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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 <BR>will be held
at Schenectady Light Opera Company, 826 State Street, <BR>Schenectady,
December 11th & 12th at 7pm. Any questions, contact the director at
(518) <BR>383-8277 or email her at _LWAndruski at aol.com._ <BR>(<A
href="http://dx.ayw.org/mailman/listinfo/capdist-auditions">http://dx.ayw.org/mailman/listinfo/capdist-auditions</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 (Sorpano 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 <BR>story of Ti Moune<BR><BR>*No children will be
auditioned December 11 or 12th. Once adult casting is <BR>complete, we
will hold auditions for the role of Little Ti Moune in mid- to
<BR>late-January<BR><BR>There will be one read through on Monday, December
18th. Rehearsals begin in <BR>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 <BR>Flaherty, the writers of
Seussical and Ragtime. It premiered on Broadway in <BR>1990 and received
eight Tony nominations, is a jubilant musical set in the <BR>Caribbean
that will have you dancing in the aisles. Based on Hans Christian
<BR>Anderson's The Little Mermaid and adapted from Rosa Guy's novel My
Love, My <BR>Love, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl on
a mythical island <BR>in the French Antilles where the dark skinned
peasants are oppressed by the <BR>wealthy class, the
Beauxhommes.<BR><BR>Eager for love, young Ti Moune is constantly
daydreaming about what life has <BR>in store for her. When she audaciously
demands to know her destiny, the Gods <BR>of water (Agwe), earth (Asaka),
love (Erzulie) and death (Papa Ge) decide to <BR>"give her what she
wants." They place Daniel, a mulatto son of the <BR>Beauxhomme, in her
path. Of course, he has just been in a car crash, so she nurses him
<BR>and falls in love. When he goes back to his family, she defies her
parents <BR>and follows him, becoming his mistress in the land of the
Beauxhommes. What <BR>happens next is not Disney sweet, but it’s not as
bleak as Anderson's fairy <BR>tale either. Without giving too much away,
we learn through music and dance that <BR>Ti Moune's spirit and love
reaches farther than death.<BR><BR>The production staff consists of Laura
W. Andruski (Director), Pat Douglass <BR>(Musical Director), Melissa
Lacijan (Choreographer), Jodi Gilman and Donna Z. <BR>Baxter
(Co-Producers), Mary Kozlowski (Set Design), Ken Zarnoch (Lighting
<BR>Design) and Pat Casey (Costumes).<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>