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Once on this Island at Freitag & Falk Theater Black Box Theater

Dates: (6/26/2019 - 6/30/2019 )

Theatre:

Freitag & Falk Theater Black Box Theater


Trinity Prep School
Winter Park, 32792

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The Trinity Prep Summer Theater Intensive, in partnership with Lumiere D'education Foundation, proudly presents the musical "Once on this Island." The Trinity Prep summer intensive program started in 2003 and was designed to provide students an experience similar to that of a professional theater company, with only a two-week rehearsal process. The program is open to students from all schools and brings together a community of enthusiastic and passionate youth. "Once on this Island," under the direction of Janine Papin, with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, is based on the book My Love My Love by Rosa Guy. The recent revival of "Once on this Island" won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.
The story takes place on an island referred to only as the Jewel of the Antilles. It is a mythical world, inhabited by both gods and humans, but the story resonates with the historical and political realities of Haiti, which was actually known as Jewel of the Antilles in the 1800s. The island has great beauty and wealth as well as devastating poverty.
It is with that current-day reality that Trinity Prep school brings awareness to a school in Haiti that needs much assistance. Lumiere D'education Foundations mission is to provide free education to Haitian children who are eager to learn and gain the skills required to lead healthy, productive lives. The organization empowers disadvantaged children to break the cycle of poverty by providing them the education needed to achieve that. The Haitian government doesnt fund public education; families have to pay for their children to attend school. In rural areas like La Plaine, where this school is located, poverty rates are high, and its even more unlikely children there will be able to afford schooling. Lumiere D'education provides this at no cost to the families.
The school is run by Caberbe Joseph and Gelina Mascoe. Cabarbe Joseph, known as C.J. to all the kids he works with, is the area arts director for Boys and Girls clubs of Central Florida. He is originally from Haiti, and his goal was to open a school there once he finished college. In 2017, he and his sister took over the school opened by their father and have run it ever since.
At each production of the play, foundation t-shirts, jewelry made by students in Haiti, as well as other Haitian art, will be on sale, with the proceeds going to Lumiere D'education. Information about sponsoring a student will be available. A donation of only $14 will provide one student with school uniforms, school supplies, and meals and will help cover the teachers salaries for an entire month! Lumiere D'education Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Please come and join us for one of our performances and be "swept away by this beautiful tale of a young woman who fights and endures the ultimate sacrifice to make the world a better and more inclusive place." - Michael Arden, the original Broadway director of Once on this Island.
Show information below:
Directed By Janine Papin, Choreography by Ellie Potts Barrett, Musical Direction by Patrick Nugent and Kathy Slage, Light Design by Jon Whiteley, Sound Design by Peter Sorrel
Performed in the Freitag & Falk Black Box Theatre
Trinity Prep School, 5700 Trinity Prep Lane, Winter Park, Florida 32792
Performances: June 26 through June 30, 2019
June 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30 p.m.
June 29 and 30 at 2:30 p.m.
All Tickets $10 plus convenience fees: https://trinityprep.ticketleap.com/once-on-this-island/

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