Casting Call for "Once on This Island" Play
Looking for performers for "Once on This Island" Musical. Please see the details below. About the project: Once on This Island is adapted from the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or The Peasant Girlby Rosa Guy which she based off of Hans Christian Andersen's story The Little Mermaid. Set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean sea, the story explores the life of Ti Moune, a peasant girl, who lives on a tropical island whose population is separated between different social classes. Ti Moune rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a member of the upper grand-hommes class from the other side of the island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical 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 through music, song, and dance, the musical explores universal issues which affect us all - love, anger, forgiveness, faith, maturity, and mortality. Additional info: Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song of your choice. Directors prefer you bring sheet music with you for our accompanist, but you may also play a karaoke track from your phone, if necessary. Music from the show is both encouraged and welcomed. Please be prepared to dance/move as well. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, 1/18, as needed. Rehearsals begin the second week of February. The production dates are April 10 – 26. If interested, please apply.
11 roles
A peasant girl with a powerful spirit and voice. Soprano. A spirited peasant girl who falls in love with Daniel. Strong singer and dancer.
Tenor/Baritone. Wealthy young man torn between love and duty. Charming, conflicted.
Mezzo-Soprano. Loving, protective adoptive mother of Ti Moune. Grounded and wise.
Baritone. Caring, hardworking adoptive father of Ti Moune. Gentle humor.
Mother of the Earth. Mezzo-Soprano/Belt. Warm, maternal, larger-than-life presence. Goddess of abundance.
God of Water. Baritone. Regal, commanding, dramatic. Brings both destruction and renewal.
Goddess of Love. Any gender. Soprano. Graceful, compassionate, elegant. Embodiment of love and beauty.
Demon of Death. Any gender, Tenor/Baritone. Sinister, sly, and charismatic. Trickster-like presence.
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano. Daniel’s well-bred fiancée, elegant, poised, embodying expectations of upper-class society.
Baritone. Mixed Heritage. Daniel’s stern, imposing father, representing the ruling class and its prejudice.
Strong singers and movers. Narrators who shift between roles and bring the island community to life.
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