Once On This Island

Once on This Island is a play by John Musker and Ron Clements. It bears some inspiration from the 2016 family adventure Disney movie Moana. Music is composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina. The play debuted on March 25, 2020.

Plot
On the Australian island of Tasmania, the inhabitants respect the deity of nature, Te Fiti. A group of children say that they have something to tell the viewers and they start talking about what the gods have to do with nature (He Reigns). Te Fiti brought life to the sea many years ago using her heart and the source of her power. Maui, the demigod, stole the heart of Te Fiti. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate and Maui was attacked by a demon named Te Ka. And he lost the heart and his fish hook at the bottom of the sea (Why We Tell the Story). Centuries later, the ocean chooses Moana, the daughter of the premier to return the heart to Te Fiti. Tui and Sina, Moana's parents attempt to keep her away from the sea to prepare to be the island's premier (Where You Are). 16 years later, a blight strikes the island while killing vegetation and shrinking the fish catch. Moana suggests going beyond the island's reef with her pig, Pua to discover what is happening (How Far I'll Go) but her dad forbids it. Moana attempts conquering the reef but is overpowered by the tides and shipwrecked back to Motunui. That afternoon, Gramma Tala shows Moana a cave of boats while revealing that their ancestors were voyagers until Maui stole Te Fiti's heart: the ocean was no longer safe without it. Tala explains Te Ka's darkness is poisoning the island but can be cured if Moana finds Maui and has him restore Te Fiti's heart. Having been given the heart of Te Fiti by the ocean, Tala gives it to Moana. Tala later doesn't feel well and on her deathbed, she tells Moana that she should depart to look for Maui (How Far I'll Go - Repeating Version). Moana sets sail on a ship from the cave with her rooster named Hei Hei who has stowed away on it.They are caught in a tropical storm and shipwrecked on an island where she finds Maui who boasts about his achievements (The Bare Necessities).