A testament to the transcendent power of love and music takes center stage with Beck Center’s eighth annual collaboration with the esteemed Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Once follows a Dublin street musician and a Czech immigrant who are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music. Winner of eight Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, a Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theatre Album, and four Drama Desk Awards® including Outstanding Musical, Once speaks to the power of music to connect us all.

Creative Team

• Book by Enda Walsh

• Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

• Based on the Motion Picture Written and Directed by John Carney

• Directed by Victoria Bussert | In collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)