Molly, played by Cameron Rumbach, meets Boy (Peter), played by Colin McGowan, in the port before the ships set sail. Boy is one of three orphans sold to the pirates by the schoolmaster, Grempkin.
Peter and the Starcatcher is the theatrical adaption of the children’s fantasy adventure novel by humorist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson. The Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher tells how a lonely, miserable orphan becomes the boy who would not grow up, Peter Pan.
As a young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff, they meet Molly, a precocious young girl and Starcatcher in training. Molly and her father are also escorting a trunk full of precious cargo. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.
Here are a few photos from Monday afternoon’s dress rehearsal.
The playbill and cast list are included below as well.
Molly and Bumbrake, played by Leo Wolf, are interrupted by Alf, played by Marley Hildebrand, one of the pirates smitten with Bumbrake.
Black Stache, played by Oliver Helming, makes his entrance on the ship and reveals his nefarious planto steal the trunk.
Lord Aster, played by Sam Shappard, holds steadfast in not allowing Black Stache to gain the key necessary to open the trunk.
Joseph Menjivar works with the lighting crew during the dress rehearsal.
Black Stache and Smee, played by Mady Hurst, chase the opposing ship, The Neverland, after learning the trunk they want for themselves is not on their ship, The Wasp.
Black Stache prepares to finish the duel with Slank, played by Evelyn Hall. The pair square off over the trunk.
As the ship is in peril, Black Stache decides Boy needs a nameasa ploy to get him to join his pirates and give up the trunk.
Cali Rasche (right) and Jocelyn Ekong work together in the pit during the dress rehearsal.
Student director Ava Claire Werne runs through the first act with the cast.
The Mermaid ensemble performs the opening song, “Mermaid Outta Me” of the second act.
