice joins them.)
CHILDREN AND MARIA
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
(The children stop singing and start chattering with excitement.)
MARIA

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Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
(Wearing the green dress that belonged to the new postulant, Maria runs to the children (who
run to her), drops her guitar and carpetbag, and gives them all a big hug.)
MARIA AND THE CHILDREN (singing happily)
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
2:00
(Kneeling, Maria touches Gretl's and Marta's faces lovingly. She blows a kiss to Louisa. The
children laugh.)
MARIA Oh, children, I missed you! I have so much to tell you all!
(The captain enters.)
CHILDREN Oh, Father, look! Look!
FRIEDRICH Father, Fraulein Maria's come back from the Abbey.
MARIA Good evening, Captain.
CAPTAIN Good evening. All right, everyone inside. Go and get your dinner.
CHILDREN Dinner! Dinner!
(The children happily rush into the house, ushered by the Captain, as Maria wanders to sit
on one end of a stone bench.)
(The Captain asks permission to sit down.)
CAPTAIN Uh, may I?

(She nods and he sits on the opposite end of the bench, giving her a friendly smile. She
looks self-consciously at her lap.)
CAPTAIN (laughs) You know, I was thinking and wondering ... what was it that made you come
back from the Abbey?
MARIA Well, I had an obligation to fulfill.
CAPTAIN Mm. Uh, I was, uh, hoping that perhaps you... perhaps you might, uh ...
MARIA Yes?
CAPTAIN Well, uh, nothing was the same when you were away and it'll be wrong again after
you leave. And I just thought perhaps you might, uh … decide to stay here?
(Maria is silent for a moment.)

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MARIA What about the Baroness?
CAPTAIN Well... we parted ways, you see, and, um....
MARIA Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
CAPTAIN Yes. Well, you can't expect to marry someone when you're in love with someone else,
can you?
(Maria shakes her head. The Captain cups her chin in his hand and pulls her gently toward
him. Then he kisses her tenderly. She puts her head to his shoulder.)
MARIA (sighs) Well, I suppose you can’t.
CAPTAIN (lovingly) Maria. Is there anyone I should go to to ask permission to marry you?
MARIA Well, why don't we ask ...
CAPTAIN AND MARIA....the children?
(They kiss.)
Wedding bells ring. Organ music.

SCENE 9-In Front of the Villa, Weeks Later 0:48

(The Captain and Maria enter hurriedly towards Max with their suitcases)
CAPTAIN (to Max) We came back as fast as we could. Berlin offered me a commission in their
navy. I've been requested to accept immediately and report to their naval base at Bremerhaven
tonight. (He shakes his head in distress.) To refuse them would be fatal for all of us, but I can’t
join them!
(He kisses Maria on the forehead and pulls her into a comforting hug.)
CAPTAIN (to Maria) Get the children all together. Don't say anything that's going to make them
worry. Just get them ready. We've got to get out of Austria and this house....(scans the front
hall)
MAX (getting the idea). . .tonight, using the festival as an excuse for you not to leave
immediately!
(The Captain nods. Maria looks at him nervously, and he puts an arm around her shoulders.)
CAPTAIN (to Max) It looks like the Von Trapp Family Singers will be performing after all.

SCENE 10-Theater Venue (That Evening) 0:22

(The Captain speaks into the mike.)
CAPTAIN My fellow....Austrians, I won’t see you again, perhaps for a very long time. I would
like to sing a love song for you now. I know you share this love and pray that you will never let it
die.

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1:00
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
MARIA AND THE CAPTAIN Edelweiss, edelweiss
MARIA, THE CAPTAIN AND THE CHILDREN Bless my homeland forever
0:16
(There is a moment of silence. Max comes out on stage)
MAX Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you. And now, the family Von Trapps again ... to
bid you farewell.
(Max blows a kiss to the family. The children line up. Music begins.)
THE FAMILY 2:02
There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
GRETEL & LIESL Cuckoo, cuckoo
THE FAMILY(except Gretel & Liesl) Regretfully they tell us
GRETEL & LIESL Cuckoo, cuckoo
THE FAMILY(except Gretel & Liesl) But firmly they compel us
GRETEL & LIESL Cuckoo, cuckoo
THE FAMILY(except Gretel & Liesl) To say goodbye ...
THE FAMILY … to you
(The Captain salutes and they all form a line across the stage. )
THE FAMILY So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
KURT AND MARTA We hate to go and miss this pretty sight
(Kurt and Marta exit.)
THE FAMILY So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
FRIEDRICH AND LIESL Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
(Friedrich and Liesl exit.)
THE FAMILY So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
BRIGITTA AND LOUISA We flit, we float, we fleetly flee, we fly
(Brigitta and Louisa exit hurriedly.)
THE CAPTAIN, MARIA AND GRETL So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye

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GRETL The sun has gone to bed and so must I. Goodbye!
(Maria gives a gentle push to Gretl who exits. )
MARIA Goodbye!
(The Captain puts his arm around Maria.)
CAPTAIN Goodbye!
MARIA AND THE CAPTAIN Goodbye! 0:41
(Maria and the Captain exit hand in hand as the music comes to an end and the audience
applauds. Max enters with an envelope and walks to the microphone. He picks up the
mike, carries it slowly to center stage, and takes a paper out of the envelope.)

MAX Ladies and gentlemen, I have here the decision of our distinguished judges. And the
first prize, the highest honor in all Austria, (reading off the paper in the envelope) to the Von
Trapp Family Singers!
(Max flourishes a hand toward the hallway. A trumpet fanfare. The family doesn’t appear.
Max tries again to summon the family.)
MAX The family Von Trapp!
(Trumpet fanfare. But no family Von Trapp appears. Suddenly, Rolfe comes running into the
spotlight and shouts.)
ROLFE They're gone!

SCENE 11-The Abbey’s Courtyard (Night) 0:35

MARIA Reverend Mother, we didn't realize we'd put the Abbey in this danger.
MOTHER ABBESS No, Maria, it was right for you to come here.
CAPTAIN We thought we might borrow your caretaker's car.
MAX (agreeing) I'm afraid the borders have just been closed.
CAPTAIN All right, the borders are closed. (looks at the mountains) Then we'll drive up into the
hills and go over those mountains on foot.
(Maria hugs the Reverend Mother.)
MOTHER ABBESS God be with you.
MOTHER ABBESS (acapella) 1:31
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream.
(Captain & Maria gather family together, check sweaters and suitcases, etc)
NUNS
A dream that will need

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All the love you give
ALL
Ev’ry day of your life
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream!
(ALL take steps forward) And then your heart will be blessed
With the sound of music
And you’ll sing once more.

THE END

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