Once on This Island

I am writing this from a perspective of a performer who was a part of the cast of the show. The show was about a peasant girl who falls in love with a rich boy when his car crashes in her village and she takes him under her care. After he is taken away by his relatives, the girl then travels to find him, when she does find him, he allows her in and makes her his temporary mistress until Andrea, the girlfriend of the boy, comes home and the boy, who is named Daniel is scolded by his parents for falling in love with a peasant and is forced to throw her out of the hotel. Andrea and Daniel are married and in an absolutely heartbreaking ending Ti Moune, the peasant girl, died of starvation outside of the Hotel where Daniel lives. My part in the play was that of a storyteller named Armand and I played Daniel's father. The performance overall was amazing and everyone did so well. I had trouble keeping control of my emotions as I let tears fall on the last two songs of the play on the last two days of the show. The musical score is absolutely brilliant, all with catchy lyrics and brilliant melodies and some of the songs are more on the beautiful song with heartfelt lyrics and gorgeous chord progressions and harmonies that truly touch the heart and will make any audience member shed a tear or two. Saturday was definitely our best show because the audience got into it and we really saw their emotion towards the end as a few of them cried at the last two songs which kind of made me feel a little better since I had also cried on those last two songs. The choreography that we incorporated into the show was fun to learn and really did flow with the music, each movement that we did had a specific part to the song and everything was just so well put together. I missed two weeks of rehearsal and I did have a hard time bouncing back into things and at some parts even doubted my own abilities to prepare for the show and learn all of the dance moves and remember all of the lyrics but Ms. Guarino and the rest of the cast pushed me and helped me to prepare and made me feel confident in myself and pushed me to put on a great performance and I want to thank Ms. Guarino for believing in me and not giving up on me because I honestly believe any director would have given up on me and just found someone else but she worked with me and helped me along the way and I am happy that I was able to deliver. This production was amazing led by an amazing cast and I am so glad that I was able to be a part of it. I love all of you