"Everybody's been challenged by this, and I feel really lucky that I have some experienced people to lead the way, and that we started really early," Tan said. Other BCT regulars in the cast include Kristopher Jones, Kenny James, Mark Jackson, Chris Dolan and Wallace Ross. The younger Budge plays a key role, that of Molly Aster, Wendy's mother. Her cast includes two "39 Steps" alumni - Eric Spencer and Adrian DeGroot - and the daughter - Orla Budge - of the remaining third of the "39 Steps" cast, Ali Budge. There are lots of props, and it's incredibly fast-paced." "The actors have t change character on a dime. "It's very demanding for the cast and the crew," she said. Tan compared the style in some ways to "The 39 Steps," which she directed at BCT in 2012. The story is told in two nimble acts, in which characters double as ersatz narrators, sometimes moving from one role to another on a line-by-line basis. Not to mention where the magic dust came from. "I felt bad for BPA, and I want them to feel good about what we do with it," Tan said.ĭave Barry and Ridley Pearson's novel was written as a set-up Peter Pan's later interactions with Wendy and the other Darlings, and as an explanation of how Peter, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook, among others, all came to be their fantastical selves. But the show's owners pulled the rights because of a conflict with a touring production, and BPA had to replace it.
Tan pointed out that Bainbridge Performing Arts had actually been the first local company to book the show, a Tony Award-winner when it hit Broadway in 2012. "I felt this big weight on my shoulders to get it right, for it to be something representative." "It's a premiere for our area we're the first to do it," she said of the stage adaptation of a 2004 novel that provides backstory to Peter Pan and his adventures in Neverland - which she described as "a play with some music," as opposed to a musical.
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