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.
VILLAGERS
Kedar Miller
Noah Patton
Monte Wiggins
Olivia Hopson
Pamela Stallings
Jasmine Monet
Prentcessa Wynn
Jillian-Giselle
Yiidum Wiwa (US to Ti Moune)
GRAND HOMMES
Carolyn L. Spencer
Dacia Slater
Jeremiah Perez
Elaine Landrum
Victoria Dean