Piano - Tallan Alexander. 
Vocals - Jess L. Callaghan, Peter Mundell. 
Art & Logo by Wytch and Wyvern Creations (Britt Miller).

Lyrics:
SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT
AND STRAIGHT ON ‘TIL MORNING:
UP THE WAYS PAST THE STARS

ALL THIS WORLD IS MADE OF 
FAITH, AND TRUST, AND PIXIE DUST
ONE NIGHT, WHEN I WAS NOT BUT
TWELVE A PROUD AND INSOLENT
YOUTH CAME TO MY WINDOW;
HE LOST HIS SHADOW SO I
SEWED THEM BACK TOGETHER

SO COME WITH ME, WHERE DREAMS
ARE BORN, AND TIME IS NEVER PLANNED.
JUST THINK HAPPY THINGS, AND YOUR
HEART WILL FLY ON WINGS FOREVER

THE BOY CONTINUED IN A VOICE
NO WOMAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO RESIT,

ONE GIRL IS MORE USE THAN TWENTY BOYS

I’LL TEACH YOU HOW TO JUMP 
ON THE WIND’S BACK
AND AWAY WE GO
AND WE FLEW UP UP UP UP
PAST THE SECOND STAR 
TO THE RIGHT; WE CAN GO THERE
SO LET US GO THERE
TO SEE FANTASTICAL SIGHTS
WHERE WE GET TO STAY THE SAME
UP THE WAYS PAST THE STARS

MERMAIDS CALLING TO THE MOON
AND ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR!

AS TIME WENT ON I SHOWED THE BOY
WHAT A TRUE KISS WAS
DODGING PIRATES,  NEARLY 
FALLING FATE TO A TICKING CROCODILE

TICK TOCK

FORGET THEM, DARLING.
FORGET THEM ALL.
COME WITH ME WHERE YOU’LL 
NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ‘BOUT
GROWN-UP THINGS AGAIN
JUST ALWAYS BE WAITING FOR ME

ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
AND IT WILL ALL HAPPEN AGAIN

AND AFTER YOU’VE BEEN
UNFAIR TO HIM HE WILL
LOVE YOU AGAIN, BUT HE WILL
N’ER AFTERWARDS BE QUITE
THE SAME BOY.
NO ONE EVER GETS OVER
THEIR FIRST UNFAIRNESS

BUT THE YEARS CAME AND WENT
WITHOUT BRINGING THE CARELESS BOY;
I FEAR WHEN WE MEET AGAIN 
I’LL BE A MARRIED WOMAN.
A MARRIED WOMAN…

I WOULD RATHER 
FLY UP UP UP UP 
PAST THE SECOND STAR 
TO THE RIGHT; WE CAN GO THERE
SO LET US GO THERE
TO SEE FANTASTICAL SIGHTS
AND WE’LL GET TO STAY THE SAME
UP THE WAYS PAST THE STARS,
UP THE WAYS PAST THE STARS.

Up The Ways, Past The Stars

NeverWonder is a Queer and Mad love story following Alice (Wonderland) and Wendy (Neverland) as they meet in an asylum and bond over their shared fantastical, yet traumatic childhoods - but they have to go back for one last quest! This is a tale of survivor solidarity through the lens of Mad Pride.

Music, Lyrics, Book/Script, and Text Adaptation by Jess L. Callaghan
Directed by a! Blaine.
Piano Arrangement by Tallan Alexander.

Accompaniment Recording via Lynx Music.
Vocals Recording via Jess L. Callaghan.
Sound Mixer - Luc Matthew Chiasson.
Sound Mastering - Daniel Sutarz.

Cast:
Narrator, Cat, & Shadow - Tamyka Bullen
Little - Rhys Whitham
Darling - Jess L. Callaghan
(Darling Understudy - Shayna Burns)
Boy - Peter Mundell
Hatter - Dalton Bolton
Voice of Narrator & Cat (Accompanist) - Tallan Alexander

Tracks:

Two Lasses - Tallan Alexander, Jess L. Callaghan, Peter Mundell, Rhys Whitham, Dalton Bolton

Taking Care - Shayna Burns

NeverWonder - Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham

Up The Ways, Past The Stars - Jess L. Callaghan, Peter Mundell

Downside-Up - Rhys Whitham, Tallan Alexander, Dalton Bolton

Themes & Variations - Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham

Downside-Up Reprised * - Dalton Bolton

Up The Ways Reprised ** - Peter Mundell

With All My Pieces ** - Rhys Whitham

A Bounty - Tallan Alexander

Submit To Chaos - Rhys Whitham

No More Happy Thoughts - Shayna Burns

Lost Without ** - Peter Mundell

A Bounty Reprised - Dalton Bolton

My Happiest Thought - Jess L. Callaghan

Always Wander - Tallan Alexander, Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham, Peter Mundell, Dalton Bolton

With All My Pieces (Pop Version) ** - Shayna Burns

(NOTE: Tracks with a "*" indicated are not featured in the Toronto Fringe 2022 production. Tracks with a "**" have piano accompaniment by Jess L. Callaghan and are not featured in the Toronto Fringe 2022 production.)

With All My Pieces

Up The Ways Reprised

Downside-Up Reprised

Themes & Variations

Downside-Up

NeverWonder

Taking Care

Two Lasses

NeverWonder is a Queer and Mad love story following Alice (Wonderland) and Wendy (Neverland) as they meet in an asylum and bond over their shared fantastical, yet traumatic childhoods - but they have to go back for one last quest! This is a tale of survivor solidarity through the lens of Mad Pride.

Music, Lyrics, Book/Script, and Text Adaptation by Jess L. Callaghan
Directed by a! Blaine.
Piano Arrangement by Tallan Alexander.

Accompaniment Recording via Lynx Music.
Vocals Recording via Jess L. Callaghan.
Sound Mixer - Luc Matthew Chiasson.
Sound Mastering - Daniel Sutarz.

Cast:
Narrator, Cat, & Shadow - Tamyka Bullen
Little - Rhys Whitham
Darling - Jess L. Callaghan
(Darling Understudy - Shayna Burns)
Boy - Peter Mundell
Hatter - Dalton Bolton
Voice of Narrator & Cat (Accompanist) - Tallan Alexander

Tracks:

Two Lasses - Tallan Alexander, Jess L. Callaghan, Peter Mundell, Rhys Whitham, Dalton Bolton

Taking Care - Shayna Burns

NeverWonder - Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham

Up The Ways Past The Stars - Jess L. Callaghan, Peter Mundell

Downside-Up - Rhys Whitham, Tallan Alexander, Dalton Bolton

Themes & Variations - Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham

Downside-Up Reprised * - Dalton Bolton

Up The Ways Reprised ** - Peter Mundell

With All My Pieces ** - Rhys Whitham

A Bounty - Tallan Alexander

Submit To Chaos - Rhys Whitham

No More Happy Thoughts - Shayna Burns

Lost Without ** - Peter Mundell

A Bounty Reprised - Dalton Bolton

My Happiest Thought - Jess L. Callaghan

Always Wander - Tallan Alexander, Jess L. Callaghan, Rhys Whitham, Peter Mundell, Dalton Bolton

With All My Pieces (Pop Version) ** - Shayna Burns

(NOTE: Tracks with a "*" indicated are not featured in the Toronto Fringe 2022 production. Tracks with a "**" have piano accompaniment by Jess L. Callaghan and are not featured in the Toronto Fringe 2022 production.)

Up The Ways, Past The Stars

NeverWonder

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