British to the bone. Stache suggests some piratical names for him. Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the book provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan, and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie 's novel Peter and Wendy. 0. Mrs. Bumbrake Molly's nanny, a stereotypical British cad and outfitted with the duty of teaching Molly about womanhood. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Captain Robert Falcon Scott:Commander of the fastest ship in Queen Victorias fleet,The Wasp, Captain Scott is an old schoolmate of Lord Aster. Mrs. Bumbrake comes searching for Molly, so she and the boys turn to escape down a corridor and encounter a flying cat in Slank's cabin. Unfortunately, because of copyright restrictions, we cannot sell to persons in your country. It is that ensemble-ness that gives works like Peter and the Starcatcher its admirable energy and rhythm. Save. Peter realizes the only way to save Molly is by giving Stache the trunk, although this means he will never leave the island. The Boy overhears and insists that Molly tell him what is going on. Free parking is available in the OCTA lot and on the street. Molly Aster:Thirteen-year old girl and a natural leader, Molly was raised to believe females can do anything males can. It sounds like it would be expensive to produce, but lovely to see unfold before your eyes. Yet, it's a lot of fun. Hilarious and touching, with allusions abound. The Wasp carries Lord Leonard Aster, his daughter Molly, and her nanny, Mrs. Bumbrake. Gender: male Age: 40 to 60 Bill Slank The vicious orphaned captain of the Neverland. Stiff in the lip, loose in the hip, fun on a ship. 4 0 obj The approach of telling an epic, high-stakes, swashbuckling adventure with bare bones staging, a small cast, and DIY special effects was like nothing I've seen since. This is her first UT show and she would like to thank the incredible cast and crew of Starcatcher. It seems like it jumps around way too quickly without giving much time to anything. Teacher:Formerly a salmon, Teacher is now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid. [9] Adam Chanler-Berat shared the role of Peter with Jason Ralph. I'm the leader How about the story of an orphan boy who becomes the legend himself? REVIEW: Peter and the Starcatcher at Drury Lane Theatre 3 STARS When: Through Oct. 18 Where: Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes Tickets:. This was a reread for a class that I'm teaching. If you would like to give a public performance of this monologue, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor. If he could grow up, he'd fall for Molly in a big way. START: Oh its all such a mess. (MOLLY pushes the cabin door, which swings open.) Sara Everson (Props Designer)is a student in the college. Peter gets Mr. Grin to open his mouth and Molly tosses her amulet in. Excuse me, sir. Sanchez:A hard-working Spanish pirate, Sanchez has an identity crisis. More about Peter and the Starcatcher from MTI: Tony-winningPeter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Lord Aster contacts Molly through the amulet and instructs her to bring the Queens trunk to him once the two ships meet. Soloists include Molly, Black Stache, Mrs Bumbrake and Smee. She is a neat, plump woman and boards the Never Land with Molly. He vows to be Peter's foe for all eternity. Molly Aster: A true leader at a time when girls are mostly followers. It's as fun to read it as to watch since you can catch a lot more of the jokes and details when you're able to slow it down a bit. % The Mollusks are furious and pursue them. Peter and the Starcatcher -- Mrs. Bumbrake Sep 2021 - Nov 2021. Key Information Character Mrs. Bumbrake Show Peter and the Starcatcher Gender Female Age Range Adult, Mature Adult Role Size Supporting Voice Tenor Time & Place 1885, the docks of portsmouth, the decks and holds of two ships, and the jungles and shores of mollusk island Tags nanny drag fussy northern english accent british r.p. Mrs. Bumbrake: Molly's faithful Nanny, a prim and proper Englishwoman prone . Slank catches the Boy and throws him overboard. Alf: If it ain't the three little piggies! Couldn't put it down (literally- I finished it in 23 hours), Overall this is much better paced than the book upon which it is based. Peter and The Starcatcher. This script is incredible. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. [15] The Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher closed on January 20, 2013 after 18 previews and 319 regular performances. I miss it every single day, not only the people I performed with, but the story itself. STARCATCHER is a highly imaginative show, often told in third person, that provides a backstory for the characters of Peter Pan, Mrs Darling, Tinkerbell and Hook, and serves as a prequel to J. M . Abby Weymouth (Lighting Designer)is a second year Chemistry major. Got yer sea-legs? The play, Peter and the Starcatchers, was IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. **Boy:**A nameless, homeless, and friendless boy at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end, Peter is brave and competitive, a survivor, and someone the other boys come to look up to. Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. One day, he will ascend the Clam throne as head of the Royal Clam Clan. Teacher: Formerly a salmon; now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid. Mrs. Bumbrake: Shut the faucet, Molly -- blubberin' like a whale when the world's your oyster! So I had the honor to perform in Peter and the Starcatcher in October as Mrs. Bumbrake and it was such an amazing show! But, that same quality also sets up the enjoyable surprise of watching ensemble members step out to become new characters. This is me in rehearsal for Peter and the Starcatcher at the Ritz Theater Company. Those interested in a solo should bring 16 bars of a song that shows off their vocal range and ability to act through a song. Kenjiro would like to emphasize he is not playing a cat-eating alien in this show. Although all children (except one) grow up, we are reminded to take time to enjoy some swashbuckling adventures. Molly dives into the ocean and swims after Peter. Hit him up after the show to say he sounds awful or ask how he can play so many instruments so badly in one show! Still has enough of her girlish charm to turn a sailor's head and leaven his dreams. A bit of a blowhard with just the teeny-tiniest touch of cowardice. Please! However, her most favorite shows to work in have been ensemble based like Peter with UT, Umbrella with Silver Kite, a local theatre in Seattle, and the San Francisco Project she did with her high school. Welcome to the Utah Shakespeare Festival. With University Theater, he has acted (Grey Gardens, Amadeus, Urinetown, The Seagull), directed (Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), dramaturged (Macbeth, Twelfth Night), and played piano (Cabaret, Comedy of Errors), and from 2016 to 2017, Adam was the Chair of University Theater Committee. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! She has previously participated in The Dean's Men production of Comedy of Errors (Angelo) and Weekend of Workshops' Pericles, But Marxist (Lysimachus, Marx, and others). Guide written by. It's been ten years since I saw this show and I can still sing you the chorus to the mermaid's song. His first theater experience was with CES's Timon of Athens (Various Roles), and this is his first UT show! Also, Christian Borle if you're reading this I'm free tomorrow night and would like you to hang out with me please respond to this and hang out with me tomorrow night when i am free. In 19th-century London, Peter and four other orphans from St. Norbert's Home for Wayward Boys arrive at a wharf. The show runs through Dec. 11. Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). [5] The show received several extensions, eventually closing on April 24, 2011. A wildly theatrical adaptation featuring marauding pirates, jungle . G(Nl1~/jFDd~y98\SB1!SCBB%M!+Dg_,!C[}:M>gCW!Duna`tHB;2mou0$_m~HY4M`q8,V_5,s}0)xr %Mt.Jd"HIX:Luea!TE%'8Re1.jX)/?^Mz%^OJS^Z(p]x&h %Fyf6gfsVQb\b^W1A*]\rccaSB]xV&1]4,-$ws^#,\C(.JOAe?E l63"RB",PaJXytN-*JsxAdH^0(Ba{t|}uiuHCf6+FS~rQ]^_7AjF(l:(TV?!6^GscY4FS>. Would love to see a production of this. If you just read this script on it's own, you would probably find it entertaining enough. Yorba Linda, CA, In the Heights Amelia Frank (Scenic Designer)is a student in the college. Stellar twist on the origin story of Peter Pan. Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2004 novel Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. **Although Peter and the Starcatcher is primarily a play, there are singing roles available. Peter and the Starcatcher - View presentation slides online. A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearsons best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker. She is also in the cast of Momentum, a Maroon TV show currently in production. Called "Tubby" by Prentiss, though not due to girth, of which orphans, given their meager diets, have very little indeed. Peter Pan). I laughed out loud, I cried, and my head is still spinning with wonder. IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. He is cruel to Peter and the boys and would sell his own mother for a ship to command. Rick Elice, Mrs. Bumbrake and Molly are crammed in a small cabin aboard the. Molly: NO! Concessions are available for cash or credit donation and may be taken into the theater. Can't wait to see this onstage. Stiff in the lip, loose in. Our food bank has over 100 recipientsand the Emergency Grant Program has awarded over 6k to local artists. She primarily works as an actor and stage manager. 2001 - 2023, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy, often extended in Peter Pan and Wendy. Dates: Friday, June 2nd 5-7pm and Saturday, June 3rd 10am 12pm, Location: DCPs Armour Street Theatre 307 Armour Street, Davidson, NC. Hope Gundlah (Molly Aster) is a second year English and TAPS major. To be honest, when I first read over the script with the rest of the cast, I wasn't really excited to perform it, but throughout the . Captain Robert Falcon Scott: Captain of the Britain's fastest frigate, the Wasp. In all cases, auditionees should plan to arrive at the start of the appropriate audition and stay for the entire session. playfully explores the depths of greed and despair and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. Tess Gundlah (Prentiss) is a second year English and TAPS double major at the college. Molly and her nanny, Mrs. Bumbrake, to Rundoon on a safer route aboard a merchant ship called the Neverland. Santa Ana, CA, Something Rotten This is his first show with University Theater. Some of her favorite roles over the years were Ms. Knagg in Nicholas Nickelby, Arvide Abernathy inGuys and Dolls, Mammy in Cripple of Inishmaan, and the "Gentlemen Caller" from For Whom the Southern Bell Tolls. Monologues are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. Helen Malley (Assistant Stage Manager)is a student in the college. British to the bone. But even the giant, full color pictures from the Broadway production can't quite capture just how magical it was live. stream Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists, See more monologues from Once at sea, Lieutenant Greggors reveals that his real name is Smee and the seamen are pirates. