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Holmdel
Theatre Company presents
PETER AND THE
STARCATCHER
A
Play by Rick Elice
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by Kirk White
AUDITIONS
Sunday, February 4, 2024, 2PM-5PM
Monday, February 5, 2024, 6PM-8:30PM
Auditioners will be seen in the order in which they arrive
Call backs if necessary
Thursday February 8, 2024 7:00 PM
8 Performances. Dates: April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
(2 shows on Saturdays. Sunday Matinees)
Actors should have minimal conflicts and must be available
for all performances and tech week.
Auditions, rehearsals and performances to be held at
the Duncan Smith Theater
36 Crawfords Corner Rd
Holmdel, NJ 07733
***Sides will be provided. Monologues (under 2 minutes
please) are welcomed but not necessary. Actors may be asked to sing a few bars of a song
of their choice (no accompaniment). If you don't have a song with
you "Happy Birthday" is fine.***
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
NOTE: All roles (except Peter and Molly) can be
cast as any gender. Looking for actors over 16, however younger
actors may be considered for ensemble.
Molly Aster – (female) A young teenage girl
and Starcatcher apprentice. Curious and intelligent, she is only
beginning to understand the confusing romantic longings that come
with her age. Strong singer.
Boy/Peter – (male) A lonely and hardened
orphan who wants a home and a family. He is nameless and friendless
at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end.
Black Stache – A notorious pirate, in search
of a worthy adversary who is partial to the poetic and theatrical.
Strong verbal and physical comedic skills, character singer.
Mrs. Bumbrake – A proper British nanny who
teaches Molly about womanhood. Strong verbal and physical comedic
skills, character singer.
Bill Slank – The nasty, greedy and cruel
captain of the Neverland who steals the Queen’s secret treasure of
starstuff.
Smee – Black Stache’s dimwitted first mate
and willing to participate in his captain’s hare-brained schemes.
Strong physical comedy, character singer.
Ted – An orphan obsessed with food with an
easy wit and poetic language. Character singer.
Prentiss – An ambitious orphan that yearns
to be a leader but is a coward. Character singer.
Alf – A salty old sailor on the Neverland,
who falls in love with Mrs. Bumbrake. Character singer.
Lord Leonard Aster – Molly’s father, a loyal
subject to the Queen. The very model of a Victorian English
gentleman, he is a faithful friend and a secret Starcatcher.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott – Lord Aster’s
old school friend, the captain of the Wasp, Britain’s fastest
frigate. Lives with nautical bravura and heroic patriotism.
Fighting Prawn: The fierce chief of the
tribe of Mollusk Islanders, who was sold into slavery in England as
a boy. He speaks almost exclusively in Italian cooking terms.
Ensemble – plays multiple supporting roles
and characters throughout the show, including Narrators; Sailors;
Seafarers; Orphans; Pirates; Mermaids; Mollusks; Creatures;
Hurricane Storm; etc.
SHOW SYNOPSIS
The Neverland you never knew. This Tony award winning show uses
imaginative storytelling and boundless creativity to tell the comic
and epic origin story of Peter Pan. Starcatcher apprentice Molly, Peter
and their friends are hunted by marauding pirates and their
comically eccentric captain, BlackStache as they race to protect a
trunk of magical "Starstuff." Peter and the Starcatcher
playfully explores the bonds of friendship, duty, love and family.
This is a play with music (not a full musical), and has a few
leading singing roles.
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