PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SANDI MORAIS
PRESENTS
SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK
WITH NEW ARTWORK BY IMAJ
The Big Old Elephant and the Teeny Weeny Mouse, Magic Cookie Maker, I Love My ABC’s,
Granddaddy Said", "A.E.I.O.U." and "IMAGINATION", plus
"We are the children of the World",
"Love is The MAGIC" and
"I Love you with all my Heart".
A SPECIAL BONUS SONG
GITCHI, GITCHI, GOUCHIE, GOUCHIE
YOU'RE MY LITTLE HOUCHIE COUCHIE...
I LOVE YOU
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FT. LAUDERDALE CHILDREN'S THEATER
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SANDI MORAIS
JANET ERLICK
Executive Artistic Director
PRESENT'S
SACHA
AND THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
World Premiere
January 12, 2001
(The MUSICAL FAIRYTALE)
Was preformed to sold out audiences
and rave reviews
at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater.
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & SANDI MORAIS
JANET ERLICK
Executive Artistic Director
PRESENT'S
SACHA
AND THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
World Premiere
January 12, 2001
(The MUSICAL FAIRYTALE)
Was preformed to sold out audiences
and rave reviews
at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater.
SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
COLORING STORY BOOK
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL EDITION - $19.99
(PLUS S & H)
COLORING STORY BOOK
25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL EDITION - $19.99
(PLUS S & H)
SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER
MUSIC BOOK
$30.00
(PLUS S & H)
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PHOTO by GREG ALEXANDER
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Philip Michael Thomas The Composer CEO of Spaceship Records, Inc. Singer, Songwriter, Music & Lyric Vocal Arranger, Producer, Poet, Playwright, Philanthropist, Doctor of the Arts "Honoris causa" Actor & Photographer _______________ “When you dare to dream and pursue your dream with passion, all things are possible.” We stand on the shoulders of our GREAT ANCESTORS! We are All FAMILY. I love our beloved FAMILY who are REAL Earth Angels, teachers and guides. They taught me, my brothers and sisters and our cousins that, “We Can start where we are USE what we have and CREATE what we want”. ______________________ Philip Michael Thomas is the founder and CEO of his independent Record label Spaceship Records, originally formed in 1972 at 6512 La Mirada St. in Hollywood, California. In 1977, at age 26, Thomas continued his musical performance journey as the singer song writer, who plays piano and guitar. He is the musician and lyricsist and executive producer, co-writer, and producer of 2 operettas. In 1977 PMT composed original music & lyrics, and Co- produced and starred in “The Legend of Stacker Lee" at the Variety Arts Theater in Los Angeles, California with the Original Script & Music by FRANK FIELDS- and PAUL ELWOOD HARRIS twenty-five years later... "I loved teaming up with 64 year old Composer Director / Author / Lyricist PAUL ELWOOD HARRIS and Musical Director Edreese Sadiqui, and produciing this AMAZING Historic Jazz and Blues Musical Operetta with a cast of Operatic Characters who were performing my original songs, "Since I Met You", "Fish & Chips won't do" "Sex-Z- Lady, "Fire Turns to Ice", "She's a Liar" and "Starry-Eyed". The Legend of Stacker Lee Musical reveals another fabulous time in our African American History. The Baddest Man in Town __________________ "In 1980 Thomas had begun composing the MUSIC and LYRICS & BOOK for the Gospel Musical E-M-A-N-U-E-L, with ABUNA Nathanel Williams - Archbishop of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Harlem, New York. It is a Gospel musical about our beloved Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ and her Love Story with Joseph the legal and earthly father of Jesus and husband of Mary and the patron saint of fathers. _________________________ MIAMI WAY THEATER & SPACESHIP RECORDS PERFORMING ART'S CENTER Accented with artistic images reflecting a vision of divine Egyptian loveliness, The MiamiWay Theater was a wonderland of entertainment for Thomas and the residents of South Florida. In 1988, PMT founded the non-profit Philip Michael Thomas Foundation for the Arts. His efforts opened up the hearts and minds of South Florida’s diverse culture through its JAZZ LIVE SERIES. Produced by Paxton Baker, who was the first Miami-way Theater manager in 1985 and began his association with BET