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. A wildly theatrical, hilarious and innovative retelling of how a miserable orphan came to be The Boy Who Never Grew Up, Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old legend of Peter Pan.Based . Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Fond of the show, and the script reminded me how funny it was. Update: Having just performed this show (Stage Center, Shreveport, LA, summer 2017 - I was Grempkin/Mack/Sanchez/Fighting Prawn), I can truly say that it is a masterfully written script. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes. The play serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy and has been modified for the middle school stage by Heather Smith. (Unit 3, pg 7, MRS. BUMBRAKE) GOD SAVE HER. Reg'l: The Great Gatsby (Guthrie), Twelfth Night and The Three Musketeers (Seattle Rep). Mrs. Bumbrake: Supporting, All Genders, 25-50 Molly's nanny. Captain Scott and the real seamen have been taken prisoner. An orphan, too. For Financial Aid Assistance please complete and submit THIS FORM. is a first year excited to be involved with her first UT show! directed by Tempest Wisdom. There's such a rhythm and musicality to it - once it gets into your head, it's almost muscle memory). Prentiss:Ambitious, logical, and a little bit older than Peter, Prentiss wants to be the leader but he knows he will never be one. Auditions will be held on Friday, June 2nd from 5pm-7pm and Saturday June 3rd from 10am-12noon at DCPs Armour Street Theatre 307 Armour Street in Davidson. Long Beach, CA, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. I'll be good, I promise. Empress Peter and the Starcatcher Molly and Bumbrake Empress Theatre Subscribe 1 468 views 5 years ago Come see Molly, Mrs. Bumbrake, and the rest of the cast of Peter and the. Alfand Mrs, Bumtbrake ump Stache and Smee appear, ring 209) agains the storm. Read more about TCF here. Peter mentions his encounter with Teacher. Skip to main content LORd LEOnARd ASTER: Molly's father is a Starcatcher on a secret mission for Queen Victoria; very loving and protective of his daughter and very devoted to his job. It was co-directed by playwright Rick Elice's partner Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. MOLLY: God Save Her. Look at You have not been talkative of late. The Mollusks enter with prisoners of their own Lord Aster and Captain Scott. Stache lifts the lid to find an empty trunk. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. The story of Peter Pan is legendary. At this school you will also find many students that care deeply for one another. I can only imagine how complicated the tracks must have been - not only is every actor playing at least two roles, but they are also in charge of moving the scenery, creating a million new locations in an instant, and hitting all their marks at exactly the right place - all while spitting out the lightning fast dialogue, which is punchline on top of punchline, and all has to hit at the exact right moment. Smee: First mate to Black Stache. About Rick Elice:Broadway:The Cher Show,Peter and the Starcatcher, Jersey Boys (with Marshall Brickman, Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe; directed by Des McAnuff:Tony Award, Best Musical); The Addams Family (with Marshall Brickman, Andrew Lippa; directed by Jerry Zaks). At the time, I wasn't sure if the touring show was of lower quality or if it lost its magic simply because it wasn't new any more. Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2004 novel Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. So I had the honor to perform in Peter and the Starcatcher in October as Mrs. Bumbrake and it was such an amazing show! In addition to work in the UT community, Patrick manages Occam's Razor, UChicago's freest improv comedy troupe, and is a member of the Club Volleyball Team. I read it in one full go while my daughter fell asleep on a four hour flight from Austin to Seattle. Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, this play examines Peter Pans early years, before he discovered Neverland. They realize that Peter, by being dunked in the starstuff-infused waters of the grotto, has been transformed and cannot leave the island. It never quite hit for me. Peter And The Starcatcher written by Rick Elise with music by Wayne Barker based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson directed by Tempest Wisdom Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, this play examines Peter Pan's early years, before he discovered Neverland. Oh and did I mention the songs are bangers? This is his first production with University Theater, and he is very excited to return to the stage after a five year hiatus from acting. Peter Laurin (Assistant Scenic Designer)is a student in the college. Played by a male actor in drag, Mrs. Bumbrake is a woman over forty. The Wasp pursues The Neverland. At a bustling port in England, two ships set sail for the kingdom of Rundoon. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the . Tinker-bell was just a yellow glove. Most of the deviations from the original story make this work superior, until the last ten or so pages. He has previously worked on Rumors (Assistant Stage Manager), Hamlet (Assistant Stage Manager), and West Side Story (Production Manager). A survivor. Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, "Can He Fly?
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