The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.

The Mater Center opened in August 2021 and includes a state-of-the-art 420-seat Cokie Boggs Roberts '60 Theater for musical, dance, and theatrical productions as well as lectures, assemblies, and classes. The second floor of the Mater Center houses classrooms for choral, orchestra, and band classes as well as practice rooms for all performing arts students. The dynamic visual arts program has brightly-lit studios for 3D and 2D art as well as a Photography Lab and Dark Room.

Stone Ridge is able to distinguish itself as a place where the stage can transform and electrify the audience. Every production is a learning experience in all aspects of the performance cycle. From pre-production planning, to set building, costume design, and rehearsal, each production teaches students all facets of the production process. Students also have the opportunity to take leadership roles in every area of theatre production.