West Liberty University students will present the Tony Award-winning play, “Peter and the Starcatcher” this December. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 1 – 3 and 3 p.m., Dec. 4.
Directed by WLU Theater Director Michael Aulick, the production includes 19 students in the cast and crew, not to mention additional students working in shops and backstage work.
“There are probably more than 100 students who have worked, performed or helped in some way to create the show. Please join us for an enjoyable performance,” said Aulick.
Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up or Peter Pan. A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker.
According to MTI Shows.com, a young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains precious, otherworldly cargo.
At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is “starstuff,” a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands.
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.
The cast/crew includes:
- Odessa Hores plays Smee and is the musical director/vocal coach.
- Calian Byard plays Lord Aster and handles props and some assistant director duties.
- Dan White plays Boy Peter and choreographer captain for fight scenes.
- Roman Hicks plays Prentiss and is doing work as lighting designer
- Paige Fields plays Molly and is a choreographer and assisted in stage movement.
- Isabella Costantini plays Mack and is designing hair and makeup
- Len Batson plays Alf and designed and made the mermaid costumes.
- Georgia Richardson plays Slank and serves as dialect coach.
- Benjamin Mounsey plays Teddy and the puppet designer/builder.
- Merritt Craft is a member of the ensemble and performs public relations duties.
- Fiona Ruston is a member of the ensemble and assists with costumes.
- Kris Marosz is sound designer and is running the board for the show.
- Joel Nau plays Blackstache.
- Shannon Shiflett plays Mrs. Betty Brumbake.
- Greyson Grimmett plays Robert Falcon Scott.
- Teirron Griffin plays Gremkin and Hawking Clam.
- Bennett Cassatta plays an ensemble member and Gremkin understudy.
- Daisy Deaton plays an ensemble member and is understudying Molly.
- Jordan Derring plays the student, stage manager.
Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Douglas McCall is mentoring the musical director and is the accompanist, along with Jason Sivert on percussion and Assistant Professor of Theater Meta Lasch has mentored most of the student work and has produced a number of the scenic and/or costume elements.
Please purchase tickets online at: wlupeter.brownpapertickets.com. Or call the box office at 304.336.8277 to make reservations (opens one hour prior to curtain).
Ticket Prices:
$12.50 – General Admission
$10.00 – Seniors and WLU faculty/staff
$8.00 – Child/Student (non-WLU)
$5.00 – WLU Student
For more information on the Theatre Department, please visit the College of Liberal and Creative Arts website or call 304-336-8006. For more information on WLU, please call 1.866.WESTLIB or visit westliberty.edu.
