About the Project
“The Death of Peter Pan” is a play set up as a sequel to the 1911 Peter Pan novel. Most of the Lost Boys are dead, and Peter no longer has the ability to fly. When the last Lost Boy declares that he’s leaving Neverland, Peter has to decide which is more important: his loyalty to his friend, or his fear of being left alone. Amidst this decision, Captain Hook, determined to take Peter out of the game forever, prepares for their final confrontation.
J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan was based in the idea that Peter always forgot everything terrible that happened to him, leaving him with childlike innocence forever. I took this concept and asked a question: what if Peter remembered? This play deals with aging of the mind and not the body, and how trauma can make anyone grow up, even if they haven’t physically grown any older. We’re dealing with a Peter who remembers that his parents replaced him, that he has outlived Wendy and many of her descendants, and that Tinker Bell and most of the Lost Boys are dead. The weight of these memories leave us with a Peter Pan stuck on the ground and struggling with the past, as well as the promise of a lonely future.
Production Team
