Once On This Island  (May 11-13, 2007)

Our 4th Production

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 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.

Production Team

Producer - Laura Peebles
Director / Choreographer - Arlene Borock
Assistant Director - Dan Docherty
Assistant Choreographer - Megan Kelley
Vocal Director - Nick Washington
Stage Manager - Becca Debra
Technical Director - Dan Sheeran
Lighting Designer - Josh Branch
Sound Engineers - Todd Hinners & Scott Meyer
Costume Designers - Becky Corstanje & Lynda Crabtree
Production Artist - Heidi Moody
Orchestration - Maestro Benjamin Price & the Ohio Metropolitan Theatre Orchestra 

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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