Peter and the Starcatcher is a Tony Award winning play that upends the story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair...and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.
This wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, was originally conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker.
Our production features the on-stage talents of Tai Abrams, Dylan Diamond, Kathryn Djohan, Katherine Duarte-Recinos, Isabella Ertel, Sadie Feingold, Andy Garcia, Gabriel Jaffe, Emma Johns, James Kott, Ray Landaeta Salazar, Evan Matthew Mallari, Samantha Martinez, Aurora Mata, Shayna McClain, Cassidy Metzner, Elizabeth Milgrim, Estelle Moon, Max Siskin, Viktor Straesser, Jadyn Underberg, Ray Von Roeschlaub, Ethan Yeung, and Abigail Zlotoff.
Peter and the Starcatcher is directed by Ms. Christine Nelson with Choreography by Ms. Floryn Glass Stock, and Vocal Music Direction by Mrs. Carly Clancy and Mrs. Amanda Johnson, to round out the creative team. Ms. Lauren Foster-Holzer is the Producer with Mrs. Allison Friedman as Technical Director, and Set Construction and Decorating by Mrs. Helen Albertson and Mr. Richie Albertson, Prop Design and Construction by Mrs. Leah Siskin, Costuming Assistance by Ms. Nan Trisjono and Mrs. Leah Siskin, and Photography by Mr. Michael Siskin.
Our student Production Assistants Chiara Amodeo, Benjamin Gordon and Michael Isserles have been working diligently with the cast and crew to get the show ready. Our crew includes: Terence Au,
Nico Cella, Leah Dong, Evan Eng, Simone Gordon, Emaan Hanif, Krish Israni, Benjamin Kollappallil, Olivia Kollappallil, Aubrey Kollar, Ava Lau, Gianni Livigni, Lauren McConn, Nyra Mehra, Sadie Poulsen, Leo Raber, Samantha Richards, Hailey Rubin, Liesha Sewani, Aryaman Sharma,
Myla Tannenbaum, Charlotte Walz, Joia Zahner and Liza Zlotoff.
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