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Spring '07 Production

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A wager between the gods...a clash of cultures...and the ultimate sacrifice for love -- this is: Once on this Island! Our Spring 2007 production was a Caribbean-flavored musical, set on an unnamed island in the French Antilles. The story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who falls in love above her class, is told around a fire by a group of Caribbean peasants as they wait out a terrible storm. Once on This Island (OOTI) uses the tradition of storytelling to pass down history, values and insight from one generation to the next. The result is a lesson to be passed along for generations to come. With the gods looking over her, Ti Moune’s journey of unrequited love comes to prove that the power of love is stronger than the power of death. Ti Moune’s courage and spirit prove that love can withstand the storm, cross the Earth, and survive even in the face of death.

Four performances were held over May 11-13, 2007 at the Mason High School and Community Center Theater.

Critically Acclaimed

OOTI has been nominated for 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. OOTI won the 1995 Olivier Award for Best Musical. It's catchy, contemporary, and Caribbean-flavored score was written by the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (of Ragtime and the animated film Anastasia).

Award Winning

Acting Up's Production of OOTI received 22 Orchid Nominations, 5 Orchid Awards, and 5 Regional OCTAFest Awards.

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Community Response

Acting Up,
c/o Lori Paddock,

I wanted to send your theatre group a thank you card. I searched your website but couldn’t find a mailing address so I’ve resorted to sending an email thank you.

On behalf of the Mason Health Care Center Residents and Staff I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to visit us and share a part of you current production, “Once on This Island,” with us. The residents thoroughly enjoyed the performances. The laii necklaces were a big hit. I did see the Pulse Journal Article about the visit and I will be posting it on our bulletin board for the residents. Your visit was a wonderful expression of charity and the musical theatre was an awesome treat for our residents. We wish you the best success on your opening night this coming week and want to say, “Break A Leg.”

Please remember us in the future. We’d love to have you visit us again.

Thank You,

Shonda Malik MT AD
Activity Director
Mason Health Care Center

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CAST

Ti Moune....................Lauren Martinez

Little Ti Moune....................Tess Hogan

Mama Euralie....................Samantha Baker

Tonton Julian....................Max Monnig

Daniel....................Steffen Whorton

Armand....................Ian Bowman-Henderson

Andrea....................Megan Steele

Gatekeeper....................Jon Schlachta

Storyteller Girl....................Abby Docherty

Storytellers

Kaitlyn Beard

Ian Bowman-Henderson

Kalyn Corstanje

Kase Corstanje

Eben Franckewitz

Laura Friedmann

Abbey Gauger

Emily Kissela

Ricardo Montalban

Ivy Moody

Alyssa Newman

Erin Smith

Megan Steele

Raven Thomas

The Four Gods

Papa Ge....................Jeremy Braley

Erzulie....................Kristen Korb

Asaka....................Gabby Henskens

Agwe....................Cole Woodruff

Peasants/Gossipers/Grandhommes

Elizabeth Anderskow

Thorence Anderskow

Elizabeth Baenziger

Emily Carlo

Nicole Chasse

Madison Dewberry

Drew Docherty
Ellie Fisher

Miranda Forsythe

Nicole Gonthier

Stacey Hanson

Jewel Hicks

Jocelyn Hinners

Kirsten Johnson

Megan Kiley

Michael Knight

Drew Kovacs

Payton Laws

Megan Ledford

Jessica Lucas

Zack Middleton

Ally Peebles

Christine Reid

Jon Schlachta

Matthew Sheeran

Emily Stretch

Julia Stumbo

Sydney Varner

Ryan Vaughan

Jeroen Verrijssen

Erik Vokoun

Gianna Wolf

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