Peter & The Starcatcher
APRIL 5-21, 2024
Venue: Mesa Arts Center 1 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
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.
Credit: Stage Agent
Cast
Boy/ Peter/ Fight Captain: Jacob Nichols
Black Stache/ Intimacy Captain: Calliandra Rasmussen
Molly Aster: River Moyes
Grempkin/ Mack/ Sanchez/ Fighting Prawn/ Intimacy Captain Hanna Shreve
Mrs. Bumbrake/ Teacher: Nat Coe
Slank/ Hawking Clam: Jennifer Webb
Smee: Dan Marburger
Prentiss: Alex Frost
Alf: Brian Tuscany
Lord Aster: Spencer Beckwith
Captain Scott: Jared Ferolino
Ted: Max McGinty
Molly U/S: Aija Tuffentsamer
Prentiss U/S: Claire Dettloff
Black Stache U/S: Samm Fabish
Crew
Producing Artistic Director: Taylor Moschetti
Technical Director/ Props Assistant: Cheryl Briley
Production Manager/ Scenic Designer/ Head Carpenter: Lorelee Godden
Director: Clara Kundin
Assistant Director/ Properties Designer: Alexandra Kallis
Music Director/ Sound Designer: Brianna Fallon
Intimacy Director: Jacob Buttry
Choreographer: Jared Sprowls
Fight Choreographer: Jack Taylor
Dramaturg: Becca Levy
Dialect Coach: Tim Nipper
Stage Manager: Charlotte Strayhorne
