ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | NOVEMBER 3-19, 2023
at eta Creative Arts Foundation
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman
Choreography by Florence Walker- Harris
Music Directer by Elliott Bell
Purchase Tickets at www.pulsetheatrechicago.org
Set in The French Antilles, Once on This Island is the coming-of-age story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl, who rescues a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. Once on This Island is a Haitian retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, based on the novel My Love, My Love; or The Peasant Girl by Trinidadian novelist Rosa Guy. The show is an adaptation with a hauntingly beautiful Caribbean score and captivating book by creative duo, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Eta Creative Arts Foundation is at 7558 S. South Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL.
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