"The playwright adapts our Peter play for the stage, but it’s the director who brings the story to life for an audience. Peter and the Starcatcher was first co-directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. When people think of Broadway, images of flashy costumes, large dance numbers, glittering lights and over-the-top spectacle often come to mind. But Rees and Timbers saw Peter and the Starcatcher as something different, something special. The directors’ vision for the play draws from the tradition of Poor Theatre."
"Poor Theatre was created by Polish director Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999). When movies began to eclipse theatre as the definitive form of popular entertainment, Grotowski advocated that theatre artists should return to their roots. Stage plays could never replicate the special effects and editing techniques of Hollywood, he argued, and said theatre should rely on the imaginations of its makers—the actors, director, and designers—and its audiences. By using clever staging, ropes, planks, a few simple props, and the actors themselves, Rees and Timbers invited the audience to use their own imaginations to create larger-than-life spectacles like mutiny aboard a pirate ship, the far-off kingdom of Rundoon, and flying children."- Stagenotes.Net
We have chosen to honor this work in our production at LMHS by staging our show in the same fashion. The cast and crew were challenged to use their imagination to work through difficult staging, a wordy script and odd set pieces to create a world of mystery and suspense. We invite you to sit back and allow your imagination to run free as we set sail on a humorous, zany and sometimes down right silly adventure.
