Casting Teen Performers for "Peter and the Starcatcher" Play
Seeking teen performers for the play "Peter and the Starcatcher." See full details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to Peter Pan based on the children’s book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson and freely adapted for the stage by Rick Elice, with co-directors Alex Timbers and Roger Rees. For two-and-a-half hours, twelve actors make theatrical magic by playing dozens of characters: sailors, pirates, British naval officers, Mollusk natives and orphans in addition to eighteen major roles. The original Broadway production was a deliberately low-budget spectacle: an extravaganza of staging that relied on suggestion and storytelling rather than expensive set pieces like the chandelier in Phantom of the Opera or the helicopter in Miss Saigon. Elice’s script, jam-packed with poetry, fart jokes, gentle lyricism, and numerous nods to pop culture, is a coming-of-age adventure story about how a nameless orphan -- inspired by a remarkable and ambitious girl -- became the strange and celebrated hero that is the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. Additional info: Potential Callbacks Tuesday, May 20th, Time TBD Performances July 10th-27th, 2025 July 10th Pay What You Can Preview at 7:30 pm July 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th, and 26th at 7:30pm July 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th at 2:00pm July 17th and 24th at 7:30 pm (HOLD) Generally, rehearsals will be Monday-Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons All actors should be available for all performances. All roles are open for casting If cast in the show, actors will be asked to provide their own makeup and their own boots for performances Prepare 16-32 bars of music to sing - please bring sheet music - no CD accompaniment or a cappella singing. An accompanist will be provided. Please come prepared to read sides from the script. Actors will be partnered together for sides with 2 or more characters upon arrival. Actors may only select one side to read for auditions–due to time constraints, actors will not be able to read for multiple characters. Please see the attachment for details. If you are interested, please apply.
11 roles
A young girl and Starcatcher apprentice who is taken aboard the Neverland as precious cargo. Curious and intelligent, she is only beginning to understand the confusing romantic longings that come with her age. She will risk anything for the sake of what is right
A lonely and hardened orphan who doesn’t miss much. Nameless, homeless, and friendless at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end. He wants a home and a family more than anything, and dreams of a life being free
An orphan, ambitious, hyper articulate, and logical. He yearns to be a leader, even when he knows in his heart that he’ll never be one. A bit of a blowhard with a touch of cowardice
An orphan obsessed with food. A natural performer with easy wit and quite poetic language
Fighting Prawn’s son
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