Peter Pan JR. - Perusal

welcome to the theater

C ONGRATULATIONS!

You’ll be working with your creative team and fellow cast members to put on a musical. Before you begin rehearsals , there are some important things you should know.

This book is your script ss Whether putting on a school production or rehearsing a professional show, every actor, director and stage manager works from a script. Your script contains some additional information like this introduction and a glossary. You can look up any bold words in the glossary at the back of this book. Be sure to take good care of your script, and use a pencil when taking notes in it, since what you’ll be doing onstage can change during rehearsals.

One of the first things you’ll need to learn is what to call the various areas of the stage. Since most stages used to be raked, or tilted down toward the house, where the audience sits, we still use the term downstage to refer to the area closest to the audience and upstage to refer to the area furthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. The diagram above shows how to use these terms to label nine different parts of the stage.

what to expect during rehearsals

You will be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through songs, dances and dialogue Because there are so many parts of a musical, most shows have more than one author. The composer writes the music and usually works with a lyricist, who writes the lyrics, or words, to the songs. The book writer writes the dialogue (spoken words, or lines ) and the stage directions , which tell the actors what to do onstage and what music cues to listen for.

Your director will plan rehearsals so that the cast is ready to give its best performance on opening night! Remember to warm up before each rehearsal so that your mind, body and voice are ready to go. Every rehearsal process is a little bit different, but here is an idea of what you can expect as you begin to work on your show.

music:

Since you’re performing a musical, it is important to learn the music early on in the rehearsal process. Your music director will teach the cast all the songs in the show and tell you what to practice at home.

choreography:

After you’ve got the music down, you’ll begin working on the choreography – or dance – in the show. Your choreographer will create the dances and teach them to the cast. The music and the choreography help tell the story.

blocking & scene work:

Your director will block the show by telling the cast where to stand and how to move around the stage. You’ll use your theater terms (downstage left, upstage right, etc.) a lot during this portion of the rehearsal process. You will also practice speaking your lines and work on memorizing them. Rehearsing your part from memory is called being off-book. Your director will help you understand the important action in each scene so you can make the best choices for your character’s objective, or what your character wants.

PETER PAN JR.

make the script your own

Always write your name legibly, either in the space provided on the cover of your script or on the title page. Scripts have a way of getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals!

Mark your lines and lyrics with a bright-colored highlighter to make your part stand out on the page. This will allow you to look up from your script during rehearsals, since it will be easier to find your place when you look back down.

Underline important stage directions, lines, lyrics and individual words. For example, if your line reads, “But don’t worry, I ain’t gonna let them get you or me,” and your director wants you to stress the words “you or me,” underline those words in your script.

Save time and space by using the following standard abbreviations:

ON: onstage

US: upstage

SL: stage left

OFF: offstage

DS: downstage

SR: stage right

CS: center stage X: cross

You may use these abbreviations to modify other instructions (e.g., you could write “R hand up” to remind yourself to raise your right hand). You may also combine them in various ways (e.g., you could write “XDSR” to remind yourself to cross downstage right).

Draw diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are instructed to walk in a circle around a table, you might draw a box to represent the table, then draw a circle around it with an arrow indicating the direction in which you are supposed to walk.

Draw stick figures to help you remember your choreography. Remember, the simpler the better.

Mark your music with large commas to remind yourself where to take breaths while singing.

Although you should feel free to mark up your script, be careful it doesn’t become so cluttered with notes that you have a hard time finding your lines on the page! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

APPLE SELLER Why not? Nobody’s buying ‘em anyway.

Gee thanks, Mister.

ANNIE

Say kid, when is the orphan’s picnic?

APPLE SELLER

ANNIE

Soon as I take a bite. (ANNIE takes a bite of the apple. The APPLE SELLER exits as SANDY enters from the other side.) Hey there. The dogcatchers are after you, ain’t they? Well, they’re after me, too. But don’t worry, I ain’t gonna let them get you or me. Everything’s gonna be fine. For the both of us. If not today, well...

Tomorrow

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ANNIE:

PETER PAN JR.

some tips for the theater

Don’t upstage yourself. Cheat out so the audience can always see your face and hear your voice.

If you are having trouble memorizing your lines, try writing them down or speaking them aloud�

Always arrive at rehearsal on time and ready to begin. Bring your script and a pencil to rehearsal.every

It takes an ensemble to make a show; everyone’s part is important.

Keep going! If you forget a line or something unexpected happens, keep the scene moving forward. Chances are, the audience won’t even notice.

Be respectful of others at all times. Remember to thank the director and fellow cast and crew members.

Be specific! Make clear choices about your character’s background and motivation in the show.

Before the show, say “break a leg”– which means “good luck” in the theater.

Always be quiet backstage. And keep in mind, if you can see the audience, they can see you; so stay out of sight.

HAVE FUN!

Peter Pan JR. synopsis

PETER PAN and the other inhabitants of Neverland open the show by introducing the audience to their world (Neverland). Meanwhile, in the Darling Nursery (Prologue), WENDY, MICHAEL, and JOHN are playing before bed as MRS� DARLING and MR� DARLING get ready to go out. NANA, the family dog, and LIZA encourage the children to go to bed. Before leaving, Mrs. Darling sings a lullaby with the children to say goodnight (Tender Shepherd). As soon as the parents have gone, Peter follows Tinker Bell into the room, searching for Peter’s shadow. Wendy is awakened by the commotion and quickly befriends the mysterious visitor. The Darling children soon set off to Neverland with Peter, travelling the only way possible (I’m Flying).

Back in Neverland, the PIRATES search for the LOST BOYS (Pirate March). After discovering the Lost Boys’ underground home, CAPTAIN HOOK and his first mate SMEE devise a plan (Hook’s Tango), but is chased away by the CROCODILE. The Lost Boys remain in peril as the BRAVE GIRLS, led by TIGER LILY, arrive on the scene (Brave Girl Dance). Peter and the Darlings reach Neverland, frightening the Brave Girls. Finally safe, the Lost Boys celebrate the arrival of their new “mother” (Wendy).

