The Tony Award-winning Peter and the Starcatcher will take the Salina Central Theatre stage later this week.
Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the Salina Central Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and can be purchased in advance on the theatre's website or at the door starting at 6 p.m. on show nights.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and audience members will be able to pick their own seats in the auditorium. Masking is optional for all audience members.
Written by Rick Elice, Peter and the Starcatcher is based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, with music by Wayne Baker.
Synopsis provided by Music Theatre International
Tony-winning Peter 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. Peter Pan). From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.
Cast and crew
Nathan Goldbach* as Peter (freshman)
Peyton Wood* as Molly Aster (senior)
Charles Goldbach* as Prentiss (senior)
Will Ebel* as Ted (sophomore)
Joshua Warner* as Black Stache (senior)
Emma Kelly* as Smee (senior)
Ethan Henry* as Lord Leonard Aster (senior)
Harper Johnston* as Captain Scott (junior)
Tyler Campbell* as Bumbrake (senior)
Tayge Jones* as Alf (junior)
Chloe Highsmith* as Bill Slank (junior)
Benjamin Campbell* as Grempkin/Hawking Clam (sophomore)
Maddison Farthing* as Mack (senior)
Vidhi Bhakta* as Sanchez (senior)
Ben Kraft* as Fighting Prawn (senior)
Musicians: Guillermo Rodriguez and Jack Angell* (junior), percussion; and Sue Will, piano
Direction: Barbara Hilt
Music direction: Ryan Holmquist
Assistant music director: Ethan Badders
Technical director/scenic design: Bill Weaver
Movement coordinator: Lorenz Rincones
Stage manager: Lillian Myers* (senior)
Assistant stage manager: Israel Barlow* (senior)
Scenic construction: Bill Weaver, Charles Goldbach*, Tyler Campbell*, Daniel Allen*, Colton Britt, Makyla Dixson, Colton Grogg, Anna Gutierrez*, Ethan Henry*, Trace Horniman, Cadence Lane, Dontai Martinez, Jesse Simpson, Peyton Wood*, Alex Riley, Nicole Cademartori, Kasheia Peterson*, Michelle Simmons*, Nils Lenhert*, Kassidy Cottingham, Imani McFadden, Vy Le*, Chloe Highsmith*, Vidhi Bhakta*, Nathan Goldbach*, Maddison Farthing*, Ben Kraft*, Harper Johnston*, Benjamin Campbell*
Shop foreman: Trace Horniman (senior, tech class), Charles Goldbach* (senior, weekend builds)
Costumes: Barbara Hilt
Costume changers: Vix Rasmussen (freshman), Abby Luddes (freshman)
Costume crew: Imani McFadden (junior), Olivia Gubareva (sophomore), Kassidy Cottingham (senior), Liv Owings (freshman)
Running crew: Michelle Simmons* (sophomore), Kasheia Peterson* (sophomore), Lin Miller* (sophomore), Liv Owings (freshman)
Sound board operators: Vy Le* (junior), Nils Lenhert* (junior)
Projection operation/sound effects: Nils Lenhert* (junior)
Properties: Barbara Hilt, Kasheia Peterson* (sophomore), Michelle Simmons* (sophomore), Chloe Highsmith* (junior)
Props crew chief: Michelle Simmons* (sophomore)
House manager: Cadence Lane (junior)
Lighting design: Barbara Hilt
Light board operator: Camille Morris* (junior)
Lighting crew: Nathan Goldbach* (freshman), Benjamin Campbell* (sophomore), Tyler Campbell* (senior), Ethan Henry* (senior), Charles Goldbach* (senior)
Publicity: Joshua Warner* (senior)
Poster design: Bill Weaver
T-shirt design: Bill Weaver
Program design: Bill Weaver
Spotlight operators: Keaton Myers (freshman), Mykah Trusty (freshman)
Ladder construction: Jerry Wardyn
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*Indicates students are members of the international Thespian Troupe 639.