Perseverance Theatre Opens 16-17 Season with PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Before Captain Hook, before Wendy, before Tinkerbell - there was simply a lost boy who never grew up. Be carried away to the Neverland you never knew in Peter and the Starcatcher, Perseverance Theatre's first production of the season.

The imaginative prequel is in the adept hands of director Teresa K. Pond, who is now the Producing Artistic Director of Cyrano's Theatre Company. Pond's experience spans the continent, from Executive Director of Anchorage Community Theatre to New York Classical Theatre, Vital Theatre, and the New York Fringe Festival.

In this Tony Award-winning play adapted by Rick Elice from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, with music by Wayne Barker, Molly Aster and her father, by order of Queen Victoria, are headed to dump a trunk of dangerous star-stuff into Mount Jalapeño, when they are separated by a pirate attack. In this irreverent, whimsical comedy with music filled with wacky theatricality, Molly encounters some lost boys who help her battle a pirate captain and his sidekick Smee. Molly searches for her father and the orphans take up residence on an island where dreams are born and time is whatever you wish it to be. Discover how a captain gets his hook and a crocodile gets his tick-tock.

Molly is played by Los Angeles actor Sylvia Kwan, who delighted audiences in Perseverance Theatre's production of Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, and has an acting resume spanning both theatre and television. "The Boy" (Peter) is played by local actor Austin Roach, and Kelly Rossberg, most recently in Perseverance's production of Sweeney Todd, plays the foreboding Black Stache.

In Juneau Peter and the Starcatcher runs August 16 to September 18, with pay-as-you-can previews on August 16 and 18 and opening night August 19. Tickets are available at the Perseverance Theatre box office, by calling 463-TIXS, and at www.ptalaska.org.

In Anchorage, Peter and the Starcatcher runs from September 29 to October 16, with a pay-as-you-can preview onSeptember 29. Tickets are available at the CenterTix box office, online at centertix.net, or by calling (907)263-ARTS (2787). Discounts are available for Military, Seniors, and Students. $15 RUSH Tickets are available for all performances starting 30 minutes before show time only in-person at the box office.

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