Captain Hook’s first attempt to poison the Lost Boys is thwarted by their new guardian, and the pirates must devise a new plan (Hook’s Tarantella).

The next day, the Lost Boys learn a lesson from Peter, their “father” (I Won’t Grow Up). When they discover that the pirates have captured Tiger

Lily, the Lost Boys help to free her. She immediately returns the favor by saving the boys from Captain Hook, and the two groups celebrate their newfound friendship (Ugh-A-Wug). The Brave Girls stand guard outside the Lost Boys’ home while Wendy and Peter sing the boys to sleep (Distant Melody). The lullaby makes Michael and John homesick, and Wendy decides it is time for them to return to London. She agrees to take all the Lost Boys with them, but Peter decides he will remain in Neverland. Not knowing that the pirates have attacked and defeated the Brave Girls outside, Wendy leads the boys into a trap. Back in the house Tinker Bell saves Peter from being poisoned, and they set off to save the others.

On the deck of the pirate ship, Captain Hook celebrates his triumph (Hook’s Waltz). Before making the children walk the plank, Captain Hook allows Wendy a final word. The moment is interrupted by the tick-tock of the Crocodile. Taking advantage of the distraction, Peter and the Brave Girls sneak aboard the ship and, at just the right moment, attack the pirates. The day is saved and everyone celebrates (I Gotta Crow).

Back in the Darling Nursery, the Darlings and Nana miss the children terribly and are losing hope that they will ever return (Nursery Music). Wendy, Michael and John return home, and the Darlings agree to adopt the Lost Boys that have come along. Back in Neverland, Peter, the pirates, and the Brave Girls sing of Neverland, where dreams are born (Finale Ultimo).

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Peter Pan JR. characters

Peter Pan

DARLING FAMILY:

Wendy

John

Liza

Michael

Nana

Mrs. Darling

Mr. Darling

LOST BOYS:

Nibs

Slightly

Curley

Twin #1

Twin #2

Tootles

PIRATES:

Captain Hook

Smee

Noodler

Jukes

Starkey

Cecco

BRAVE GIRLS:

Tiger Lily

Small Brave Girl

Brave Girl #1

Brave Girl #2

Crocodile

Ensemble:

Lost Boys

Brave Girls

Pirates

(#1 – OVERTURE begins.)

SCENE ONE – PROLOGUE

(#2 – NEVERLAND begins. The neverland inhabitants (LOST BOYS, PIRATES, DARLING FAMILY and BRAVE GIRLS) introduce the audience to the world.)

Peter Pan JR.

Neverland

NEVERLAND

(#3 – PROLOGUE begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

(WENDY, dressed up with her mother’s hat, and JOHN, wearing his father’s top hat, dance. LIZA is dusting.)

WENDY, JOHN: (spoken)

One two three,

(NANA, the dog, pushes MICHAEL into the room.)

MICHAEL: I won't go to bed, Nana, I won't go to bed. Liza, it isn't six o'clock yet, is it?

LIZA: Yes.

MICHAEL: Nana, do I have to go to bed?

NANA: (barking) Woof! Woof!

WENDY: Liza, we're pretending we're Mother and Father, and we're going to the ball tonight. Come play!

LIZA

Always playing games. I have much more important things to do than play at make-believe and dancing.

(WENDY and JOHN resume the dance.)

WENDY, JOHN

One, two three, one, two, three—

(MRS. DARLING enters dressed to go out for the evening.)

MRS. DARLING

(laughing)

Wendy! John!

Mother!

WENDY

JOHN

Oh, Mother! You look lovely!

MRS. DARLING

Why, thank you! (to WENDY)

What are you doing in my old hat?

JOHN

We’re playing at being you and Father. I’m Father.

MICHAEL

Mother! They never let me play Father. They never let me dance.

MRS. DARLING

Well, we’ll soon fix that.

(She takes the top hat from JOHN and places it on MICHAEL.)

MR. DARLING (offstage)

Mother! Mother!

(MR. DARLING arrives in evening dress, without his coat, carrying a white tie.)

MRS. DARLING

What is the matter, George dear?

MR. DARLING

Matter? This tie, it will not tie. Not round my neck. Round the bedpost, oh yes – but round my neck, oh dear no.

(NANA pushes JOHN toward the door.)

JOHN

I won’t take a bath! Nana, I won’t take a bath!

MR. DARLING

Go and be bathed at once, sir.

(With bent head JOHN follows NANA offstage. On the way, NANA collides with MR. DARLING’s trousers.)

MR. DARLING

Oh, Mother, look here! Hair all over my trousers!! (to NANA)

Clumsy! Clumsy!

MRS. DARLING

I’ll brush you off, Father dear.

MR. DARLING

Thank you. You know, Mother, sometimes I think it’s a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.

MRS. DARLING

George, we must keep Nana. I will tell you why. My dear, when I came into this room tonight I saw a face at the window.

MR. DARLING

A face at the window, two floors up?

MRS. DARLING

It was the face of a little boy; he was trying to get in.

MR. DARLING Impossible.

MRS. DARLING

But wait— The boy was not quite alone. He was accompanied by – I don’t know how to describe it – by a ball of light that darted about the room like a living thing!

MR. DARLING

That is very unusual!

MRS. DARLING

George, what can all this mean?

(NANA runs back onstage brushing MR. DARLING’s pants leg again. JOHN follows drying his face.)

MR. DARLING

Oh! Clumsy, clumsy – just look at my trousers, covered with hair again! I refuse to allow that dog in my nursery for one hour longer.

(NANA retreats to her kennel. MR. DARLING crosses towards her.)

CHILDREN

Oh, Father! Please, Father! (etc.)

MR. DARLING

Am I master in this house or is she?

