The Magic Cookie Production Company!
Created in 1999 by Philip Michael Thomas and  Sandi Morais


The Mission of the Magic Cookie Company is to educate through entertainment. Empower, encourage and inspire people of all ages never to give upon their dream. "When you dare to dream and pursue your dream with passion, all things are possible." SACHA ON BROADWAY 8th production opened September 23, 2005 at the Theater of the Riverside Church in New York City.

Dr. Ruth “Joyce” Barnes the Principal/CEO and chief consultant for the Colbert Group has a wholly owned subsiderary, Barnes/Wright Production and Entertainment, a highly acclaimed entertainment company. The Colbert Group will bring positive and inspiring productions to the Central Florida area. The company is already producing two major plays Sacha on Broadway a Miami based original musical fairy-tale with book, music and lyrics written by Miami Vice star, Philip Michael Thomas and Sandi Morais, also Fences a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play written by the late, great August Wilson. Last month, the production company had three Orlando vocal artist to appear in Chicago on Singsation, the gospel entertainment program, which premiered June 4, 1989 on WBBM-TV.

Anthony B. Major will direct Fences. He is the Associate Professor/ Nicholson School of Film and digital Media at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Mr. Major was Vice President of the Red Foxx Corporation for six years and worked as stage manager with Dolly Parton on her television series Heavens to Betsy at Disney/MGM Studios. Gil Lewis will be reprising the role of Troy that he played on Broadway. Mr. Lewis is an accomplished actor, writer, director and visual artist.

Jamaican-born Sandi Morais (Producer) will be directing Sacha on Broadway for the third time. Ms. Morais earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Florida International University. She worked as a Physical Education Teacher at Sunset Christian Academy and worked for two years with the Family Children Development Center, a Dade County Special Education program. For ten years Ms. Morais also wrote fitness articles for Caribbean Today newspaper. In 2001-2003 She wrote a column for Caribbean Contact newspaper titled Positive Vibrations featuring true heart-to-heart inspirational stories of people who have triumph over tragedy. In 2006 a biography that she wrote on cancer survivor Cathee Roach-Connor was published in a book titled Psalms in the Dance of Life. Ms. Morais is co-writer on Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker coloring story book.

Philip Michael Thomas (Producer) was born may 26, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Thomas received the degree of Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa) from Shaw University in 1997 for his contribution to the arts. He has been writing children’s music and lyrics for over forty-years. In 1996 he co-produced “We are the children of the world”

(A children’s television show with puppets and music in Spanish and English in Costa Rica. His professional acting career began in 1968 with the San Francisco production of Hair. In 1971 Mr. Thomas starred as Gabe Gabriel in Charles Gordon’s Pulitzer Prize winning play titled No Place to Be Somebody at the Morasco Theater on Broadway. He also starred in eleven motion pictures including Stigma (1972), Book of Numbers with Raymond St. Jacques and Freda Payne (1973) and Sparkle (1976) starring opposite Irene Cara. He went on to guest star in over forty television shows.

Philip Michael Thomas gained international recognition in 1984 for his starring role as Ricardo Tubbs on the Emmy Award-winning television series Miami Vice. He won the 1985 and 1986 NAACP Image Award for best performance by an actor, dramatic mini series or television movie. He is the recipient of a CEBA Award and a GOLDEN GLOBE Award. He owned and operated Spaceship Recording Studio and the Miami Way Theater in North Miami, Florida for fifteen years,where he produced musicals, puppet shows, dramatic plays, recorded albums, commercials and produced film festivals and Amateur Night.

In 2001 Mr. Thomas was Artist-in-Residence at Hampton University and Sacha was produced as Hampton’s end of the year theatrical production.

Mr. Thomas is the co-writer on Sacha and the Magic Cooker coloring story book and he enjoys doing charity work with organizations like The Variety Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, The Black Heritage Museum and M.A.A.D.

“A Story about LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, and the POWER within.” Sacha on Broadway is an original musical fairy-tale about a young woman name Sacha Goodman whose lifelong dream is to become a Broadway star. The story begins four years after the Goodman family relocated from Miami to New York City to support Sacha’s dream. Sacha has the chance of a lifetime when she auditions for the lead in a Broadway Musical but she is over powered by fear and is kicked out of the audition. Feeling crushed and devastated Sacha decides to quit and give up on her dream of becoming a Broadway Star. Sacha's mother Olive Goodman who has lived with regret for twenty- five years because she gave up on her dream of becoming a prima ballerina is determined to stop her daughter from continuing on with generation curses and the cycle of broken dreams.

