Once On This Island
Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Director - AJ Wester
Musical Director - Julian Chin
Choreographer - Michael Snipe
Set on a tropical Island of the French Antilles (Haiti), a group of peasants waits out the night of a terrible storm by performing a fairy tale of star-crossed lovers for a frightened young girl. Through music, song and dance, the musical explores universal issues which affect us all – love, anger, forgiveness, prejudice, faith, maturity and death. The original production was nominated for eight Tony Awards, won the AT&T “New Plays for the Nineties” Award, and was chosen as one of the “Ten Best Plays of 1989-90” by the Burns Mantle Yearbook. The London production won the 1995 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Once On This Island is an exuberant musical journey of love, loss and triumph! Don’t miss ChiArts' first full-length musical!
Cast
Ti Moune – Kyrie Courter, Janyce Caraballo*
Daniel – Eyeri Cabrera-Loos
Asaka – Taylah Thomas, Crystal Arrington*
Papa Ge – Raymond Goodall, Martell Ruffin*
Erzulie – Crystal Staley, Jordan Wimby*
Agwe – Yasir Stackhouse, Jr., Samuel Augustin*
Ton Ton Julian – Alexander Arnold
Mama Euralie – Casey Stauffer, Gina Cleveland*
Andrea – Marissa Castillo
Gatekeeper/ Beauxhomme – Elijah Smith
Father/Armand – Nosa Cash-O’Bannon
Armand’s Bride – Tatyana Gaona
Armand’s Mistress – Sidney Barclay
Little Ti Moune – Kennedy Orr
Ensemble - Sidney Barclay, Nosa Cash-O’Bannon, Marissa Castillo, Raheen Clay, Stefany Dominguez, Justice Ford, Tatyana Gaona, China Gray, Harper Leander, Elijah Smith, Serena Sofley,Tyra Thomas, Angela Vance, Marissa Weaver, Nia Wright
* - Cast B performs Saturday, April 28, 7 pm. Those roles without an asterisk are played by the same actor for all performances.