Once On This Island

Once On This Island is an enchanting musical fable written by the Tony Award-winning team of Stephen
Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Derived from Hans Christian Andersen’s legend The Little Mermaid, the story explores the life-changing consequences of romance between people from two different worlds. Set on an island in the French Antilles, the play follows the journey of Ti Moune, a poor orphaned peasant girl who falls deeply in love with a rich city boy she rescues from death. Central to the story are four gods whom the peasants believe rule their destinies. The gods of Love (Erzulie), Earth (Asaka), Water (Agwe), and Death (Papa Ge) cause the lives of the young lovers to intersect, and send Ti Moune on the fateful quest that tests the strength of her love against the powerful forces of social prejudice, hatred and death.