One moonlit night Sacha falls asleep and in her dream she meets her Magic Godmother who tells her that in order to become a Broadway Star, she has to face her fears and find the Bridge to Forever. (That dream turns into a living nightmare and Sacha’s own demons of fear come alive). Sacha faces Harriet the horrible Owl/EGO who believes that dreams are for people who sleep. She has cast the Evil Spell of Impossible on all the people in the Forest of Imagination including King Akaash forbidding him to ever find true love. Sacha also meets Samantha the unscrupulous Snake and Dolly the insensitive Duck. They all try to stop Sacha from fulfilling her dream. Through an act of great kindness and unusual courage, Sacha faces her demons and fears when she overcomes self-doubt by breaking the Evil Spell of Impossible. Sacha wakes up from this awful nightmare and realizes that she has the power within to fulfill her dream. She follows her heart and finally becomes a Broadway Star.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SACHA ON BROADWAY.
The play Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker opened at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater January 12th, 2001 then went on to opened at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia October 2001. In 2002 Sacha opened at Florida International University. The following year Sacha opened at the Hollywood Playhouse Hollywood, Florida. In February 2004 ten songs from Sacha was performed at Ocean Reef Cultural Arts Center, Ocean Reef, Florida as a Musical Review. In January 2005 Sacha also opened as a Musical Review at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center in Hollywood, Florida and three months later at the Byron Carlyle Theater Miami Beach, Florida. The play was further developed and the story line and title was changed from Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker to Sacha on Broadway. The landmark production of Sacha on Broadway directed by Sandi Morais opened at the Theater of the Riverside Church in New York City September 23, 2005.

Sacha On Broadway is an Enchanting Musical Love Story for the whole family. It sends a positive message to people of all ages. "When you dare to dream and pursue your dreams with passion ... all things are possible."

Reviews: FROM THE MUSICAL REVIEW at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, Hollywood, Florida (January 8th & 9th 2005)
"The road to success is not easy" "Everything happens in its own time." "Pursue your dreams with a passion" "Change has to come from you." These are just a small sampling of the powerful statements that resonated in "Sacha". As a nationally, internationally, and locally renown private educator who has worked in the Florida community for the past 30 years in teaching frustrated children to learn to read, this play is one of the most empowering literary pieces I have seen in decades. We need to encourage and empower our youth, and this play is a must for every child and adolescent. --Dr. Deborah Levy, Psychologist, North Miami Beach

"How refreshing it was to see "Sacha" a show that is so uplifting and inspiring. The music is beautiful, the energy level is very high, but most important, and the message is one that can affect people's lives. We need more messages like this one that carry hope in the way "Sacha" does. I encourage people to bring their families and friends to see "Sacha." --TV host Meredith Porte - WLRN Art Street. -

"Sacha" is a most enjoyable presentation." The Legend - Horace Forbes -WAVS Radio host

"I enjoyed "Sacha" immensely and my mom did too. The singing was superb." Susan Brandon - Kendall, Florida

"Sacha" was wonderful! Loved the music, story and talent." Leslie Llowenthal - Aventura Charter Elementary School.

Sacha on Broadway will open at Jones High School’s auditorium June 1, 2007.

People's Theatre, Inc. is partnering with Sandi Morais and Philip Michael Thomas as a community liaison. Philip and Sandi were patrons to a People's Theatre's Production of Purlie Victorious in 2002 and the Executive Director, Canara Price, has stayed in touch ever since. "We are excited to be a part of this venture," Price says. "I am sure this community will embrace Sacha on Broadway, knowing how Orlando appreciates quality multicultural theatre. The possibility of Sacha On Broadway touring across country also opens the door for many of our talented community actors to broaden their theatrical platform. You will be greeted with smiles at the doors of this production by the People's Theatre Guild, who will also coordinate ticket sales, concessions, and merchandise for Sacha On Broadway.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.peoplestheatre.org