[Capdist-auditions] Once on this Island (Fee based program) Auditions FRIDAY/SATURDAY!

Thu Mar 21 21:24:36 EDT 2013

AUGUST SUMMER PRODUCTION CAMP!!!!!

Coming August 16, 17, 18 for 4 performances!

Friday/Saturday at 7pm, Saturday/Sunday at 2pm

Show tickets $10 each!

Edit TextCAMP DATES...  Monday, August 5th- Friday, August, 16th 

from 9am to 4pm

(week 1 location is at FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, 181 Western Ave, Albany, NY, 
week 2 location Troy area- will be announced in coming week)  Edit Text

AGES 6 - 18 years old                          Cost $350 for the 2 week
program

All Roles with the exception of ensemble will be auditioned in advance.
Those wishing to participate in the production but prefer to not audition
for a leading role are welcome to sign up for the ensemble "choir" roles.
These roles are open for ages 6-18 years old.  Participating in the ensemble
will not require any type of audition.  These limited roles will be assigned
to those who enroll in the program on a first come first served basis.
Ensemble appear throughout the production in scenes and musical numbers as a
group. Ensemble MUST sign up by Friday, the 22nd. 

 (forms will need to be dropped off at the auditions since it is too late to
mail them!

Auditions for the roles on the character breakdown will be held Friday,
March 22 from 6-8pm or Saturday, March 23, from 10am -12noon at St. Marys
Church on Columbia Turnpike in Rensselaer.   Please come prepared to sing
(accompaniment will be available) and bring a photo and resume if available.
A $25 deposit is required at the time of audition.  This fee will go towards
your final tuition cost of $350.  If cast you have 24 hours to accept or
decline your role.  If you are cast and decline your role, all deposits paid
are non refundable.  Camp payments in full are due by May 15th. If a role is
accepted but then declined after the fact you are still responsible for the
tuition balance!

Program forms may be requested in advance by emailing caps at
<mailto:caps at nycap.rr.com> caps at nycap.rr.com.

ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE for this production.

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Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens 

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Based Upon the Novel by Rosa Guy "My Love, My Love" 

Once On This Island Junior is a Caribbean adaptation of the popular Hans
Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" featuring a poignant
story and catchy, Caribbean flavored score. 

This is the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love
with Daniel, a young man from a wealthy family. When Daniel is returned to
his people, the gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test
the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred
and death. 

Told in a presentational style reminiscent of story theatre, it is equally
effective regardless of its cast size and features minimal - though colorful
- sets and costumes that capture the imagination of the audience. Creative
dance or movement-driven staging is also part of the show's style, calling
upon performers to portray trees, wild animals and even a fierce rainstorm.

With its touching story and catchy pop and Caribbean flavored score by
songwriters of the film Anastasia and the Broadway smash Ragtime, Once On
This Island Junior is a multi-cultural feast for the heart, mind, and soul. 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

LITTLE GIRL/ LITTLE TI MOUNE 

Very young girl, some group singing 

STORYTELLERS 1-4 

 True leads of show, excellent singers and actors, male or female 

MAMA EURALIE 

 Symbolic mother of all, good actress and singer, loving, practical, earthy,
couples with Tonton 

TONTON JULIAN 

 Good actor and singer, strong and supportive, couples with Mama 

TI MOUNE/ PEASANT GIRL 

 Excellent singer (pop style), good dancer, good actress 

DANIEL BEAUXHOMME 

 Good voice (pop style), moves well 

DANIEL'S SON 

 Small walk-on at end of show 

GATEKEEPER 

 Big, impressive voice, moves well, in one scene and ensemble for bulk of
show 

DANIEL'S FATHER 

 Some singing, acting, not sympathetic character 

ANDREA 

 Good singer and actress, refined, educated, a bit of an elitist, Daniel's
fiancee 

PAPA GE 

 Good voice, the "bad guy" of the show 

ASAKA 

 Excellent singer, moves well, "Goddess of the Earth" 

AGWE 

 Excellent singer, "God of Water" 

ERZULIE 

 Good singer (pop style), "Goddess of Love" 

GOSSIPERS 1-7 

 Good voices

CHOIR OF STORYTELLERS 

 Play many roles including peasants, villagers, guests, grands hommes 

Song List:

.  Prologue/We dance

.  One Small Girl/Waiting for Life

.  And The Gods Heard Her Prayer/Rain

.  Discovering Daniel/Pray

.  Andrea's Sequence

.  Forever Yours

.  Ti Moune

.  Mama Will Provide

.  The Human Heart

.  Pray (reprise)/The Ball

.  Ti Moune's Dance

.  Andrea Sequence

.  Promises/Forever Yours (reprise)

.  Wedding Sequence

.  A Part of Us/Why We Tell The Story

.  Bows/Exit 

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In the opening number "We Dance," the peasants describe their world; their
lives  are ruled by powerful gods, and their island is ruled by the wealthy
"grands hommes." They explain that the peasants and the grands hommes belong
to "two different worlds, never meant to meet."

