Shorecrest musical opens November 12 - Once On This Island

Shorecrest Drama is kicking off a big, two-musical season with Once on This Island. This musical features a beautiful score (exquisitely rendered by these talented young voices!) and a poignant folk legend at its heart, but most movingly, it's all about what it means to pass stories along. As such, it gets at essential humanity, and you can be sure of that listening to "Why We Tell The Story."

After a disaster, a community joins together to comfort a child through song and story. In the folk tale they weave (of "Little Mermaid" ilk, with Caribbean flavor),Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, and falls in love with him. 

Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over her fate. Ti Moune pursues Daniel, who has returned to his people, and her journey tests the powers of social-class differences, death, and ultimately, love.

Shorecrest Drama's Once on This Island will run from Thursday, November 12, through Sunday, November 15, and again the following weekend, Thursday, November 19, through Sunday, November 22. Performance times are 7:30pm on Wednesdays-Saturdays, and 2:00pm on each Sunday of the run.

Tickets are $15 at the door, or $12 when reserved in advance. Ticket reservations online, where you will find the option to either receive your tickets by mail, or at will-call on the day of the performance. Shorecrest Performing Arts Center is at the north end of the Shorecrest campus: 15343 25th Ave NE in Shoreline.