(to NANA)

Come on, Nana!

(NANA barks at him.)

Come, Nana!

(NANA shakes her head.)

Good Nana!

(NANA backs away.)

Nice Nana.

(NANA waves him away with her paw.)

Dear Nana.

(NANA backs away again.)

Pretty Nana.

(NANA ventures closer. MR. DARLING grabs NANA by the collar.)

MR. DARLING

Gotcha!

CHILDREN

Oh, Father! Please, Father! (etc.)

(MR. DARLING exits with NANA. The CHILDREN run to the window as MRS. DARLING lights the night-lights. NANA is heard barking offstage.)

JOHN

(as the barking below goes on)

She’s awfully unhappy.

WENDY

That’s not her unhappy bark. That’s her bark when she smells danger.

MICHAEL

Can anything harm us, Mother, after the night-lights are lit?

Peter Pan JR.

#4 – TENDER SHEPHERD begins.)

Tender Shepherd

TENDER SHEPHERD

MRS. DARLING: Nothing, precious. They are the eyes a mother leaves behind to guard her children. Now sing your goodnight song, and into your beds.

(The CHILDREN climb into their beds and sing the following in a round.)

Ten - der shep - herd, WENDY:

(WENDY:)

Watch - es o - ver

Ten - der shep - herd, JOHN:

(WENDY:)

& & b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

One: say your prayers and

(JOHN:)

Watch - es o - ver

Ten - der shep - herd, MICHAEL, MRS. DARLING:

ten - der shep - herd

œ ú all his sheep.

œ œ ten - der shep - herd

Two: close your eyes and

ú all his sheep;

Ten - der shep - herd

One: say your prayers and

(MICHAEL, MRS. DARLING:)

Two: close your eyes and œ œ ú all his sheep;

One say your prayers and (JOHN:)

Two: close your eyes and

MRS. DARLING: All asleep. (with a last look around) Dear night lights that protect my sleeping children, burn clear and steadfast tonight.

(MRS. DARLING turns out the light and exits.)

(NANA barks offstage. #5 – PETER’S ENTRANCE begins. TINKER BELL flashes around outside the window then enters and flies around the nursery. A moment later PETER PAN flies into the room, searching for TINKER BELL.)

PETER PAN

(in a whisper)

Tinker Bell! Tink! Tink!

(NANA barks offstage. PETER hides behind the drapes. When the barking stops, PETER comes out.)

Tinker Bell! Tink! Where are you?

(#6 – TINK FINDS THE SHADOW begins.)

(TINKER BELL’s light glows brighter.)

(PETER PAN)

There you are! Tink, do you know where they put it? (TINKER BELL darts to the top drawer of the dresser.)

Ah!

(PETER pulls the drawer open, seizes his shadow and closes the drawer unknowingly with TINKER BELL inside of it.)

Oh, my shadow. I’ve found you. I’ll stick you on with soap.

(He picks up large bar of soap and soaps the shadow’s head, trying to paste it to his forehead. It falls. He then soaps his backside and lies on it and wiggles – it fails. He loses hope and sits, sobbing audibly. This wakens WENDY, who sits up, and is pleasantly interested to see a stranger.)

WENDY

(courteously)

Boy, why are you crying?

(PETER jumps up, crosses to the foot of the bed and bows to her. WENDY bows to him.)

What’s your name?

PETER PAN

WENDY

Wendy Moira Angela Darling. What’s your name?

PETER PAN

Peter Pan.

Where do you live?

WENDY

PETER PAN

Second to the right and straight on till morning.

WENDY

What a funny address!

No, it isn’t.

PETER PAN

WENDY

I mean, is that what they put on your letters?

PETER PAN

Don’t get any letters.

WENDY

But your mother gets letters?

PETER PAN

Don’t have a mother. (pause) I can’t get my shadow to stick on.

WENDY

It has come off? How awful. Why it must be sewn on. I shall sew it on for you.

(WENDY gets her sewing box.)

PETER PAN

Thank you.

(WENDY begins attaching PETER’s shadow.)

WENDY

I dare say it may hurt a little.

PETER PAN

I never cry.

(PETER makes a small grunt and the shadow is attached.)

WENDY

There.

(The footlights throw the shadow against the wall.)

PETER PAN

Wendy, look!! My shadow! Oh, I’m clever! Oh, the cleverness of me!

WENDY

Oh, Peter, you are so clever! Shall I give you a kiss?

PETER PAN

Thank you.

(PETER holds out his hand.)

WENDY

Don’t you know what a kiss is?

PETER PAN

I shall know when you give it me.

(Not to hurt PETER’s feelings, WENDY gives PETER her thimble.)

Now shall I give you a kiss?

WENDY

If you please.

(PETER pulls an acorn button off his person and bestows it on her. She is shocked but considerate.)

A button! Why, Peter, I will wear it on this chain round my neck. Peter, how old are you?

PETER PAN

I don’t know. I ran away from home the day I was born.

WENDY

Ran away. Why?

PETER PAN

Because I heard Father and Mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy and to have fun; so I ran away and I’ve lived a long time among the fairies.

WENDY

Peter! You really know fairies?!

PETER PAN

Yes, but they are nearly all dead now.

WENDY

Why?

PETER PAN

You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces – and they all went skipping about – and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be a fairy for every boy or girl.

WENDY

Ought to be? Isn’t there?

PETER PAN

Oh, no. Children know such a lot now. Soon they don’t believe, and every time a child says, “I don’t believe in fairies,” there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

WENDY

Poor things!

PETER PAN

I can’t think where she has gone to. Tinker Bell, Tink!

WENDY

Peter, you don’t mean to tell me that there is a real live fairy right here in this room!

PETER PAN

She came with me. (The dresser rattles furiously.) Wendy, I believe I shut her up in that drawer! (#7 – LOCKED IN THE DRAWER begins. PETER opens the drawer, releasing TINKER BELL, who darts about in a fury using language it is perhaps as well we don’t understand.)

Well you needn’t say that. How could I know you were in that drawer?

WENDY

What does she say?

She’s not very polite.

PETER PAN

(back to TINKER BELL)

Tink! You know you can’t be my fairy because I am a gentleman and you’re a lady.

(TINKER BELL replies with the rudest language yet.)

WENDY

What does she say?

(Before PETER can respond, NANA barks offstage causing PETER to duck.)

WENDY

It’s all right – she’s chained up. (WENDY is now completely enthralled with PETER and his fairy.)

Peter, where do you live?

PETER PAN

Neverland.

What does it look like?

WENDY

PETER PAN

It’s an island with hardly any space between one adventure and another.

WENDY

Oh, it sounds lovely – Neverland! Who else lives there, Peter?

PETER PAN

The Lost Boys.

Who are they?

WENDY

PETER PAN

They are children who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way. If they aren’t claimed in seven days they’re sent far away to Neverland. I’m Captain.

WENDY

What fun it must be.

PETER PAN

Yes, but we’re rather lonely. And none of us knows any stories.

How perfectly awful!

WENDY

PETER PAN

Oh, Wendy, your mother was telling you such a lovely story about the Prince, and he couldn’t find the lady who wore the glass slipper.

WENDY

Oh, that’s Cinderella. Peter, he found her and they lived happy ever after.

PETER PAN

I’m glad!

(PETER heads to the window.)

WENDY

Where are you going?

To tell the Lost Boys.

PETER PAN

WENDY

Don’t go, Peter. I know lots of stories.

PETER PAN (turning) Do you?

WENDY

Oh Peter, the stories I could tell the boys!

PETER PAN

Come on! We’ll fly!

WENDY Fly? You can fly!

PETER PAN

Wendy, come with me – how we should all respect you.

WENDY

Would you teach John and Michael to fly too?

PETER PAN

If you like.

(WENDY turns the lights on.)

WENDY

John, Michael, wake up – there’s a boy here who is going to teach us to fly.

MICHAEL

There is?

Then I’ll get up at once.

JOHN

(NANA barks from offstage. #8 – LIZA’S ENTRANCE begins.)

JOHN

Out with the lights! Someone’s coming!

(MICHAEL turns off the lights and everyone hides. LIZA enters being dragged by NANA.)

LIZA

There, you see! They are perfectly safe and sound asleep in bed. (NANA barks)

Now no more! Come along, you naughty dog!

(They exit, NANA barking loudly. The others emerge from hiding.)

PETER PAN

All clear!

JOHN Can you really fly?

PETER PAN

I’ll teach you.

How do you do it?

MICHAEL

(#9 – I’M FLYING begins.)

I’M FLYING

PETER: You just think lovely, wonderful thoughts— (He starts up into the air.) —and up you go!

WENDY: Oh, how sweet!

PETER: You like it?

CHILDREN: Oh, yes Peter, yes! (etc.)

PETER: Want to learn how?

CHILDREN: Oh, teach us, Peter, please teach us! (etc.)

PETER: First I must blow the fairy dust on you. (PETER blows fairy dust on the CHILDREN.)

think love - ly

thoughts!

JOHN: Fishing!

WENDY: Hopscotch!

MICHAEL: Candy!

WENDY: Picnics!

JOHN: Summer!

MICHAEL: Candy!

Think love - ly

JOHN: Sailing!

WENDY: Flowers!

MICHAEL: Candy!

thoughts!

PETER: Lovelier thoughts, Michael! 4

MICHAEL: Christmas? 2 (MICHAEL rises into the air. JOHN and WENDY take off soon after.)

PETER: That's it! Off to Neverland!

WENDY: Neverland! Oh, it would be lovely!

PETER: There are Pirates and Brave Girls!

JOHN: Pirates!

MICHAEL: Brave Girls!

WENDY: Let's go at once!

PETER: Get ready!

WENDY, MICHAEL, JOHN, PETER:

WENDY, MICHAEL, JOHN, PETER:

ßies out the window, followed by WENDY, JOHN, MICHAEL and TINKER BELL.)

Don't for - get,

Don't be slow,

Wen - dy, Mich - ael,

Hur - ry up and

SCENE THREE – NEVERLAND (#10 – HIDE AND SEEK begins.) (The LOST BOYS are playing a game of hide and seek.) NIBS Has Peter come back, Slightly?

No, twin.

CURLEY

I wish Peter would come back.

TWIN #1, TWIN #2

So do we.

TOOTLES

I’m always afraid of the Pirates and Brave Girls when Peter’s not here to protect us.

NIBS

I wonder what’s keeping him so long.

SLIGHTLY

Maybe he’s waiting to hear the end of “Cinderella.” ALL “Cinderella!” Awww!

(#11 – PIRATE MARCH begins.)

Peter Pan JR. Pirate March SLIGHTLY

PIRATE MARCH

(We hear the PIRATES singing offstage.)

mas - sa - cre Brave Girls and

kill lit - tle boys, And

- ter to Cap - tain

ter - ri - ble Cap - tain

. Hook!

(TOOTLES runs from his tree and is seen for a moment and then hides behind another tree. NOODLER starts to chase after him. CAPTAIN HOOK stops him his with his CAPTAIN HOOK.)

NOODLER

Oow! No, Captain, no! It was one of those boys you hate.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Aye and the first scream would bring Tiger Lily’s Brave Girls upon us!

(The PIRATES cringes and shake at the words “Brave Girls.”)

SMEE

That is true. Shall I after him, Captain, and…

CAPTAIN HOOK

Not now, Smee! He’s only one – and I want to mischief all of them. They must live ‘round here somewhere. Scatter and look for them.

(The PIRATES disperse on their errand. With the others spread out, SMEE and CAPTAIN HOOK become confidential.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Most of all I want their captain, Peter Pan. ’Twas he cut off me arm. Oh, I have waited long to shake hands with him with this.

SMEE

Yet I have oft heard you say your hook was worth a score of hands—for combing the hair, and other homely uses.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Aye, Smee, if I were a mother, I would pray that me children be born with this… (indicating the hook) … instead of that. (indicating his hand)

But Pan flung me hand to a crocodile that happened to be passing by.

SMEE

I have often noticed your strange dread of crocodiles.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Not of crocodiles, but of that one crocodile. He liked me hand so much, that he has followed me ever since – from land to land, from sea to sea, he follows the ship, licking his lips for the rest of me.

SMEE

In a way it is sort of a compliment.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Well, I want no such compliments! Smee, that crocodile would have got me long ere this if he could have crept upon me unawares. But by some lucky chance he swallowed a clock—

SMEE

A clock!

CAPTAIN HOOK

And it goes on – tick, tock, tick – within him; and so, before he can reach me I hear the tick.

SMEE

Some day the clock will run down, and then he’ll get you.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Ay, that is the fear that haunts me.

(CAPTAIN HOOK sits on a large mushroom and then suddenly jumps back up.)

Ooooh!

SMEE

What’s the matter, Captain?

CAPTAIN HOOK

Smee, this seat’s hot. Oh! It’s very hot! Odds, bobs, hammer and tongs, Smee – help me!

(CAPTAIN HOOK and SMEE lift the mushroom to reveal a hidden chimney.)

A chimney! Peter and the boys must be living underground!

SMEE

Listen!

(CAPTAIN HOOK and SMEE listen at the chimney.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Call back the band!

(SMEE blows his bosun’s whistle. PIRATES return.)

They say that Peter Pan’s away from home. I must think! Inspire me!

JUKES

What tempo, Captain?

CAPTAIN HOOK

Tempo, tempo, tempo – a tango!

(#12 – HOOK’S TANGO begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

Hook's Tango

HOOK’S TANGO

JUKES: A Tango! Unrip your plan, Captain!

they'll HOOK, PIRATES: (sung) HOOK: (ALL:)

PIRATES

Bravo! Encore! A marvelous plan (etc.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Horrid little boys, their time has come.

(#13 – CROCODILE MUSIC begins. The PIRATES are celebrating when a ticking begins.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

The croc! The croc!

How do you know?

SMEE

CAPTAIN HOOK

I hear him ticking. Protect me, Smee! Protect me! Ohh!

(CAPTAIN HOOK faints into the arms of the two nearest PIRATES and is dragged off.) SMEE

(following)

Don’t leave us, Captain! Don’t leave us!

(A CROCODILE passes across, ticking, and oozes after them. The LOST BOYS emerge.)

They’re gone.

TWIN #2

I do wish Peter were here!

(Rustling is heard offstage.)

TWIN #1

What’s that?

It’s so quiet!

CURLEY

(The BRAVE GIRLS are heard offstage.)

LOST BOYS

Brave Girls!

(#14 – SCURRY MUSIC 1 begins. The LOST BOYS disappear as the BRAVE GIRLS enter. TIGER LILY beckons and the BRAVE GIRLS gather around her.)

TIGER LILY

Ssshh! Too much noise. Listen to Tiger Lily—Sssshhhh!

(#15 – BRAVE GIRL DANCE begins. The BRAVE GIRLS begin a dance to search for the LOST BOYS led by TIGER LILY.)

Peter

Pan JR.

Brave Girl Dance

BRAVE GIRL DANCE

(At the end of dance, TOOTLES emerges from hiding.)

TOOTLES

They’re gone!

Now!

BRAVE GIRL #1

(#16 – THE WENDY BIRD (PART 1) begins. The BRAVE GIRLS quickly re-enter and grab one of TOOTLES’ arms. The other LOST BOYS grab TOOTLES’ other arm –a tug of war. Suddenly CURLEY looks up and offstage.)

CURLEY

Look! A bird!

(All look up, stopping tug of war.)

ALL

A bird! (etc.)

WENDY (from offstage)

Poor Wendy! Poor Wendy!

SLIGHTLY

It’s a Wendy bird!

The bird must be omen.

TIGER LILY

BRAVE GIRL #2

Good or bad omen?

TIGER LILY

Famous Brave Girl proverb: when in doubt— run!

(#17 – THE WENDY BIRD (PART 2) begins. The BRAVE GIRLS run off.)

CURLEY

Here, boys! Let’s shoot the Wendy bird!

SLIGHTLY

Bows and arrows everyone!

(The LOST BOYS look around for weapons.)

Out of the way!

CURLEY

(CURLEY shoots and LOST BOYS cheer. WENDY enters with an arrow in her heart. They put her down.)

I’ve hit it! Peter will be so pleased with me!

(PETER’s crow is heard offstage.)

BOYS

It’s Peter!

(PETER enters followed by JOHN, in Father’s top hat and MICHAEL, with his teddy bear.)

PETER PAN

I’m back! And I have a great surprise.

SLIGHTLY

So have we!

CURLEY

We killed a big white bird.

And look!

ALL

(They stand aside. PETER sees WENDY.)

PETER PAN

Wendy! With an arrow in her heart! This isn’t a bird – it’s a lady!

LOST BOYS (dismayed) A lady! (etc.)

PETER PAN

I was bringing her here to be our mother – and you have killed her.

(PETER reaches toward the arrow to remove it from WENDY. Before he can pull the arrow out, WENDY grabs his arm.)

NIBS

Look at her arm.

She lives!

TWIN #1, TWIN #2

(The LOST BOYS cheer as PETER removes the arrow, which is stuck to the acorn button.)

PETER PAN

See – the arrow struck against this. It’s a kiss I gave her.

TOOTLES

I remember kisses. Let me see – aye, that’s a kiss.

PETER PAN

Are you asleep, Wendy? Don’t you want to get up and play?

(WENDY shakes her head and turns over onto her side –settling comfortably and happily.)

TOOTLES

What shall we do with Wendy?

SLIGHTLY

Let’s carry her down into the house.

PETER PAN

No, no! You mustn’t touch her. That wouldn’t be sufficiently respectful. I know – we’ll build a house around her!

LOST BOYS

A house!

PETER PAN

I have a plan— (#18 – WENDY begins.)

WENDY

(MICHAEL and JOHN fall right into ranks with the LOST BOYS and are now part of the gang.)

Light Soft-shoe tempo (in 4)

(PETER:)

Peter Pan JR.

She'll be our moth - er, It's

Wen - dy's

here to

stay!

PETER

PAN

Wendy lady, for you we have built this house. Say that you’re pleased.

WENDY

Lovely, darling house!

And we’re your children!

Oh.

NIBS

WENDY

LOST BOYS

Wendy lady, be our mother.

WENDY

I’d love to be your mother – provided Peter will be the father. (JOHN gives PETER his top hat.)

PETER PAN

All right. As long as it’s only make-believe.

(The LOST BOYS cheer and dance around as CAPTAIN HOOK, SMEE and PIRATES enter behind the bushes. A long arm pushes the poisoned cake out. The LOST BOYS see the cake, break and run to it.)

LOST BOYS

Look! A cake! A cake! (etc.)

(All are about to grab a piece of the cake.)

WENDY

Children! I’m sure this cake is much too damp and rich for you.

(The LOST BOYS groan)

Now you go inside the house, but before I put you to sleep I’ll have just enough time to finish the story of “Cinderella!”

ALL “Cinderella!”

(#19 – CINDERELLA TAG begins. The LOST BOYS excitedly troop inside the house, followed by WENDY and PETER. CAPTAIN HOOK and the PIRATES enter.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

The game is up. Those boys have found a mother!

SMEE

What’s a mother?

Tsst! I must think!

CAPTAIN HOOK

(The PIRATES leap into place.)

JUKES

What tempo, Captain?

CAPTAIN HOOK

A tarantella!

A tarantella!

JUKES

(#20 – HOOK’S TARANTELLA begins.)

Peter Pan JR. Hook's Tarantella

HOOK’S TARANTELLA

FOUR

Are

Yes, Peter.

PETER PAN

LOST BOYS

PETER PAN

Then listen to your teacher. Repeat after me. (#22 – I WON’T GROW UP begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

I WON’T GROW UP

I Won't Grow Up

home

home

me! Not me! Not TWINS: SLIGHTLY, TOOTLES:

CURLEY, NIBS:

Hey!

(At the end of the number all fall on the ground laughing. Suddenly PETER points offstage.)

PETER PAN

SLIGHTLY Pirates!

(#23 – SCURRY MUSIC 2 begins. The LOST BOYS, MICHAEL, JOHN and PETER hide. SMEE enters, followed by the other PIRATES and a captured TIGER LILY.)

SMEE

Move, you spalpeen, move! The Captain ordered us to tie her to the tree and leave her here for the wolves!

STARKEY

To the tree with her, mate!

PETER PAN (to the LOST BOYS)

Poor Tiger Lily!

What was that?

CECCO

PETER PAN

(mimics Captain Hook’s voice)

Ahoy there, you lubbers!

STARKEY

It is the Captain, he must be close by.

SMEE

(calling)

I tied Tiger Lily to the tree, Captain.

PETER PAN

(mimics Captain Hook’s voice)

Set her free!

But, Captain—

SMEE

PETER PAN

(mimics Captain Hook’s voice)

Cut her bonds, or I’ll plunge me hook in you.

STARKEY

Better do as the Captain orders.

SMEE

Aye aye!

(They untie TIGER LILY and she runs off in the direction of PETER and the LOST BOYS. TIGER LILY and PETER shake hands. The LOST BOYS are about to cheer when TIGER LILY quiets them.)

TIGER LILY

Ssshhh.

(from offstage)

Ahoy there!

It’s Hook.

CAPTAIN HOOK

TWIN #1, TWIN #2

NIBS

He’s coming down the path.

We’re trapped.

Follow me.

CURLEY

TIGER LILY

(TIGER LILY leads the LOST BOYS away in one direction as CAPTAIN HOOK enters from the other.)

SMEE

It is the Captain!

Captain, is all well?

All is very well. (shrieks)

Where is Tiger Lily?

STARKEY

CAPTAIN HOOK

SMEE

It is all right, Captain, we let her go.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Let her go?

SMEE

’Twas your own orders, Captain.

CECCO

You called to us to let her go.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Brimstone and gall, what cozening is here?

(TIGER LILY and the LOST BOYS have all made it offstage. PETER is last in line. He turns toward CAPTAIN HOOK, crows and quickly exits.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Peter Pan!

(#24 – UNDERGROUND MARCH begins.)

WENDY

Tinker Bell!

(#25 – TINK AND WENDY begins.)

TINKER BELL

(celeste)

WENDY

Is your room straightened up?

TINKER BELL (celeste)

WENDY

Now, really, Tink! I will not go home—Peter needs me.

TINKER BELL (celeste)

WENDY

Why can’t we talk this over like two civilized human beings?

(#26 – BRAVE GIRLS DESCEND begins. The BRAVE GIRLS and the LOST BOYS run on. WENDY grabs a broom, raises it like she is going to hit someone. In the nick of time PETER arrives.)

PETER PAN

Don’t Wendy! We’re friends now!

WENDY Friends?

PETER PAN

I saved Tiger Lily’s life in the forest and she saved ours.

TIGER LILY

Peter Pan is the sun and the moon and the stars!

PETER PAN

Yes, I know.

(#27 – UGH-A-WUG begins.)

Peter Pan JR. Ugh-A-Wug

(PETER:) Come on. Let's make two tribes into one! (PETER:)

PETER, LOST BOYS, CHILDREN:

BRAVE GIRLS:

PETER, LOST BOYS, CHILDREN:

BRAVE GIRLS: ¿ Œ ¿ Œ Ugh! Wah!

BRAVE GIRLS:

- bi - ty, bib - bi - ty,

PETER, LOST BOYS, CHILDREN:

- bit - ty, bib - bi - ty

- a - wuff, Puff - a - wuff,

FEATURED BRAVE GIRLS, FEATURED LOST BOYS:

- bi - ty, bib - bi - ty,

- bi - ty, bib - bi - ty,

Sab - bleMisterioso

Sab

soo, There's

Send

w w there! w (tongue burbles)

¿ > Œ Ó Shhh! j œ j

œ j œ j œ n œ Boop - a - doop. boop - a - doop,

Ugh - a - wug, Ugh - a - wug, j œ j

end!

WENDY

Tiger Lily, I’ll never get my children to sleep after all this excitement.

TIGER LILY

We’ll go up now. We’ll keep guard and watch for pirates. (General goodnights. BRAVE GIRLS exit.)

WENDY

Now, children, make your father comfortable.

SLIGHTLY

Here’s your chair, Father.

TWIN #1, TWIN #2

Here are your slippers, Father.

NIBS

Here’s your paper, Father.

WENDY

Now go wash up – it’s your bed time. (The LOST BOYS run off. A serious expression comes over PETER’s face. WENDY notices.) They are sweet, aren’t they, Peter. (no response)

Peter?

(no response)

Peter, what is it?

PETER PAN

I was just thinking – it’s only pretend, isn’t it, that I’m their father?

WENDY

Oh yes. But they are ours, Peter, yours and mine.

PETER PAN

But not really?

WENDY

Well, no, not if you don’t wish it.

PETER PAN I don’t.

(JOHN, MICHAEL and the LOST BOYS re-enter with old blankets and pillows.)

CURLEY

We’re all ready for bed now, Mother.

TOOTLES

I even brushed my teeth.

WENDY

Peter, shall we sing a lullaby to the children?

(#28 – DISTANT MELODY begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

Distant Melody

DISTANT MELODY

Valse lente WENDY,

WENDY, PETER:

MICHAEL

Wendy, I’m homesick! I want to go home!

JOHN

So do I.

WENDY

Yes, I suppose we must go home.

TWIN #1

You’re not leaving us, Wendy?

WENDY

I’m afraid I must.

Please don’t go.

NIBS

WENDY

Dear ones, if you all come with me I feel almost sure my mother and father would adopt you.

TWIN #1

Peter, can we go?

All right.

PETER PAN

(The LOST BOYS cheer.)

WENDY

Then put your beds away quickly, and remember to bring the baby clothes you were lost in.

(JOHN, MICHAEL and the LOST BOYS exit.)

( WENDY)

Peter, I’m going to give you your medicine before your journey. (WENDY puts Peter’s medicine onto the shelf.) Get your things, Peter.

PETER PAN

I’m not going with you, Wendy.

WENDY

Yes, Peter.

PETER PAN No.

WENDY

But why not?

PETER PAN

I don’t want to grow up and learn about solemn things. I just want to always be a little boy and to have fun. No one’s going to catch me and make me a man.

(MICHAEL, JOHN, and the LOST BOYS re-enter with bundles.)

SLIGHTLY

We’re all ready to go now.

WENDY

Peter isn’t coming with us.

TOOTLES

Peter’s not coming?

CURLEY

Then, Peter, we won’t leave you.

PETER PAN

Now then, no fuss, no blubbering, just say goodbye.

(#29 – FIGHT ABOVE GROUND begins. Outside the house we see the PIRATES enter and attack the guarding BRAVE GIRLS. Inside the house, the CHILDREN all huddle around PETER. Outside the house, some PIRATES rout the BRAVE GIRLS and take them offstage. The other PIRATES hide to wait for the LOST BOYS to come out.)

CURLEY

Someone is fighting the Brave Girls.

MICHAEL

Who?

The Pirates.

Shh! It’s over.

But who won?

SLIGHTLY

PETER PAN

WENDY

PETER PAN

If the Brave Girls have won, they will beat the drum. Listen! (Outside the house, CAPTAIN HOOK beats a cadence with his hook.)

The drum! A Brave Girl victory. You’re perfectly safe now Wendy. Tiger Lily will escort you through the forest. Goodbye, boys. Lead the way, Tink.

LOST BOYS

Goodbye Peter. Bye. (etc.)

(The LOST BOYS begin to exit. PETER sits on stool, his back to them. WENDY is the last to leave. She moves PETER’s medicine next to him.)

WENDY

Peter, that’s your medicine, you know.

PETER PAN

I won’t forget it.

WENDY

Peter, if you come for me once a year, I’ll do your spring cleaning. Will you come?

PETER PAN

If you like.

WENDY

You won’t forget? Peter, oh, Peter, how I wish I could take you up and squeeze you!

(PETER pulls away. WENDY starts to exit.)

Wendy!

PETER PAN

(WENDY turns back hopefully. PETER crosses to her and takes out the thimble. He looks at it for a second, then hands it to her.)

Here – this is for you.

(WENDY turns away and exits the house. #30 –KIDNAPPING begins. PETER lies down. WENDY reaches the other side of the stage where the PIRATES have captured the boys. Before WENDY can scream, the PIRATES cover her mouth and grab her arms.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Take them all to the ship! The boys we will make walk the plank – and Wendy will be our mother!

(PIRATES quietly drag WENDY, MICHAEL, JOHN and the LOST BOYS, all gagged offstage. SMEE quietly crosses to CAPTAIN HOOK.)

SMEE

But what about Peter?

CAPTAIN HOOK

This is for Peter!

(CAPTAIN HOOK holds up a vial of red liquid.)

SMEE

Poison?

Aye! He’s doomed!

