PLAYWRIGHT: RICK ELICE
BY: BRIALLEN SANCHEZ-THURBER, LAUREN MILLS, ANDREW FALLS
PLAY INFORMATION
• First performed April 15th 2012 on
Broadway
• Genre is adventure and comedy
• Originally performed as a workshop at
the La Jolla Playhouse in 2009
PLOT SUMMARY
This girl named Molly is trying to
protect the magical starstuff from
falling into the wrong hands. Along
the way she befriends a boy without
a name, a group of lost boys, and she
runs into an evil pirate and his crew.
This is the story of Peter Pan, and
how he comes to be Peter Pan.
PROTAGONIST & ANTAGONIST
Peter is the protagonist.
He grows as a person,
and he finds himself.
Black Stache is the antagonist.
He is the villain, and he drives
the conflict.
SETTING
The play is set in 1885, in England. It is also set on the Wasp, The
Neverland, and also Neverland.
INCITING INCIDENT/CLIMAX
• The inciting incident when the pirates take over the ship called The
Wasp
• The climax of the play is at the end of Act 1 when Peter floats off to the
nearby island by himself
ISSUES AND THEMES
Three issues that were discussed:
• Abandonment
• Finding yourself
• Growing up or lack there of
The major theme was about discovering who you really are
MAIN CHARACTERS
Peter/Boy: He is 13 years
old and an orphan. He is
cynic at first but becomes
a leader and finds himself
at the end
Molly: She is 13 years old.
Her family is well off and
her dad is a Lord, Lord
Aster. She is a natural born
leader and a braniac,
know-it-all.
VOCABULARY
Orphan- a child whose parents are dead
Squadron- an operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft
and the person required to fly them
Amenable-open and responsive to suggestion
Amulet-an ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil
Flank- the side of something large (side of a ship)
Knots- a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour
Knickers- loose fitting trousers
Trunk- Large wooden box used to store things
Yardarm-The outer extremity of a ships yard
Morse Code- alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long
and short signals of light or sound
REFERENCES
For those of you who don’t know, Peter and the Starcatcher is pretty
much the origin story for Peter Pan. So, naturally, this play is filled
with references to the great J.M. Barrie’s play, Peter Pan. Other
references include a line from Milkshake, by Kelis. As for the more
unfamiliar references, there are a lot of nautical terms and phrases
that I wasn’t too familiar with.
REVIEW!!!!
We fell completely in love with the witty lines, the
interesting plot, the (literal) destruction of the fourth
wall, and just the imagination and creativity that
went into this. No pun intended, but we are
completely hooked, and we always hated when the
bell would ring in class, because that meant having
to put down the script. This is, without a doubt, one
of our favorite plays so far. We would highly
recommend it to anyone who enjoys fun, humor, and
adventure.