in 1992 when the company sponsored the first St. Lucia Jazz Festival. Thomas would ultimately own and operate his MiamiWay THEATER & Spaceship Recording studio multiplex for 15 years. (1984 thru 1998). Not only was it the creative hub of his independent label, Spaceship Records Company & 24 track Spaceship Recording Studio, it housed a 450 seat theater where he Executive Produced New Musicals like "1990's Woman" with writer, Director Kassandra Green, and Musical Director Kenny Riggins. Emmy Award-winning Cornelia "Corky" Dozier the founder of Coconut Grove Playhouse Children’s Theater, produced & directed children's plays at the Miami-Way Theater and continued to inspire the next generation of actors, writers, and producers. Robert Macbeth, Founder of Harlem's New Lafayette Theater created a vibrant space for actors and playwrights that became a seedbed for the emerging Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s" was also a teacher and acting coach on staff. Edward Albee's classic dramatic play "The Zoo Story" was staged by Law student and theater manager who played (Jerry) Acelo Pedroso & James B. Randolph II (Peter). Mr. Randolph continues to teach Acting, Classical Styles, Mask Characterization, and Speech at the New World School of the Arts. The Space Puppet' Galaxy to the Stars shows, were developed by PMT and Edward Lopez at the Miam-iway Theater, "We Are The Children of The World" was their theme Song". Melton Mustafa's Jazz Orchestra began playing their yearly concerts on the Miami-Way Theater stage in 1985 . In Spaceship Recording Studio we recorded Pop, Gospel, R&B, Rapp, Jazz, Latin, Country, Rock and Reggae artist albums and commercials. We loved producing Amateur Night and independent film festivals. Although this entrepreneurial project would require a great investment of time and money, for Thomas it would be no match for his burning desire to educate young minds, feed hungry souls and make a difference in the future lives of children and families. “One whose kind acts were begun with kind thoughts, One whose greatness is not found in his passions, One whose power is not found in his position or his prestige But one who is filled with goodness, humility, service, and character”- A quote from Philip Michael Thomas’ beloved Mother, Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas, born in Columbus, Ohio September 21, 1926 - December 28, 2015. ------------------------------------------- In 2025 Sandi Morais and I are celebrating our forty years of Friendship and working together on creative successful projects since we first me on the set of Miami Vice in 1984 and twenty-five years of publishing our FAMILY Musical Fairytale "SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER & “SACHA ON BROADWAY. From the beginning of our creative collaboration in 1999 we video taped all the rehearsals, workshops and productions for educational purposes and archived them for the future development of other ancillaries, book sales, How to Write & Produce a Children's Musical, merchandising potential with music CDs, DVDs, MP3 availability, singing dolls & puppets, action figures, publications (print and electronic), video gaming, animated films, cable and subscription television. "Working with Sandi Morias has truly been a labor of love and such an awesome lifetime experience." ______________________ The People's Choice Award and 2x NAACP Image Award winner Philip Michael Thomas and his partner Sandi Morais, said, “When we first started writing Children’s stories together from 1999 thru 2001 each story was written to help reinforce the self-image and self-worth values of our young children.” Those stories & music & lyrics and activities became “SACHA & The Magic Cookie Maker Coloring Book & other short stories”. _______________________ The 2025 -twenty-five year Anniversary Edition of the Sacha and The Magic Cookie Maker Coloring Story Book- and The MUSIC BOOK with Lyrics and Music is the seed that was planted in 1999. It has now grown into the beautiful TEACHING tree that has been published with all the delicious fruit that GOD has blessed us to IMAGINE. We CREATED & developed SACHA GOODMAN and her family with all the wonderful MAGICAL characters in the scrips and workshopped and PRODUCED the nine productions of SACHA'S MAGICAL MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH IMAGINATION. IT CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM. SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER & SACHA ON BROADWAY are now ready for the next productions to