Finding Neverland
Music by: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy
Book by: James Graham
Directed by: Mirinda Keeling
Performances: Feb. 26, 27, 28(m)
Mar. 5, 6, 7(m), 11, 12, 13, 14(m), 18, 19 20, 2027
Auditions: Nov. 2-4
Shows start at 7:30pm in the evenings, 2:30pm for matinees.
*(m) matinee performances
*(cc) Closed Captioning available by Cue Captions
Finding Neverland is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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About the Show
Based on the Academy Award-winning motion picture and the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan, Finding Neverland follows the relationship between playwright J.M. Barrie and the family that inspired "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up." Finding Neverland features music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and a book by James Graham.
J.M. Barrie, a struggling playwright, encounters a widowed mother, Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her four sons in Kensington Park. As Barrie befriends the family, he is inspired by their adventures, particularly Peter, who is reluctant to play due to his grief. Barrie helps him to learn to play again and becomes inspired to create a new art form: children's theatre. But who will pay to see a play about children? Who will play these characters? And how will they make Peter Pan fly?
Cast of Characters
Barrie
A successful Scottish Playwright with a rebellious, childlike spirit that is entirely benevolent. He is at odds with the sensible, restrained world around him.
Mary
Barrie's serious, prim and proper wife.
Sylvia
A recent widow and mother of 4 boys, she encourages her boys to be free thinkers and is one herself.
Frohman
A wealthy American impresario who has stood by Barrie for much of his career. Known as “The Napoleon of Drama”.
Mrs. du Maurier
A socialite and mother of Sylvia, She holds social etiquette in high esteem and wants her daughter to do the same. Steely on the outside, perhaps to a fault, but wants the best for her daughter and grandchildren. She has a very dry sense of humor.
Peter
He is the second youngest of the boys. Peter is buried under the grief of losing his father. Thoughtful and considered, initially angry and contained, he goes on a journey from 'not believing' to opening up and embracing the world of magic and play that Barrie presents to him.
George
He is the oldest of the Davies boys. George is most sensible and mature though still able to play and have fun. Takes charge when he needs to.
Michael
He is the youngest of the boys, is also possibly the loudest and most confident in his actions and his statements.
Jack
He is the second oldest of the boys, He is the naughtiest and most outlandish, but even his cheek comes from a good heart.
Lord Cannan
A Lord
2027 Dates:
Feb. 26, 27, 28(m)
Mar. 5, 6, 7(m), 11, 12, 13, 14(m), 18, 19 20
Shows start at 7:30pm in the evenings, 2:30pm for matinees.
*(m) matinee performances
*(cc) Closed Captioning available by Cue Captions
Performances
Peter and the Starcatcher was Mirinda Keeling’s ACT directorial debut. She has since directed Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. She also co-directed The Prom, with Christi E. Sears. Mirinda co-directed School House Rock at ACT and directed Animal Krackers, Magic in Me, and The Shoemaker and the Elves at North Albany Elementary. Mirinda has assistant directed Something Rotten, Murder on the Orient Express, Clue, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, High School Musical, and Excalibur: The Story of Young King Arthur at ACT. Her resume includes additional crew positions of vocal director, production assistant, set dressing design, set dresser, set design, hair and makeup designer, props designer and costumer in over 30 productions and has performed on stage in an additional 20. She has performed with her husband, Dean Keeling, as well as her two sons, Braden and Adam.
Mirinda Keeling, Director
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