Peter and the Starcatcher Creative












Original Creative Team
Based on the 2006 instant best-selling book by comedian Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher debuted at the la Jolla Playhouse in 2009. Playwright Rick Elice, know for his books for Jersey Boys and The Addams Family, had free reign to translate the book to the stage and wed the contemporary tone of Barry and Pearson with J.M. Barrie’s irreverent sense of humor. The show embraces an old-fashioned story-theater tradition, inviting the audience to willingly imagine elements of the fast-paced wildly theatrical story. The show opened on Broadway in 2012 starring U-M alumna Celia Keenan-Bolger as Molly, and won five Tony Awards. Filled with treacherous battles, hilarious dialogue, and surprising sentimentality, Peter and the Starcatcher is a spirited adventure that is “a blissful exercise in make-believe.” (Ben Brantley – New York Times)