begin. _________________________________ Parents and teachers can use the five original stories about Sacha’s adventure to Magic Cookie Land along with the 5 children’s songs that Philip wrote titled, The Big Old Elephant and the Teeny Weeny Mouse, Magic Cookie Maker, I Love My ABC’s, Granddaddy Said", "A.E.I.O.U." and "IMAGINATION", plus "We are the children of the World", "Love is The MAGIC" and "I Love you with all my Heart". A SPECIAL BONUS SONG GITCHI, GITCHI, GOUCHIE, GOUCHIE YOU'RE MY LITTLE HOUCHIE COUCHIE... I LOVE YOU ______________________________ The SACHA Coloring book & Music book is the PERFECT GIFT to help Parents & GRAND PARENTS who are Home Schooling their children & GRAND CHILDREN to have FUN and GAMES and PLAY & LEARN to sing NEW SONGS and DANCE & ACT out all the story ADVENTURES to all the lyrics and music as they are learning and IMAGINING with Sacha, Martin the Frog, Dolly the Duck, Ray the Rat, Sam the Snake and Harriet the Owl. The Magic Cookie Maker stories & activities can help stimulate Auditory Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Pre-Math Skills, Color Coordination, Critical Thinking, and also help enhance the creative I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N! _______________________________ Philip Michael Thomas is a 1967 graduate from San Bernardino High School in California. He attended Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, UC Riverside and UC Berkley. 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 fifty-years. Philip gained international recognition in 1984 thru 1989 for his starring role as Ricardo Tubbs on the Emmy Award-winning television series “Miami Vice,” He won the People’s Choice Award in 1986 and in 1985 & 1986 he won the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards for best performance by an actor, dramatic mini series or television movie. MUSICAL ROOTS Excerpts form the September 2024 MUSICMAN Magazine Cover Story of Philip Michael Thomas - THE COMPOSER by Jeanette Stephens, El. A precocious and energetic Philip Michael Thomas was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 26, 1949. He began exploring life and his musical imagination between the tender age of 4 and 11, with his Stepfather, George William Liggins born January 14,1916 in Cecil, Pensilvania. Mr. Liggings was a self-taught man, car mechanic, Private Pilot and welter weight boxer from (1935-1946). He worked at Kaiser Steel in Fontana, California in 1959. He taught Philip to fix cars and the sport of boxing, Philip had his first boxing match at ten years old at the Moose Loge in Fontana, California, Mr. Liggins also taught Philip to play the piano by ear and to speak and sing in Spanish. Philip's beloved Mother, Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas born September 21, 1926 in Columbus, Ohio, instilled in Philip many attributes through the power of her Mc Morris family historic education stories, editing and publishing her writings in the local newspapers. Lula loved singing Gospel and Classic Spiritual songs in the church choir with her soprano voice. "The Lords Prayer" was her favorite, she also spoke French and was Philip's first dance teacher who taught him to dance the Jitterbug. This new found freedom of artistic expression sparked a riot in Philip's heart and soul, and his budding talent coupled with tenacity and quick wit, became a winning formula that would eventually take him on the journey of a thousand seasons. ____________________________ PMT (as he is affectionately called) loves photography, studying Health & Nutrition and practicing living a vegetarian/vegan healthy lifestyle of wellness. Philip loves to fast and pray and exercise, meditate and dance, read the dictionary, write poetry, and study the Bible especially the PSALMS and other Spiritual Books, like "The Prophet", by Kahlil Gibran, published in 1923, it is a book of prose poetry fables. Also Aesop’s Fables and Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes are inspirational books that teach valuable life lessons about love, honesty, integrity, and good & wicked behavior. Philip has been writing poetry and children’s stories, music and lyrics since 1960. At age eleven years old he composed the lyrics to his first song in Riverside, California titled "Troubled Child". It is one of the original songs in "SACHA & the Magic Cookie Maker" and "SACHA ON BROADWAY" the Musical. ________________________ Philip Michael Thomas ~ “On a more personal note; I am so grateful to my Eternal God Omnipotent Teacher, my Beloved Heavenly