{"id":24726,"date":"2023-11-29T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=24726"},"modified":"2023-11-24T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T19:25:58","slug":"peter-and-the-star-catcher-brings-adventure-to-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/11\/29\/peter-and-the-star-catcher-brings-adventure-to-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter and the Star Catcher<\/em> brings adventure to stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

This holiday season, the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA) is bringing Peter and the Star Catcher<\/i> to the stage. The play will be directed by CCPA chair of acting Evan Frayne, who says it will take audiences on a fun adventure with all of their favourite characters from the original story.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeter and the Star Catcher<\/i>, it\u2019s based on Dave Barry\u2019s novel Peter and the Starcatchers<\/i>,\u201d he says. \u201cSo, it\u2019s essentially like a backstory or a prequel to Peter Pan<\/i>, so it gives a backstory for some of the characters from that original story. It\u2019s essentially about a boy who is sort of sold off to some merchants and is stowed away on a ship and we meet all of the characters, or who will become the characters, from the Peter Pan story throughout the play. It\u2019s really interesting, it\u2019s fun, kind of a fascinating adventure play that I think a lot of people will resonate [with] if they know the Peter Pan story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peter and the Star Catcher<\/em> director Evan Frayne (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Frayne says that some of the themes in this play are about finding your own identity and the definition of community and leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the themes of Peter and the Star Catcher<\/i> are really about community,\u201d he says. \u201cFinding community, finding a home, themes about identity and also themes about leadership and who should be leaders, and what are the qualities of a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2012, Frayne saw Peter and the Star Catcher<\/i> on Broadway, which inspired him when it came time to choose a production for CCPA\u2019s second year students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the original impulse was actually seeing the production of it, seeing a really outstanding production of the play, and then thinking about what would be a great experience for these actors that are in a training program,\u201d he says. \u201cFor a lot of them it\u2019s among the first show that they\u2019ll do so we thought it would be a really good challenge for them. It\u2019s a big ensemble piece\u2014there were 12 actors in the original production, but we have 20 in ours. It\u2019ll be a really fun production for people to watch. Essentially for a lot of the play the whole cast will be on stage. They\u2019ll, you know, create things. It\u2019s essentially story theatre so it\u2019s using your body and simple props to tell the story…it\u2019s [a] very multifaceted, multimedia kind of show.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the challenges of directing a play for students is juggling the rehearsal process, but Frayne believes it\u2019s going well so far regardless.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypically in a rehearsal period, we\u2019ll work for three weeks, full-time, you know, six days a week,\u201d he says. \u201cSo you can really build up momentum and see the piece come together because you\u2019re with it every day. In this process the students are doing classes eight hours a day… So that\u2019s, I\u2019d say, the biggest challenge is just really getting that sense of momentum and getting everybody feeling like they\u2019re working towards that goal and having that goal in mind as we go to rehearsals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students performing in the play are in their second year of training at CCPA and are hard at work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still rehearsing, so we\u2019ll continue rehearsing until we open in December,\u201d says Frayne. \u201cSo it\u2019s been very spread out, which is an interesting process… In a way it\u2019s been really good because that gives the actors time to learn some things away from the rehearsal hall. It\u2019s been fun, it\u2019s been a really positive experience. I think having all the actors there for pretty much the whole rehearsal period has been great, lots of people in the room, lots of energy, lots of ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter and the Star Catcher
\n<\/i>Various times,\u00a0Thursday, December 14 to Sunday, December 17
\nVarious prices,\u00a0Canadian College\u00a0of Performing Arts
\nccpacanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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