12/31/23
Pete Mills Musicals
Episode 008
EVERGREEN — Bonus Materials

Cara and Pete discuss how they used solstice mythologies from various cultures and time periods in creating the story for EVERGREEN. Pete offers up a contest for anyone who can find the musical Easter eggs hidden in the EVERGREEN score.

• Top Of The Show [0:00]
• The Evergreen Tree as a symbol [2:56]
• Santa, Kris Kringle, and other Shamanic Figures [4:40]
• Belsnickel [6:23]
• Tak Harus [7:51]
• Stories in the Stars [11:15]
• The Wizard Of Oz [12:59]
• The Family Tree [16:34]
• Lord Of The Rings [17:45]
• Star Wars and the Desert [19:05]
• Musical Easter Egg Contest [19:49]

EVERGREEN
Music & Lyrics by Peter Mills
Book by Peter Mills & Cara Reichel

CAST

Hillary Fisher (Maya)
Joe Montoya (Joshi)
Mary Beth Peil (Yamma)
George Abud (Wujek/Belsnickel)
Tess Primack (Anya/Estrella)
Adam Bashian (Rodzic/Tak Harus)

YOUTH CHORUS

Deven Agge
Natalie Chan
Victoria Chan
Finn Douglas
Casper Parvin
Hattie Parvin
Veidika Sen
Dylan Sutton
Luka Zylik

ORCHESTRA

Yan Li — piano/music director
Elena Bonomo — drums
Suzy Perelman — violin
Allison Seidner — cello
Justin Vance — flute/clarinet

Recorded at Pace University Studios, NYC
David Lawson, studio engineer
Edited and Mixed by Peter Mills

SPECIAL THANKS
John Herin, Tony & Tonna Vallés, Susan Thananopavarn, Kate Semmens
and all the parents of our youth chorus!

EVERGREEN was originally presented by Prospect Theater Company at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, NYC.
December, 2009.

LINKS

• When Santa Was A Shaman (book)

• PeteMillsMusic.com

• CaraReichel.com

• ProspecTheater.org

• Evergreen Podcast Page

12/24/23
Pete Mills Musicals
Episode 007
EVERGREEN — Full Show

As a special holiday bonus, here’s the entire EVERGREEN podcast musical as a single, uninterrupted epiosde. Enjoy!

• Top Of The Show [0:00]
• “My Grandmother Counts The Days” [0:54]
• “A Thing Called Snow” [3:04]
• Family Scene [7:47]
• “Where The Winds Begin” [11:13]
• “Leaving Home” [16:21]
• “You’d Never Get Far” [19:15]
• “The Storm” [22:10]
• “There Is Water Around” [23:16]
• “The Y Of A Witch” [26:06]
• “To The Seashore” [31:31]
• “Setting Sail” [34:39]
• “Stories In The Stars” [38:00]
• “To The Forest” [41:50]
• “These Trees” [45:50]
• “Feel Free” [50:58]
• “To The Volcano” [55:39]
• “Evergreen” [57:28]
• “The Fire” [01:00:40]
• Maya & Yamma [01:04:00]
• “The Return” [01:06:55}
• “Finale” [01:12:44]

Music & Lyrics by Peter Mills
Book by Peter Mills & Cara Reichel

CAST

Hillary Fisher (Maya)
Joe Montoya (Joshi)
Mary Beth Peil (Yamma)
George Abud (Wujek/Belsnickel)
Tess Primack (Anya/Estrella)
Adam Bashian (Rodzic/Tak Harus)

YOUTH CHORUS

Deven Agge
Natalie Chan
Victoria Chan
Finn Douglas
Casper Parvin
Hattie Parvin
Veidika Sen
Dylan Sutton
Luka Zylik

ORCHESTRA

Yan Li — piano/music director
Elena Bonomo — drums
Suzy Perelman — violin
Allison Seidner — cello
Justin Vance — flute/clarinet

Recorded at Pace University Studios, NYC
David Lawson, studio engineer
Edited and Mixed by Peter Mills

SPECIAL THANKS
John Herin, Tony & Tonna Vallés, Susan Thananopavarn, Kate Semmens
and all the parents of our youth chorus!

EVERGREEN was originally presented by Prospect Theater Company at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, NYC.
December, 2009.

LINKS

• PeteMillsMusic.com

• CaraReichel.com

• ProspecTheater.org

• Evergreen Podcast Page

12/23/23
Pete Mills Musicals
Episode 006
EVERGREEN — Chapter 5

In this last of five chapters, a small mistake leads to a disaster for Maya — but in her darkest moment, her grandmother’s wisdom shows Maya the way to rebirth and renewal.

• Pete & Cara’s Introduction [0:00]
• Start of the chapter [0:22]
• Yamma & Maya [3:41]
• “The Return” [6:35]
• Homecoming Scene [10:22]
• “Finale” [12:25]

Music & Lyrics by Peter Mills
Book by Peter Mills & Cara Reichel

CAST

Hillary Fisher (Maya)
Joe Montoya (Joshi)
Mary Beth Peil (Yamma)
George Abud (Wujek/Belsnickel)
Tess Primack (Anya/Estrella)
Adam Bashian (Rodzic/Tak Harus)

YOUTH CHORUS

Deven Agge
Natalie Chan
Victoria Chan
Finn Douglas
Casper Parvin
Hattie Parvin
Veidika Sen
Dylan Sutton
Luka Zylik

ORCHESTRA

Yan Li — piano/music director
Elena Bonomo — drums
Suzy Perelman — violin
Allison Seidner — cello
Justin Vance — flute/clarinet

Recorded at Pace University Studios, NYC
David Lawson, studio engineer
Edited and Mixed by Peter Mills

SPECIAL THANKS
John Herin, Tony & Tonna Vallés, Susan Thananopavarn, Kate Semmens
and all the parents of our youth chorus!

EVERGREEN was originally presented by Prospect Theater Company at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, NYC.
December, 2009.

LINKS

• PeteMillsMusic.com

• CaraReichel.com

• ProspecTheater.org

• Evergreen Podcast Page