In "One Small Girl" they begin the tale of Ti Moune, a peasant girl from
their side of the island who fell in love with a grand homme after being
"chosen by the gods for a magical fate." They describe how she was saved
from a flood by the gods when she was a child and raised by loving adoptive
parents. At the end of the song, Ti Moune has turned into a beautiful young
woman.

In "Waiting for Life," Ti Moune, who is now working in the hot fields,
yearns for an undefined future which she feels she has been promised by the
gods. She reminds them they have singled her out and tells them not to
forget her. A grand homme dressed in white drives past her and she decides
he will someday carry her off to a new life.

Agwe, the God of Water starts by creating a night of "Rain," and causes the
young grand homme, Daniel, to crash his car on a dark road. Ti Moune
discovers  him. Cradling the injured Daniel in her arms, Ti Moune realizes
that the gods have answered her prayer.

Despite the objections of the peasants, Ti Moune cares for Daniel. As her
father, Tonton Julian, goes off in search of Daniel's family, Ti Moune's
mother, Mama Euralie, observes that Ti Moune has become obsessed with this
boy. Tonton Julian  discovers Daniel's family, who live behind the guarded
gates of a fine hotel on the other side of the island. Meanwhile, the
peasants fear Ti Moune's folly will bring the wrath of the gods down upon
them. They "Pray" to ward off evil as a terrible storm rises.

Inside her hut, Ti Moune pledges her love to Daniel in the song "Forever
Yours". She imagines him handsome and well. Suddenly, Papa Ge, sly the Demon
of Death, appears to claim Daniel. Ti Moune promises to give up her own life
and soul if Papa Ge will only spare Daniel. He gleefully agrees to her
bargain.

Tonton Julian leads Daniel's family to him and they carry him off in a
stretcher. Ti  Moune insists on following Daniel. Although her parents plead
with her to remain with them, they finally allow her to leave with their
blessing.

Ti Moune's journey begins as the storytellers enter dressed as colorful
birds, trees,  frogs, and breezes. They introduce Asaka, the formidable
Mother of the Earth, who promises Ti Moune that "Mama Will Provide" all the
things she is likely to need on her way. 

Ti Moune enters Daniel's room where he lies in bed, still feverish from his
injuries. She convinces him that she has come to heal him, and he agrees to
let her stay the  night. As Ti Moune lies down beside him, the Goddess of
Love, Erzulie, appears to preside over them in "The Human Heart."

In "Pray - Reprise" the storytellers become gossips, commenting on the
unlikely union of a grand homme and a peasant girl, as Daniel and Ti Moune
fall deeply in love. The gossips insist Ti Moune may be Daniel's mistress,
but will never become his wife.

On a starlit evening, Ti Moune tells Daniel of her dreams for their future.
He replies she is different from "Some Girls" he has known and says "some
girls you marry, some you love." As he sings, another girl dresses before a
mirror, her elegant movements and clothes in contrast to Ti Moune's
simplicity and earthiness.

At the Hotel Beauxhomme, a ball is held and the grand hommes eagerly wait
for a glimpse of Ti Moune. She arrives, dressed beautifully but simply.
Daniel introduces Ti Moune to Andrea Devereaux, the girl we saw dressing for
the ball. At Andrea's  request, Ti Moune dances, enchanting everyone at the
ball. As Ti Moune celebrates her triumphant performance, Andrea asks her to
perform at her wedding, explaining it is she who will be marrying Daniel. 

Daniel tells Ti Moune he was promised to Andrea as a child and "this is how
things are done." Ti Moune is in shock and Daniel bluntly tells her they
could never  have married.

Desolate and alone, Ti Moune hears critical voices from the past, echoing in
her head. Papa Ge appears and reminds her of her promise, reprising "Forever
Yours."  However, he says that instead of surrendering her own soul, she can
choose to kill Daniel and have her own life back. Reminding her of Daniel's
betrayal, he gives her a knife.

Ti Moune is thrown out of the Hotel Beauxhomme. She waits, not eating or
sleeping, until Daniel and Andrea pass by her after their wedding, tossing
coins to the  peasants. She calls out to Daniel and he pauses by her side
for a moment, then  moves on. She curls up in despair, and from her hand
falls the coin Daniel has  pressed into it.

Mama Euralie begins a lament for Ti Moune, "Part of Us." The storytellers
enact Ti  Moune's death. She is passed gently from one god to the next,
until at last Asaka takes Ti Moune to her breast, and lays her to rest in
the earth.

Ti Moune is resurrected from the earth as a beautiful tree, one which will
shelter peasants and grand hommes alike for years to come. The storytellers
tell the little girl how Daniel's young son encountered a beautiful peasant
girl in the tree and the spirit of Ti Moune set them free to love one
another. This is "Why We Tell  the Story." They sing to the little girl,
"For out of what we live and we believe, our lives become the stories that
we weave."

As the little girl picks up the thread of the story and begins to tell it,
the storytellers  resume their places around the fire and the stars come
out, as the lights fade on them. 

We Tell the Story.... 

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