released October 8, 2014

Produced and Directed by Christine Evangelista
Music by Peter Dizozza
Keyboard: Peter Dizozza
Bass: John Kessel
Guitar: Tony Hightower
Percussion: Sanjay Kaul

The Great Enchanted Forest

Producer & Director -- Christine Evangelista

Script and additional lyrics by Christine Evangelista and Peter Dizozza

Lyrics by Heather Doughty, Neil Ericksen, Maureen Fitzgerald, Helen Slayton Hughes, Owen Kalt, Jon Resnik, Jim Vogel and Peter Dizozza

Music adapted with Christine Evangelista and,
except for "The Musical Box" excerpt (Gabriel/Collins) and "Cry Baby Cry" (Lennon/McCartney),
composed by Peter Dizozza

source material: Mother Goose, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and the song catalog of Peter Dizozza, administered worldwide by CinemaVII.com

Byline: "Teenagers' escape to Forest Park brings new meaning to familiar fantasies."

SONG LIST Audio Files

The Great Enchanted Forest -- details from the document by J. P. Evangelista

Running Time: 1 Hour 8 minutes

1. Play Me Old King Cole (Peter) -- excerpt, Genesis, Nursery Crime, The Musical Box
2. For Whom the Dragons "The Gander Flies Tonight" (Group) from the 1973 song, "Thank You Disney"
3. Farewell Georgie (Partial Group), from the song "Goodbye Charlie," written for a film, lyric by Owen Kalt
4. Great Enchanted Forest (J.P., Peter, Kevin, Doug), from the song, "Lumberman," for Girl of the Limberlost, lyric: Helen Slayton Hughes
5. Creeping Things (Diane), for Androcles. Lyric: Helen Slayton Hughes
6. I’m Holding You, You’re Holding Me (Nicole, Christopher, Adrienne, Rory), from the song, "Holding You" for Androcles. Lyric: Helen Slayton Hugues
7. Fayo a Girl (Peter) from Legs Like These. Lyric: Neil Ericksen
8. My True Love Took a Dollar (Audrey) from Meg O' My Heart. Lyric: Neil Ericksen
9. Why This Place (Kathy) from Streetcar. Lyric: Maureen Fitzgerald.
10. Live and Learn (Monica) from The Middle Ages. Lyric by Peter Dizozza
11. You are You (Doris), for Androcles. Lyric: Helen Slayton Hughes
12. I’m Afraid of Presents (Ted) song lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes.
13. Tomorrow (Doug) for Next Stop Greenwich Village, lyric by Owen Kalt
14. Ashes (J.P.) for Androcles, lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes
15. I Won’t Ask you (Monica) for Girl of the Limberlost, lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes
16. Dress Down (Group) for "Big." Lyric by Heather Doughty
17. Great Enchanted Forest (Partial Group) adapted from the "Lumberman" song in Girl of the Limberlost, lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes
18. Welcome to the Games (Pat) Androcles, lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes
19. Cry Baby Cry (Kevin with Peter) this is the from the fourth side of the Beatle's White album. Lennon and MacCartney
20. Absotively Posilutley (Monica and Doug) from Next Stop Greenwich Village. Lyric by Owen Kalt
21. We Must Talk (Pat) lyric by Peter Dizozza after reading Anne Beatie's Octoscope short story.
22. Do You Remember (Tony w/J.P., Kathy, Monica, and Doug) lyric by Jon Resnik
23. You’ll Never Know What Good You’ve Done Me (Group) lyric by Helen Slayton Hughes
24. Enchanted Forest (Group)
April 7th and 8th, 2000, The Forest Hills Church in the Gardens Community House, Huff Hall

The Cast

Adrienne Brand -- Chorus/kitten
Audrey Brand -- Jil
Kathy Brand -- Dorothy Biddle
Monica Dizozza -- Alice Biddle
Christine Evangelista -- Mother Goose (April 8th)
J.P. Evangelista -- Johnny Hart
Doris Evans -- Mistress Mary
Kevin Gallagher -- King of Hearts
Pat Gmerek -- Queen of Hearts
Eve Hachmann -- Chorus
Diane Weber Levin -- Little Miss Muffet
Rory Gene Levin -- Chorus/kitten
Sally M. Maurer -- Mother Goose (April 7th)
Alice Michalchuk -- Chorus
Doug O'Connor -- Georgie Porgie
Tony Sarro -- Wizard
Christopher St. Germain -- Chorus/kitten
Nicole St. Germain -- Chorus/kitten
Ted St. Germain -- Giant
Nancy Tarenzi -- Wicked Queen Witch
Margaret Stancin/Lacoski -- Chorus
Peter Walker -- Jack
Candy Ward-Rychala -- Chorus

Musicians
Peter Dizozza -- Piano
Tony Hightower -- Guitar
John Kessel -- Bass
Sanjay Kaul -- Percussion

Lighting and Sound Engineer -- Kenneth Alvarez
Lights -- Mary Jo Clancy
Lighting Assistant -- Pat Gainor
Scenery -- John Evangelista
Scenic Consultant -- Russell Levin
Publicity -- Dorothy Weber
Publicity & Signage -- Russell Levin
Prompter -- Joan Igoe
Page Turner -- Catherine Reyes
President -- Madeleine Dizozza

Guest Night Chairman -- Jacquelyn Knight

Set Up -- Florence Barbasso, Janet Fraina, Betty Mangan, Maria Merone, Dorothy Weber

Floral Arrangements: Birgit Wunsch, Dorothy Weber, Lauretta Leddy, Barbara Pfifferling, Madeleine Dizozza

Reservations -- Dorothy Weber