Father. Corinthians 6:18 "I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty," My Mother Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas (The real Magic Good-Mother) and the Mc Morris-Thomas African and Native American Ancestors! They are the Teachers & Roots and Legacy that continue to bless our Family. I respect the wisdom of all the Elders in my family, from my Grandfather James Arthur Mc Morris born June 7, 1886 in Laurens, South Carolina he was a Buffalo Soldier in the 9th Cavalry Regiment, and a police officer in Columbus, Ohio until he died in 1938. Also my Grandmother Marie Carter Mc Morris born March 6,1895 in Amherst, Virgina and My Phyllis and Lewis I. Diggs family from Columbus, Ohio and West Virginia. I honor and respect my uncles (Attorney Samuel Carter Mc Morris and Accountant Arthur Mc Morris & his wife Marcia and family from Nasau Bahamas) and my aunts (Dr. Eloise Mc Morris Anderson, Anna Mc Morris Ross and Esther Mc Morris Craig). They are my beloved Earth Angels, Teachers and Guides. They taught me, my brothers and sisters and our cousins to keep GOD FIRST & that LOVE and TRUTH is the ANSWER to all things. “We CAN start where we are USE what we have and YES! WE CAN CRE- ATE what we want”. I pray that my grown children, grandchildren and great-grandchil-dren yet unborn will continue to be the Teachers and Keepers of our History, Roots and Legacy. We stand on the shoulders of GREAT ANCESTORS! WE ARE ALL FAMILY. WE ARE HISTORIC EDUCATORS! __________________________________
LULA MC MORRIS THOMAS -BORN SEPTEMBER 21, 1926 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
ATTORNEY SAMUEL CARTER MC MORRIS - PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS' UNCLE
PAUL ELWOOD HARRIS & PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS @ SPACESHIP RECORDS 6512 LA MIRIDA STREET HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 1977
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS @ THE ETHIOPIAN COPTIC CHURCH IN HARLEM, NEW YORK. WORKING ON E-MAN-U-EL, ART DESIGN BY BISHOP GEORGE REEDER 1988
Dr. Robert B. Ingram
Biography DR. Bob Ingram The former Mayor of Opa-locka and the former President of the National Conference of Black Mayors The Honorable School Board Member Robert B. Ingram, Ph.D. not only serves as School Board District #1 representative, he serves as a Full-Professor and Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs at Florida Memorial University. Dr. Ingram is the former Mayor of Opa-locka and the former President of the National Conference of Black mayors. Dr. Ingram comes to the table of academic excellence with the patient understanding of a pastor, the political knowledge of a government leader, the theoretical wisdom of a professor, and the assurance of an administrator. As a School Board Member, Dr. Ingram oversees a district encompassing 1,205,813, 284 square footage with 52 schools and 43,663.00 students. He Chairs the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Program and serves on the Value Adjustment Board. Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker is a story about a little girl name Sacha with a big heart. Sacha wanted to do something good for all the children in her village. Sacha wished she had a Magic Cookie Maker so she could make chocolate chip cookies for all the children in her village.
REVIEW BY DR. DEBORAH LEVY "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" and The MAGIC COOKIE MAKER . 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. Philanthropic Endeavors: We strongly believe that theater builds character as a result we have established the Olive Excell Foundation in collaboration with the Philip Michael Thomas Foundation for the Arts. The foundation was established to celebrate the life and continue the legacy of Olive Excell, mother of Sandi Morais. The Olive Excell Foundation /Philip Michael Thomas Foundation of the Arts will help to provide scholarships to students in Jamaica and the United States to assist them in pursuing their dream in the area of arts and education. The first scholarship from the Olive Excell/Philip Michael Thomas Foundation of the Arts was awarded to the Arts Academy of Hollywood in 2005. 
REV. IKE with SANDI MORAIS & PHILIP MICAEL THOMAS in New York @ THE PALACE 175th & Broadway 2005
UNCLE PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS TEACHING AMAL THOMAS TO PLAY THE PIANO & SING MAGIC COOKIE MAKER - PHOTO by GEORGE THOMAS 2020
PMT PYRAMID AWARD- Design by PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & Mr. NEON 1987.
