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Synopsis

Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to Peter Pan based on the children’s book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson and freely adapted for the stage by Rick Elice, with co-directors Alex Timbers and Roger Rees. For two-and-a-half hours, twelve actors make theatrical magic by playing dozens of characters: sailors, pirates, British naval officers, Mollusk natives and orphans in addition to eighteen major roles. The original Broadway production was a deliberately low-budget spectacle: an extravaganza of staging that relied on suggestion and storytelling rather than expensive set pieces like the chandelier in Phantom of the Opera or the helicopter in Miss Saigon. Elice’s script, jam-packed with poetry, fart jokes, gentle lyricism, and numerous nods to pop culture, is a coming-of-age adventure story about how a nameless orphan -- inspired by a remarkable and ambitious girl -- became the strange and celebrated hero that is the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.

Show Information

Book
Rick Elice
Based on the Play/Book/Film
Based on the the novel Peter and the Starcatcher by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
Category
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2011
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Settings
Spectacle
Time & Place
1885, the docks of portsmouth, the decks and holds of two ships, and the jungles and shores of mollusk island
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
high school, broadway, touring, College/University, Community Theatre, Ensemble Cast, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Large Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Boy/Peter Pan

Lead

Male

Spoken

Molly Aster

Lead

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Black Stache

Lead

Male

Tenor

Smee/Lieutenant Greggors

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Lord Leonard Aster

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Mrs. Bumbrake

Supporting

Female

Tenor

Slank

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Alf

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Captain Scott

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Prentiss

Supporting

Male

Non-singer

Teddy

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Fighting Prawn

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Hawking Clam

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Grempkin

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Teacher

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Mack

Featured

Male

Spoken

Sanchez

Featured

Male

Spoken

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Key Terms

    A person who learns a trade or skill from an employer, usually for little to no wages.

    A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.

    A scene that happens earlier than the main story, often to enhance that main storyline or reveal important information.

    Fop

    A man who is overly concerned with his appearances, often for a comic effect.

    Acted with being planned or organized.

    The use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, done mistakenly and unintentionally creating a comic effect.

    Telling a story, often accompanying or guiding the central action of the play.

    A work that is primarily a straight play, but incorporates music or musical elements to tell the story.

    A story with events that happen before another work.

    An opening speech or scene that introduces the drama.

    The Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837-1901.

    French for "living picture," a posed scene in which actors communicate meaning through facial expressions and posture.

    A brief scene or episode.

    The point in time in which something is at its most powerful.

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