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Category: Once On This Island

Throwback Thursdays - Alana Hibbert on Caroline, or Change

Who could forget our 2012, multi-Dora award winning production of Caroline, or Change? With an all-star cast, Caroline, or Change, wowed audiences and critics with its superb blend of semi-operatic musical composition courtesy of Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner’s cleverly constructed book and inspired direction from Robert McQueen. As we enter the final weekend of Once On This Island, we sat down with our current Goddess of Love, Alana Hibbert, to reflect on playing the radio along with our Ti Moune (Jewelle Blackman) and Neema Bickersteth. More

Throwback Thursdays - Selina Martin and Daren A. Herbert on A Craigslist Cantata

It’s getting busy in our offices, with both Once On This Island and the tour of A Craigslist Cantata opening tomorrow night! For today’s throwback, we asked Selina Martin (who is currently in Calgary getting ready for the next step in the amazing online-classified musical journey) and Daren A. Herbert (who has traded in his dead deer for Papa Ge’s headdress) to take a moment to reflect on this shot from last year’s incredible production at Factory Theatre. More

Throwback Thursdays - Kaya Joubert Johnson on Caroline, or Change

Who could forget our 2012, multi-Dora award winning production of Caroline, or Change? With an all-star cast, Caroline, or Change, wowed audiences and critics with its superb blend of semi-operatic musical composition courtesy of Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner’s cleverly constructed book and inspired direction from Robert McQueen. In her debut musical theatre role playing Caroline’s youngest son (!) was the very versatile Kaya Joubert Johnson. Currently donning Little Ti Moune’s dress in Once On This Island, Kaya found a few minutes to talk to us about this formative experience. More

Jewelle Blackman’s Triple Threat

Only two weeks until the opening of Once On This Island! A love story for all ages, this Ahrens and Flaherty musical tells the story of Ti Moune, a dark skinned peasant woman who must navigate the forces of love and death when she falls in love with the lighter skinned, upper-class man Daniel.

Ti Moune is played by non other than the formidable Jewelle Blackman, who some of you will remember from our production of Caroline, or Change, and others from this past season as the Acid Queen and Fruma Sarah in Stratford’s Tommy and Fiddler on the Roof, respectively. More

Our Day on the Island (Photo Blog)

The cast and crew of Once On This Island are having so much fun that we just had to share some their infectious joy with you today. And what better way to do so than with a behind the scenes look at rehearsals? More

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