We have been working for many months to prepare this resource guide for you and we hope that you find it useful when helping your students learn from our production of Peter and the Starcatcher, either before or after seeing the show.
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. 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. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
The main concept behind this guide is to provide an introduction to our production, featuring an acting company of developmentally diverse performers, which is meant to be accessible to audience members of all abilities. Additionally, you will find a series of pre- and post-show activities. We hope that you will review these activities and consider using the pre-show activities in your classroom before you attend the performance. It is not necessary to complete these activities in order to understand the work, but the more information the students have before they see the show, the richer their experience will be at the performance.
Each individual activity concludes with a series of reflective discussion questions which will help the students to process their experiences as well as allow them to demonstrate achievement towards the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Thank you for coming to our production and we hope that you will consider coming again in the future.
Sincerely,
Program Administrator