Hi, Arthur. OOTI jr. is one of my favorite B'Way Jr. titles. I agree that "A Part of Us" is an emotional song and scene that should be honored and played to its full potential. Pain and (even death) is a real part of human life. Without pain (death, all types of abuse, deceipt, loss of love, evil, jealousy, greed, etc.) - there would be no subject matter for musical theater, right? I played the scene with the Gods standing side to side, passing TiMoune's body down the line to Papa Ge (the God of death). He laid her on the ground in front of Mama, Ton Ton Julian and Little TiMoune. They laid her to rest with their vocal as the Gods looked on. It was heart wrenching every single time - thank God. And, then every time TiMoune turned into "a tree!" The audience was relieved and felt more uplifted than if they had never been sad in the first place. Break a leg - hope your show is sad and funny and happy and fantastic! cj