Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry

When Aster refuses, he steals the trunk key. Smee introduces Captain Black Stache, who threatens to kill Molly unless Aster gives him the key to the trunk. Captain Scott and the real seamen have been taken prisoner. Once at sea, Lieutenant Greggors reveals that his real name is Smee and the seamen are pirates. Molly says that she is only an apprentice Starcatcher.

He warns her never to take it off or let anyone else touch it, and to use it if she is ever in trouble. After realizing that no one cares enough to say goodbye to the orphans, the Boy proclaims that he hates grownups.Īster places an amulet around his own neck and a matching one around Molly's. Each ship has a trunk aboard, one containing precious cargo belonging to the Queen and the other a decoy. The Neverland, captained by the sinister Bill Slank, carries three orphan boys: Prentiss, Ted, and a nameless orphan known only as Boy. They are escorted by a squadron of British navy seamen, led by Lieutenant Greggors. The Wasp carries Lord Leonard Aster, his daughter Molly, and her nanny, Mrs. The show ended its Broadway run on January 20, 2013, and reopened Off-Broadway once again at New World Stages in March 2013, ending in January 2014.Īt a bustling port in England, two ships set sail for the kingdom of Rundoon. After a premiere in California at the La Jolla Playhouse, the play transferred to Off-Broadway in 2011 and opened on Broadway on April 15, 2012. The play provides a backstory for the characters of Peter Pan, Mrs Darling, Tinker Bell and Hook, and serves as a prequel to J. Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2004 novel Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice.