Before Peter Pan flew to Neverland with Wendy and fought Captain Hook, he was simply an unnamed orphan searching for his place in the world.
In the prequel to “Peter Pan,” Peter befriends a girl named Molly, forms a group called the Lost Boys and battles a villain named Black Stache. “” gives the origins of Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Neverland, Tinker Bell and more.
Host Frank Stasio talks with director ; , dramaturg at PlayMakers;, the actor playing Peter Pan; and , the actor playing Black Stache.
“Peter and the Starcatcher” plays at the Paul Green Theatre at UNC-Chapel Hill. performs the adaptation through Dec. 12.