VIDEO: Disney Testing PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at Minneapolis H.S.

Based on the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson novel that told the story of Peter Pan in a time leading up to the moment before J. M. Barrie's classic play began, Rick Elice's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER was a big success for New York Theatre Workshop in 2011. Their Off-Broadway production moved to Broadway the next year and nabbed four Tony Awards.

Using a story theatre concept with design elements that stressed creativity on a low-budget, the play seems a natural for school productions.

This weekend PETER AND THE STARCATCHER will make its high school debut at Minneapolis' Edina High, one of three schools selected by Disney Theatricals, which co-produced the play on Broadway, to help create the most suitable version of the script possible for student actors.

Tweaks and staging ideas, as approved by Disney and the play's licensing agent, Music Theatre international, will be observed by corporate executives.

PETER AND THE STARCATHER was performed on Broadway with a cast of eleven men and one woman. The Edina production has a cast of twenty, with a more even ratio of boys and girls.

The show runs 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Jan. 21-23, at the Edina Performing Arts Center, 6754 Valley View Road. Reserved tickets are $12, and general admission tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the door and online at edinatheater.org.

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