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. The play provides a backstory for the characters
of Peter Pan, Mrs Darling, Tinker Bell and Hook, and serves as a
prequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy. 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
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.An ensemble of actors enters a bare stage. After some
bickering, they welcome the audience to the world of the play and
describe what's in store: flying, dreaming, adventure and growing up.
They encourage the audience to use their imaginations to visualize the
British Empire. Transported to a bustling port, we meet Lord Leonard
Aster; his precious daughter Molly; and her nanny, Mrs. Bumbrake. Two
identical trunks are delivered to the port. One contains a precious
cargo belonging to the Queen, who has appointed Lord Aster as its
custodian. He’ll voyage with the trunk aboard The Wasp, the fastest
ship afloat, helmed by his old school chum Captain--Robert Falcon
Scott--bound for the remote kingdom of Rundoon. The other trunk, a
decoy full of sand, will be carried by the old, weather-beaten ship
The Neverland, captained by the sinister Bill Slank. Amidst the bustle
of the port, while no one is looking, Slank marks the Queen's trunk
â€" the one supposed to go on The Wasp â€" with a chalk X. Then, at
the last moment, he swaps the trunks. The Queen's cargo is loaded
aboard The Neverland, and the identical sand-filled trunk is placed on
The Wasp. Grempkin, the schoolmaster of St. Norbert's Orphanage for
Lost Boys, sells Slank three orphan boys - Prentiss, Ted, and a
nameless orphan known only as Boy. Grempkin tells the boys they’ll
serve as helpers to the King of Rundoon, but Slank indicates a more
sinister outcome for the lads. After realizing that no one cares
enough to say goodbye to the orphans, the Boy proclaims that he hates
grownups.The Neverland: DeckA gang of malnourished sailors prepares
The Neverland for the Rundoon voyage. A squadron of British navy
seamen, led by Lieutenant Greggors, arrives to fetch Lord Aster, who
is paying Slank to take care of Molly. Molly and Mrs. Bumbrake are
traveling aboard The Neverland, which is taking a slower, safer route
to Rundoon than The Wasp. As Molly and Lord Aster bid farewell, a
crate containing the orphan boys bursts open and The Boy catches
Molly's eye. Before he departs, Lord Aster confides the mission's
details to Molly, speaking in Dodo, a language known only to dodo
birds and a handful of very special humans. Aster places an amulet
around his neck and a matching one around Molly's. He warns her never
to take it off or let anyone else touch it, and charges her to use it
if she is ever in trouble. Molly protests and asks to be part of the
mission aboard The Wasp, but Lord Aster convinces her to stay aboard
The Neverland by promising her an exotic vacation once the mission is
complete. Molly comments that she is only an apprentice Starcatcher, a
word that catches Slank's ear. Aster departs for The Wasp, and Slank
ditches the pleasant facade and turns nasty. Alf, a kindly old
seafarer, escorts Molly and Mrs. Bumbrake to their cabin below the
deck of the ship, and The Neverland sets sail. Peter and the Starcatcher Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter