Shining Star Musical Theater
Peter Pan
Dear Shining Star Families,
February 12, 2016
Spring is in the air, just in time to spring us into the final stretches of this year’s Shining
Star production! The time has come to start looking for costumes. We won’t start
collecting costumes at the school for another two weeks, but start looking now! You’ll
find the comprehensive costume list attached for this year’s production. The costumes
are listed by each character, and then listed by scene if they have more than one costume.
Have a discussion with your actor about their costume.
A great resource for purchasing is eBay, Etsy, and thrift stores. Most of the costumes this
year can be easily assembled from pieces, hodge-podge, which will add to the feeling of
“make believe” playtime! For the most part we want our production to look natural,
spontaneous and organic in the sense of how real kids play and not prefabricated (a la
the dear beloved Disney). Everything should have a feeling of raw kid energy to it,
instead of carefully polished.
Another factor we should all keep in mind is that our children will be wearing these
costumes in the heat of June under hot stage lights. Breathable fabrics and outfits that
they can sweat in and still be comfortable are the best. The descriptions below indicate
how the costume should look- but remember that a “coat” or “jacket” can just as easily be
cotton as wool!
Please find as much as you can. Let us know as soon as possible if you have any
difficulties finding clothes, by sending a note with your child to rehearsal.
ALL CLOTHING MUST BE LABELED or it will not be accepted!
The actors know their characters and can help you pick out costumes. Please find as
much as you can. Let us know as soon as possible if you have any difficulties finding
clothes. If you have any questions concerning costumes, please call or email us:
(212) 873-0490 OR lionjill@gmail.com (email is preferred!)
Dates to send costumes in:
May 14 – 5th grade bring in costumes
May 21 – 3rd & 4th grade bring in costumes
Thanks for all your help and support – watch for news about set painting!
Jill Ahrold, Sarah Hankins, Tiffany Kraus, Robby Stamper
TO SEE THE COSTUME LIST IN FULL COLOR,
VIEW IT ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://87afterschool.org/ShiningStar/shiningstar.html
PS- Unless otherwise noted, all hair will be styled “up” ie away from the face for the show, and
all shoes should be flats.
Shining Star Musical Theater
Peter Pan
Costumes by Character Group/ Character
If color is not specified, it is open to your collection taste!
DARLINGS
MR DARLING (Herbie Ince)
 Ideal: black “tailcoats” or dress clothes- can be achieved with suit and
add a vest
 White button-down shirt with collar
 Black bow tie, not clip on (the kind that ties)
 Black men’s dress shoes
 We will provide: Top hat
 Optional: White gloves
MRS. DARLING (Miranda Jackel)
 Purple or Royal Blue shiny (satin?) full skirt with white blouse and matching purple
bodice vest
 OR purple or royal blue dress with cinching black dress belt.
 Shoes: Black character shoes or (we dream big!) high button shoes.
 Optional: Long string of pearls, long white evening gloves
WENDY DARLING (Audrey Amstutz)
 Night shirt (preferred yellow, but can be anything)
 Yellow hair ribbon
 Black or peach/nude ballet flats
JOHN DARLING (Jennifer Levin-Nussbaum)
 Night shirt (preferred blue and white striped, but can be
anything)
 Dark colored slippers (with traction! Check for rubber soles)
 We will provide a top hat
MICHAEL DARLING (Zoe Bunce)
 Pajama set with pants bottom and matching top. Should be thick cotton (not seethrough but not satin slick)
 Dark colored slippers (with traction! Check for rubber soles)
NANA DARLING (Sacha Franjola)
Despite Disney portraying Nana as a St. Bernard, J.M. Barrie
specifically created Nana as a Newfoundland! They are
famously good with children.
 Black pants- furry would be ideal! You can add strips of black craft
fur to black leggings
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 Matching black long sleeved shirt, again you can add black craft fur
 Black fuzzy slippers (with rubber soles)
 Black fuzzy gloves (again, craft fur)
LIZA (Emily Hobbs)
 Black skirt, just below knee length
 White blouse, prefer short sleeved with “Peter
Pan” collar
 White apron, worn over skirt
 Optional: Black button up cardigan, buttons up
to neck
JANE “DARLING” (Maisey Paaswell)
 Night shirt (preferred peach or pink, but can be anything)
 Matching peach or pink hair ribbon
 Black ballet flats
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PETER PAN (Lily Pecoriello)
Green or dark brown leggings/thick tights
Darker green tunic
Brown belt
Brown loafer/moccasin shoes that cover up to ankle- we like
the idea that his shoes might have been a gift from the
“Indians” or even a trophy!
 Optional, but boy would this be great: Leaves covering the
tunic. This adds to the “natural/organic” feel, making Peter
Pan seem more like a spirit of the forest than a real boy. You
can actually order precut cloth leaves:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/57899200/emerald-isle-value144-felt-leaves
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LOST BOYS
(Isabella Stannard, Mikayla Yurman, Hannah Turer, Hailey Cunningham, Ellen
Binstock, Sabrina Green, Isabel Podolsky, Priyanka Gupta, Anna Herrera, Miranda
Jackel)
Basic costume: (Dominant colors Blue, Green, Greys and Brown)
The story of Peter Pan starts in the early part of the 1900’s, but we don’t know when the
Lost Boys arrived in Neverland. Because of this, we have a wide range of options of
clothing for the boys, basically any children’s clothes before 1915. Last year The Music
Man Shining Star performed had early 1900’s boy clothes (below as an option), and the
kids from Annie Get Your Gun would also be a good source of inspiration.
Basic guidelines for the Lost Boys are sloppy clothes, maybe ill-fitting, but not drab!
Colorful tops! Keep in mind that blue jeans didn’t hit the clothing world until after 1915
(though grey jeans material might have been around), and nobody was wearing
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sneakers in the modern sense. Don’t be afraid of checkers and plaids, or clothing that
looks like pajamas—it would make sense if the Lost Boy arrived in Neverland wearing
pajama bottoms!
LOST BOYS (continued)
All past-shoulder length hair will be up and close to the head in buns; shorter hair can
be worn down, with a lidless hat.
All Lost Boys should have:
 Shoes: brown or tan loafers. Ballet flats can work in
a pinch.
 A colorful patch sewn somewhere noticeable
(chest, arm, knee, on behind)
 Optional:
 Kerchief, in earth tone (brown, tan)
 Suspenders
 Caps, Newsboy style, beanie or raccoon
 Single-breast vest, black or dark navy
Lost Boys, Your Choice! See the pictures
 Lost Boy Option 1
 Light brown or Navy blue Boys’ “Knickers” which can be achieved with blue or
brown baseball shorts that end mid-calf OR by cutting off or pinning up long
pants to mid-calf length
 Suspenders
 Colorful button down shirt, long sleeved (sleeves can be rolled)
 Knee high socks (to be worn sloppily!)
 Lost Boy Option 2
 Pajama or loose cotton pants
 Colorful button down shirt, long sleeved (sleeves can be rolled)
1st and 2nd twin: Please provide red bandannas to match
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PIRATES
HOOK (Adriana Guirguis)
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White blouse with high “puffy” neck cravat
Black long pants or “knickers” length just below knee
If black knickers, then red tights
Red or Maroon jacket—gold detailing is a plus!
High black boots
Pirate hat with large white feather
The hook!
SMEE (Ozzie Pearlman)
 White blouse with puffy sleeves
 Black “knickers” length just below knee- can look cut or
torn off at knees
 Red vest- would be fun if it’s striped!
 Thick black or dark brown belt with big buckle
PIRATES (Leila Brenner, Sophia Podolsky, Ava Laborde, Aiden Herrera, Ruby Davis,
Isabel Gustavsson, Kyla Keating, Kiara Dattoma, Herbie Ince)
All Pirates should have:
 Shoes: High black boots or black or brown buckle shoes
 Pirate hat, brown or black NO Feathers!
 Brown or black belt with big brass/gold buckle
We have 4 Pirate costumes with skirts- girl pirates. Let us know if you would like to use
these costumes. Otherwise, Your Choice! See the pictures
 Pirate Option 1:
 White blouse with puffy sleeves
 Black or maroon long pants or “knickers” length just below
knee- can look cut or torn off at knees
 Thick black or dark brown belt with big buckle
 If black knickers, then red or horizontal
striped tights
 Pirate Option 2:
 White blouse with puffy sleeves
 Black and white or red and black striped pants
 Red or black vest
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 Thick black or dark brown belt with big buckle
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INDIANS
(Mabel Aronson, Julia Kohn, Camila Eisenberg, Indy Herrera, Talia Satenstein, Beau
Herrera, Sacha Franjola, Maisey Paaswell, Emily Hobbs)
Basic costume: (Dominant colors Tan, Red, Turquoise and Yellow)
A word of caution: the allure of cheaply priced “Indian costumes” through party
websites and stores will be tempting, but try to avoid them if you can. The “faux suede”
fabric used in these prefab costumes is a very unbreathable synthetic polyester, which is
very uncomfortable to wear under hot lights in June! We’ve also know many children to
have allergic reactions to the synthetic material, which is like wearing a plastic bag on
your skin.
If you choose to order a costume online, we’d like to suggest that you order from a true
Native American company instead of cheap foreign reproductions. The money will go to
supporting Native Americans’ livelihood and culture preservation, and the natural
materials are more earth friendly and much more comfortable for your child!
http://www.whitefeatherdesign.com/kids.htm
http://www.indianvillagemall.com/mocs/childernmocs.html
All Indians should have:
 Shoes: brown or tan loafers. Moccasins would be great!
 Headband with feather, can be any color
 Brown leather or suede Fringe! Added to pants, edge of vests and/or wrist cuffs. Fringe can
be bought in bulk in the fabric district (west 40s) for cheap, and added on everywhere!
 Optional accessories: beaded necklace with turquoise, red and yellow
Boys:
 Indian Option 1:
 Brown pants
 White, light yellow or tan undershirt
 Brown or tan Native American style vest or jacket (with fringe a plus!)
Girls: Hair will be worn in two “pigtail” braids
 Indian Option 1:
 Brown full skirts
 White blouse
 Brown or tan Native American style vest (with fringe a plus!),
 Optional accessories: large square scarf with tassels tied around
waist or shoulders
 Indian Option 2:
 Full brown dress with fringe (see photo)
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TIGER LILY (Mia Natelli)
 Full brown dress with fringe (see photo)
 Native American Headress
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MYTHICAL CREATURES
TINKERBELL (Jordan Goldberg)
Think more “woodland fairy” a la
Victorian art and less Disney
 Orange full skirt, knee length (can be a
tutu)
 Darker green tunic
 Brown, or match orange belt
 Nude tights
 Ballet flats- it would be a nice touch to
add fabric leaves to these!
CROCODILE (Elan Cohen)
Green long pants
Matching green long sleeved shirt
Green or black slippers (with rubber soles)
Green gloves
Sew on a roll of green fabric (with optional spikes) to the back
and leading off the costume to create tail
 We will provide face make-up
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MERMAIDS (Talia Satenstein, Julia Kohn, Emily Hobbs)
 Sparkly tights in any bright or pastel color
 Shiny off-the-should sleeveless top (not belly shirt)
 Turquoise or Blue shiny skirt, knee-length please bring
something we can sew onto
 We will provide turquoise tulle to create fins at waist and hem
 “Jellies” or sparkly sandals
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