Once on This Island (Musical)

Season

2022/2023

President

Andy Leahy

Director

Aaron Reese Boseman

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Andy Leahy

Musical Director

Elliott Bell

Choreographer

Florence Walker-Harris

SCENIC DESIGN

Russ Hoganson

LIGHTING Design

Jennifer Larkin

Sound Design

Warren Jackson

Ron Edwards

Dave Martin

INTIMACY/VIOLENCE CHOREOGRAPHER

Greg Geffrard

LEAD CONSTRUCTION

COSTUMES

Terri Devine

Diana Principe

MAKEUP AND HAIR

Stage Manager

Paint Chair

Jane Nix

Props and Decor

Andy Leahy

Production Manager

Mary Lee Hoganson

Book

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Cast

TI MOUNE

Alexandria Irby

DANIEl

David Taylor

ASAKA

Marquetta Jackson

AGWE

Kendall Devin Bell

ERZULIE

Paige Brown

PAPA GE

Lauren Taylor

MAMA EURALIE

Liane Williams

TONTON JULIAN

Keenen Wilson

ANDREA

Jasmine Royal

ARMAND

Jeremiah Perez

BEaUXHOMME

Matt Harrington

Jayden Turner

Daniel’s Father

Ben White

LITTLE GIRL(S)

Maliyah Brown

Kennè Wright

Ever Strong

Synopsis

From the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Seussical, Ragtime), comes the Olivier Award-winning Once on This Island. This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score.

Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. When she pursues Daniel, who has returned to his people, Ti Moune is shunned because of her lowly status. Her determination and capacity to love, though, is not enough to win Daniel's heart, and Ti Moune pays the ultimate price; but the gods turn Ti Moune into a tree that grows so strong and so tall, it breaks the wall that separates the societies and ultimately unites them.