The Prairie Players' performance of The Sound of Music's the talk of Portage la Prairie this week. We spoke with the couple holding the lead roles of Captain von Trapp and Maria, and both noted it was a little unnerving at first.

Brittany Thomson acted as Maria.

"I have done it in high school, but it's been quite a while since I got into something like this again. It's very exciting. You can definitely feel the energy in the room, and it's nice to finally have an audience. I think once you get that first song over with, the nerves kind of go away and everything you've practiced just comes out."

Craig Bennet starred as Captain von Trapp and notes it's amazing to hear the show's been sold out for all four nights. He says it's fantastic to realize it's such a popular musical everyone loves, and watching the audience enjoy while he's part of the performance. He adds there were jitters at the start, but says a person just moves ahead and away you go.