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS PYRAMID AWARD- Design by
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Sandi Morais-
Writer, Director & Co-Ex-Producer In May, 1999 Sandi Morais was teaching Preschool at Sunset Christian Academy in Miami, Florida, she wanted to introduce her class to some new material. She played five of Philip's original children's songs to the children titled The Big Old Elephant & The Teeny Weeny Mouse, Magic Cookie Maker, Granddaddy Said, I Love My ABC'S & A.E.I.O.U. Sandi was amazed how quickly the children were able to remember the words to the songs. Sandi and Philip decided to turn the songs into stories for the book, and then in nine months they wrote the script and developed the Goodman family and characters into a musical play titled Sacha and the Magic Cookie Maker. The first song they composed together is titled "Love is the Magic & the Magic is YOU! The musical play was produced in Ft. Lauderdale. Miami, Florida, Hampton, Virginia, New York City and Orlando, Florida. January 1, 2000
@ The Manhattan Center Theater Mr. Philip Michael Thomas' & M-Zuri Moyo Aimbaye's Duet performance, singing "Significant Other" Conductor and arranger David Eaton. Guest percussionist Kenny Muhammad was televised world wide For more information contact: www.philipmichaelthomas.info/ 
THE SACHA & THE MAGIC COOKIE MAKER MUSIC BOOK has piano and vocal lead sheets. with Musical arrangements & Lyrics by Philip Michael Thomas & Sandi Morais. Musical Director & arranger Melton”Shakir" Mustafa Sr. Biography in the 2005 production of SACHA ON BROADWAY Melton Mustafa-Trumpet player extraordinaire, arranger/composer, producer, and educator. Melton has performed with some of the top names in JAZZ including the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Woody Herman Orchestra, Bobby Watson, Jaco Pastorius, George Cables, John Hicks, Charlie Mingus Dynasty, and Gunter Shuller, among many others. Mustafa has played in many of the international Jazz Festival which include the Playboy Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Ravina Jazz Festival, SS Norway Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Lugano Jazz Festival (Italy), Pori Jazz Festival, Charlie Mingus Epitaph Orchestra in Russia and many others. As a traveling artist, Mustafa manages to conduct his duties as an educator, Mustafa is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at Florida Memorial University where he teaches Music Theory, Jazz Composition and other jazz related courses. He also produces his Annual Melton Mustafa Jazz Festival at Florida Memorial University. Some of the guest artists that appeared at the Festival from (1996-2009) were, Jon Faddis, Abraham Laboriel, Benny Golson, Dr. Nathan Davis, Dr. Grover Washington Jr., Dr. James Moody, Idris Muhammad, George Cables, Wallace Roney, Patrice Rushen, Geri Allen, Jimmy Owens, Billy Cobham, Herbie Mann, Dr. Billy Taylor, Clarke Terry, Curtis Fuller, Nestor Torres, Winard Harper, Najee, Randy Brecker, and others.
SACHA ON BROADWAY ORLANDO FLORIDA PRODUCION 2007 Book, lyrics and music by Philip Michael Thomas Sandi Morais Executive Producers and Writers An original modern day Musical Fairy-tale A Story about LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, and the POWER within. Directed by Sandi Morais A special bonus for the Orlando audience was the talent of Dewayne Barrett who served as the choreographer for Sacha on Broadway. Having choreographed all over the world for A Chorus Line and West Side Story, Mr. Barrett didn’t disappoint. No one will forget the fancy foot work by Rita the Rat any time soon, and the finale dance production of "THIS IS IT... I AM ON BROADWAY". 
Philip Michael Thomas , Dr. Eloise, Mc Morris- Anderson, George Thomas & Lula Mc Morris Thomas on the MIAMI VICE set 1987.
Philip Michael Thomas & Mother- Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas & FAMILY with Cheryl Kagan @ Emmy Awards 1986
Mrs. Lula Mc Morris Thomas , Muhammad Ali, PMT & George Thomas & Forrest Thomas - MIAMI VICE SET 1987
SANDI MORAIS & PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS @ MIAMI WAY THEATER 1993
JOEY GOODRICH & PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS @ Miami-Way Theater 1993
MIAMI -WAY THEATER & SPACESHIP RECORDS 126-15 WEST DIXIE HIGHWAY - NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA 1988
LE ROY HUTSON, PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & PAXTON BAKER @ SPACESHIP RECORDS 1990
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS & ACELO PEDROSO _THEATER MANAGER @ MIAMI-WAY & SPACESHIP RECORDS 1989
PMT & Ruby Dee & Robert MacBeth @ Miami -Way Theater- Miami, Florida
Philip Michael Thomas & Mary Heart in Space-Ship Recording Studio with PMT PYRAMID AWARD GIFT from PMT
PMT & MARY HEART @ MIAMI-WAY THEATER with PMT NEON SIGNATURE
PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS *RUBY DEE * VISITS FRIEND
ROBERT MAC BETH THE DRAMA TEACHER @ MIAMI-WAY THEATER
Philip Michael Thomas &
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