The Women's Club of Forest Hills
PresentsThe 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 DizozzaMusic adapted with Christine Evangelista and, except for "The Musical Box" excerpt (Gabriel/Collins)
and "Cry Baby Cry" (Lennon/McCartney), composed by Peter Dizozzasource material: Mother Goose, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and the song catalogue of Peter Dizozza, administered worldwide by CinemaVII.com
Byline: "Teenagers' escape to Forest Park brings new meaning to familiar fantasies."
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
11.
You are You (Doris)
12.
I’m Afraid of Presents (Ted)
13.
Tomorrow (Doug)
14.
Ashes (J.P.)
15.
I Won’t Ask you (Monica)
16.
Dress Down (Group)
17.
Great Enchanted Forest (Partial Group)
18.
Welcome to the Games (Pat)
19.
Cry Baby Cry (Kevin with Peter)
20.
Absotively Posilutley (Monica and Doug)
21.
We Must Talk (Pat)
22.
Do You Remember (Tony w/J.P., Kathy, Monica, and Doug)
23.
You’ll Never Know What Good You’ve Done Me (Group)
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