LAMPLIGHTERS PRESENTS “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER” APRIL 20-MAY 13

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April 6, 2018 (La Mesa) - Lamplighters Community Theatre ends its historic 80th season with fun for the whole family in a presentation of Peter and the Starcatcher. Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan).

A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.

A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

Featuring a cast of 18 actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable haracters, Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring the story to life.

Originally produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes, and Disney Theatrical Productions.

EVENT:                        Peter and The Starcatcher

DIRECTOR:                  Raylene J. Wall

PERFORMANCE DATES:   April 20 – May 13   Four Weeks Only!

PRODUCER:                  Rob Conway

CAST:                          Devin Wade, Emily Candia,  Brian Evans, Mitch Krassin,Chris Califano, Steve Murdock, Susan Stratt on, Lee Price, George Bailey Maranto, Matt Noll, Amanda K Hirsch, Heather Armstrong,Deidre Maloney, Bob Shadbolt, Zachary Teng, Gabby Nelson, MG Perez, Shelby Garza

CURTAIN TIME:     Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM

                                  Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM

TICKETS:                 Adults:               $23

                                  Seniors (62+):     $20

                                  Students:            $20

                                  Active Military:     $20

                                  Group of 10 or more to the same performance: $17 each

RESERVATIONS:    Purchase tickets online at www.lamplighterslamesa.com

                                  or reserve through the Box Office by phone (619) 303-5092

                                  or email boxoffice@lamplighterslamesa.com

Peter and The Starcatcher is the sixth of six shows in our 80th season.

Lamplighters Community Theatre is located in the La Mesa Village Station Center at the corner of Severin Drive and Amaya Drive.  There is plenty of free parking in the shopping center lot.

Peter and The Starcatcher is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

Lamplighters Community Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Founded in June of 1937 as The La Mesa Little Theatre and incorporated as The Lamplighters Community Theatre on November 1, 1976, the theatre has now had continuous productions in La Mesa for 80 years. Serving the La Mesa and surrounding communities, Lamplighters produces six season productions a year. Between the regular season productions, we also support special events, one-act shows, and our theater space is available for rent.


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