South Texas College Theatre is ready to fly off to Neverland with their first main stage production of the season - J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.
This is the beloved story of Peter, Wendy, Michael, John, Capt. Hook, Smee, the Lost Boys, pirates, Indians, and, of course, Tinker Bell, in their adventures in Neverland. However, for the first time, the play is restored to Barrie's original intentions by John Caird and Trevor Nunn.
 
In this new revision, Caird and Nunn have taken the many different versions of Peter Pan and created a new character, the Storyteller, who is the author himself. As the play progresses, the audience has the opportunity to hear Barrie’s commentary parallel with the other characters which gives the audience a deeper understanding of the Darling family and his own conclusion to Peter and Wendy’s story.
 
“I have loved the story of Peter Pan since I was a child. My mom took me to see the film and from that moment on I desperately wanted to be a Lost Boy and live in Neverland,” says Peter Pan Director Joel Jason Rodriguez. “As I grew older, I started to appreciate the complexity of the story and its themes of family, adolescents, imagination, and love.  This is a story that has proven to have something for everyone. This is going to be an incredibly fun and amazing production.”
The Sunday, March 2 matinee production will be interpreted in American Sign by graduates of STC’s Interpreting Training Program.