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<DIV>ONCE ON THIS ISLAND – Auditions! ! ! <BR><BR>Auditions for this vibrant,
timeless myth about the power of love over class will be held at Schenectady
Light Opera Company, 826 State Street, Schenectady, December 11th & 12th at
7pm. Please prepare 16 bars of a standard Broadway show tune and bring your
sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. All auditionees will
participate in a dance audition. Dress accordingly. Any questions,
contact the director at (518) 383-8277 or email her at <A
href="http://dx.ayw.org/mailman/listinfo/capdist-auditions">LWAndruski at
aol.com.</A><BR><BR>AVAILABLE ROLES (Age 16 and up):<BR>Ti Moune – a native
peasant girl (Soprano II)<BR>Daniel – a wealthy landowner’s son
(Tenor)<BR>Erzulie - Goddess of Love (Alto/Soprano II)<BR>Asaka - Mother of the
Earth (Alto/Soprano II)<BR>Agwe - God of Water (Baritone/Tenor)<BR>Papa Ge -
Demon of Death (Baritone)<BR>Little Ti Moune* - Ti Moune as a young girl of 6-8
(Soprano II)<BR>Mama Euralie – Ti Moune’s foster mother (Alto)<BR>Tonton Julian
– Ti Moune’s foster father (Tenor)<BR>Armand – Daniel’s father
(Baritone)<BR>Andrea – Daniel’s promised bride (Alto/Soprano II)<BR>Storytellers
– ensemble of dancers, singers and actors who help tell the story of Ti
Moune<BR><BR>*No children will be auditioned December 11 or 12th. Once adult
casting is complete, we will hold auditions for the role of Little Ti Moune in
mid- to late-January<BR><BR>There will be one read through on Monday, December
18th. Rehearsals begin in earnest on January 2, 2007. Production dates are March
9-11 and 15-18, 2007. <BR><BR>This joyous and bittersweet Broadway folk tale is
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the writers of Seussical and Ragtime. It
premiered on Broadway in 1990 and received eight Tony nominations, is a jubilant
musical set in the Caribbean that will have you dancing in the aisles. Based on
Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid and adapted from Rosa Guy's novel
My Love, My Love, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl on a
mythical island in the French Antilles where the dark skinned peasants are
oppressed by the wealthy class, the Beauxhommes.<BR><BR>Eager for love, young Ti
Moune is constantly daydreaming about what life has in store for her. When she
audaciously demands to know her destiny, the Gods of water (Agwe), earth
(Asaka), love (Erzulie) and death (Papa Ge) decide to "give her what she wants."
They place Daniel, a mulatto son of the Beauxhomme, in her path. Of course, he
has just been in a car crash, so she nurses him and falls in love. When he goes
back to his family, she defies her parents and follows him, becoming his
mistress in the land of the Beauxhommes. What happens next is not Disney sweet,
but it’s not as bleak as Anderson's fairy tale either. Without giving too much
away, we learn through music and dance that Ti Moune's spirit and love reaches
farther than death.<BR><BR>The production staff consists of Laura W. Andruski
(Director), Pat Douglass (Musical Director), Melissa Lacijan (Choreographer),
Jodi Gilman and Donna Z. Baxter (Co-Producers), Mary Kozlowski (Set Design), Ken
Zarnoch (Lighting Design) and Pat Casey (Costumes).<BR>
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