Once On This Island Playbill 25 - Flipbook - Page 8
Once On This Island
A Musical
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
6 PERFORMANCES:
June 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 7:00 pm
June 8 & 15 at 3:00 pm
PRODUCTION STAFF & CREW
Co-Directors . . . . . . Deirdre Casey and Charissa Moye
Produc琀椀on Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Toni Strange
Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriel Casey
Music/Vocal Director . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Dante Strange
Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Schlenker
Costume Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simone Davis
Anna Fraser
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Shaw
Ligh琀椀ng Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Velez
Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Schmuck
Proper琀椀es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deirdre Casey
Projec琀椀ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charissa Moye
Crew . . Lukas Cooper, Katalina Shaw, Adison Sweitzer
Scenic Build/Paint
Elijah Alexander, Seph Alexandre, James Herman,
Beth McNally, Claire McNally, Ke’nyia Smallwood
Scenic Backdrop by Tshyona Dagnachew
Originally Directed and Choreographed on Broadway by Graciela Daniele
Playwrights Horizons, Inc. produced ONCE ON
THIS ISLAND O昀昀-Broadway in 1990
Originally produced on Broadway by The Shubert
Organiza琀椀on, Capital Ci琀椀es/ABC, Inc., Suntory Interna琀椀onal Corpora琀椀on, and James Walsh, in associa琀椀on with Playwrights Horizons
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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theatre Interna琀椀onal (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also
supplied by MTI.
www.m琀椀shows.com
DIRECTORS’ NOTES
Once on This Island is a story that pulses with music, movement, and
myth — but at its heart, it is a deeply human tale of love, sacri昀椀ce, and
legacy.
Direc琀椀ng this produc琀椀on has been a journey of discovery and collabora琀椀on. We have been inspired every day by the crea琀椀vity, vulnerability,
and dedica琀椀on of this cast and crew — each one contribu琀椀ng something
vital to the world we’ve created together.
Some say Once on This Island is like The Li琀琀le Mermaid… but this story
runs much deeper. Yes, Ti Moune sacri昀椀ces for love — but this isn’t just
a fairy tale. It’s a powerful re昀氀ec琀椀on of colonial history, colorism, and
class. It’s guided by gods who represent the forces of earth, water, love,
and death — not just magic. And unlike Ariel’s dream to
