Ali Getz, Senior at Xavier
shares her thoughts on her involvement in the play and what it meant to her
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production, with few breaks in between. The continuity and an
abundance of energy this format helped to create kept everyone on
stage and those in the audience awake and engaged throughout the
entire performance.
This show has been such an experience for me, as well as all my
fellow cast mates. It was different performing a show without an
intermission where we were onstage during the entire 90-minute
Leaving the Xavier/Brophy community at the end of this year will
be another task to tackle. We consider ourselves family on stage, and
it grows and grows with each incoming year. I will never forget my
first show at Xavier, opening night of Beauty and the Beast. As we
anxiously waited for the curtain to open, our director Mrs. Janice
Robillard said, “Remember, you are the story.” That quote has stuck
with me over the years, and having the closing number of Once
on This Island is “Why we tell the story” brought sentimental yet
gratifying closure to my final performance at Xavier. I am truly
blessed to have been a part of this production, and I look forward to
seeing future shows on the Xavier stage as an alumna. Z
eing a part of Xavier’s production of “Once On This Island” has
meant so much to me as a senior in high school. I started my
theatrical career at Xavier with our production of Beauty and
the Beast, as a knife. Since then, I have worked my way through dance
and drama classes and private vocal coaching to get me to where I am
today, cadged as the lead Ti Moune in the show. Ti Moune was a great
character for me to play. Not only was it a perfect fit for my vocal
range, but also it was incredible to be portraying the heroine of the
story. Ti Moune represents all the virtues of human life; love, passion,
curiosity, faith and forgiveness. She strived to reach her goals and,
despite the ending of the show, she continued to live her life watching
over others.
Ali Getz and Jacob Browning in "Once
on This Island"
Ali Getz and Talia Khan in "Once on This Island"
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