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Once On This Island The Musical

Music By Stephen Flaherty
Book & Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens

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Plot Summary & Audition Tips for Once On This Island

Once On This Island Characters

Once On This Island 1990 Original Broadway Cast Rec.

Once On This Island 1994 Original London Cast Rec.

Once On This Island Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)

Based on My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy

Audition Preparation Suggestions for
Once On This Island

This show features characters of a specific ethnicity. See our list of other shows with characters of particular ethnicities to aid in the search for audition material.

Once On This Island is a heavy dance show, with many calypso-style dances as well as "story theatre" style.

Ti Moune
A beautiful dark-skinned peasant girl with childlike innocence.
Daniel
a "grande homme" - half-white, half-black, handsome and well-bred, aristocratic, light-skinned
Tonton Julian
Ti Moune's adoptive father
Mama Euralie
TiMoune's adoptive mother
Andrea Devereaux
Daniel's betrothed - elegant, refined, light-skinned
Armand
Daniel's stern father
Agwe, the God of Water
Papa Ge, the Demon of Death
Asaka, Mother of the Earth
Erzulie, Goddess of Love

Once On This Island Links - Related Websites

Audition Preparation Materials

List of Songs in Once On This Island (Click the song title to download digital sheet music)

  • We Dance
  • One Small Girl
  • Waiting For Life
  • And The Gods Heard Her Prayer
  • Rain
  • Pray
  • Forever Yours
  • The Sad Tale Of The Beauxhommes
  • Ti Moune
  • Mama Will Provide
  • Some Say
  • The Human Heart
  • Some Girls
  • The Ball
  • A Part Of Us
  • Why We Tell The Story

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