Tess Primack played Marta as an elementary school kid at the now-defunct Turtle Lane Playhouse in Newton. This time around, she’s on slightly bigger stages as Sister Margaretta in the touring production of “The Sound of Music.”
At a recent performance of “The Sound of Music,” Tess Primack nearly burst into song as Marta Von Trapp during the party scene. Why would that be such a problem? Primack doesn’t play Marta, at least not in this production.
“Marta was the role I played when I was eight,” Primack said with a laugh. “And there was one performance we were doing where I almost started singing her line… It was just the body memory of playing that role.”
Primack played Marta as an elementary school kid at the now-defunct Turtle Lane Playhouse in Newton. This time around, she’s on slightly bigger stages as Sister Margaretta in the touring production of “The Sound of Music” — which runs Jan. 6 to 18 at the Citizens Opera House.
The local grew up in the theater, at Turtle Lane and theater camp productions in and around Boston.
