Peter and the Starcatcher
- Rehearsal: February 20, 2012
- Preview: March 28, 2012
- Open: April 15, 2012
- Close: January 20, 2013
In “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a company of twelve actors plays some 50 characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up? This epic origin story of one of popular culture’s most enduring and beloved characters proves that an audience’s imagination can be the most captivating place in the world. Based on the Disney-Hyperion novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson.
“Peter...” opened in March 2011 at New York Theatre Workshop. The show began its journey to the stage in 2003 when Disney Theatrical Productions president Thomas Schumacher discovered the first Barry & Pearson book while it was still in galleys, and its development has been shepherded by DTP ever since. With just a few scenes outlined, the project received its first lab in 2007 at Williamstown Theatre Festival under the direction of Rees and Timbers. A full length version of the play was then written by Elice and developed in a Page to Stage production at La Jolla Playhouse in the winter of 2009.
