Peter and the Starcatcher

A play by Rick Elice, Music by Wayne Barker
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by Melanie YC Pepe

A Starcatcher apprentice and a young orphan boy take to the high seas in this whimsical Peter Pan origin story!

A wildly theatrical, hilarious and innovative retelling of how a miserable orphan came to be The Boy Who Never Grew Up, Peter And The Starcatcher upends the century-old legend of Peter Pan!

“Star-catch-er” — (noun) an individual appointed by her majesty the Queen of England to dispose of star-stuff so people with evil intentions are unable to use it.

“star-stuff” — (ounn) dust that falls from shooting stars and possesses incredibly magical properties.

Molly Aster is a 13-year-old Starcatcher Apprentice who finds herself in the company of pirates, a giant crocodile, and angry Mollusks as she and three orphan boys (one of whom happens to be unnamed) attempt to return a trunk of precious star-stuff to her father. Adventures abound as they’re pursued by a mustachioed pirate captain and his sidekick Smee.

Along the way, Molly learns what it means to grow-up and is reunited with her father. The nameless orphan and his friends take up residence on this island where dreams are born and time is never planned — the island where that nameless orphan is christened “Peter Pan.”