CAPTAIN HOOK

(CAPTAIN HOOK and SMEE quietly laugh and SMEE exits. #31 – POISON begins. CAPTAIN HOOK quietly enters the house. He sees Peters’s medicine bottle on the table. CAPTAIN HOOK pours a little of the poison into the glass and it turns blood red. CAPTAIN HOOK sneaks out as TINKER BELL rushes in.)

(#32 – TINKER BELL’S SACRIFICE (PART 1) begins.)

TINKER

BELL

(celeste)

PETER PAN

(stirring)

Who is that? (sits up)

Tink?

(celeste)

TINKER BELL

(TINKER BELL has to tell her tale in one long ungrammatical sentence.)

PETER PAN

Wendy and the boys have been captured by the pirates? I’ll rescue her!

(PETER reaches for his medicine. TINKER BELL rings out a warning cry.)

TINKER BELL

(celeste)

PETER PAN

What? Oh, that’s just my medicine.

TINKER BELL

(celeste)

PETER PAN

Poisoned? Nonsense! Who could have poisoned it? I promised Wendy to take it, and I’m going to.

(PETER reaches for his medicine again, but TINKER BELL quickly swallows it all so he can’t drink any.)

PETER PAN

Why, Tink, you’ve drunk my medicine!

(#33 – TINKER BELL’S SACRIFICE (PART 2) begins. TINKER BELL flutters strangely about the room, answering now in a very thin tinkle.)

TINKER BELL (celeste)

PETER PAN

What’s the matter with you.

TINKER BELL (celeste)

PETER PAN

It was poisoned. You drank it to save my life!! Tink, dear Tink.

TINKER BELL (celeste)

(TINKER BELL’s light flickers ominously.)

PETER PAN

Your light is growing faint, and if it goes out, that means you’re dead.

TINKER BELL (celeste)

PETER PAN

You say—

TINKER BELL (celeste)

PETER PAN

You could get well if—

TINKER BELL (celeste)

PETER PAN

…if children believed in fairies.

(PETER rises and throws out his arms and pleads.)

PETER PAN

Do you believe? Oh please, please believe! If you believe, wherever you are, clap your hands and she’ll hear you!

(#34 – TINK’S RECOVERY begins. Some might start clapping. PETER pleads more.)

PETER PAN

Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! She’s getting better. Her light’s getting stronger! Oh, she’s all right now. Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

(TINKER BELL starts bouncing and flashing dizzily all over the auditorium like a skyrocket burst.)

PETER PAN

Come on, Tink! We’ll rescue Wendy!

(PETER and TINKER BELL rush offstage.)

(#35 – SCENE CHANGE 2 begins.)

SCENE SIX – THE PIRATE SHIP

(CAPTAIN HOOK paces on the deck of the Jolly Roger, his ship. A skull and crossbones flag is flying.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

How still the night is. Nothing sounds alive. Now is the hours when children in their homes are a-bed – their lips brightbrowned with the goodnight chocolate, and their tongues drowsily searching for belated crumbs housed insecurely on their shining cheeks. Compare with them the captive children on this boat. Split me the infinitives, but ’tis me hour of triumph! (laughs)

At last I’ve reached me peak! I’m the greatest villain of all time.

(#36 – HOOK’S WALTZ begins.)

4 3 4 3

Hook!

(The PIRATES laugh and rejoice.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Are all the prisoners chained?

SMEE

Aye, aye, the little birds are.

CAPTAIN HOOK

Then hoist them up.

(The CHILDREN are brought up to the deck.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Now then, you bullies, you are about to walk the plank, but I have room for two cabin-boys – which of you is it going to be?

TWIN #2

You see, sir, I don’t think my mother would like me to be a pirate. Would your mother like you to be a pirate, Slightly?

SLIGHTLY

I don’t think so. Would your mother like you to be a pirate, Twin?

TWIN #1

I don’t think so. Nibs, would your mother—

CAPTAIN HOOK

Stow that gab. (to JOHN)

You boy – you look as though you had a little pluck in you. Didst ever dream of becoming a pirate, me hearty?

JOHN What would you call me if I join?

Blackbeard Joe.

(PIRATES laugh.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

JOHN

Can we still be faithful to the flag?

CAPTAIN HOOK

You would have to swear, “Down with the flag!”

PIRATES

Aye, aye!

Then I refuse.

And I refuse!

JOHN

MICHAEL

CAPTAIN HOOK

That seals your doom. (to PIRATES) Bring their mother.

(WENDY is brought forward. The LOST BOYS surround her.)

MICHAEL

Wendy!

(to WENDY)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Well, me proud beauty, you are about to see your children walk the plank!

WENDY

Are they to die?

CAPTAIN HOOK (laughs) They are.

PIRATES

(laughing ad lib)

Aye!

CAPTAIN HOOK

Silence! Silence all, for a mother’s last words to her sons.

(#37 – PETER COMES ON BOARD begins. CAPTAIN HOOK removes his hat and bows his head. PIRATES turn away and bow their heads. WENDY is about to speak when the loud tick, tock of the CROCODILE is heard.)

(CAPTAIN HOOK)

Smee! The croc! The croc! Save me! Save me!

(CAPTAIN HOOK falls face down on the deck. The PIRATES race to one side of the stage to look for the CROCODILE. The menacing sound draws nearer. The PIRATES close their eyes respectfully or fearfully.)

(PETER climbs over the railing carrying an over-sized alarm clock. Following PETER come the BRAVE GIRLS, who scurry to find hiding places. Once the BRAVE GIRLS are hidden, PETER stops the clock ticking. THE PIRATES all look up.)

SMEE

It is gone, Captain! There is not a sound.

(Everyone is confused.)

NOODLER

The ship’s bewitched!

CAPTAIN HOOK

The ship’s bewitched! There is a Jonah aboard.

PETER

PAN

It’s Peter Pan, the avenger!

(#38 – SHIP FIGHT (PART 1) begins. The PIRATES move to attack PETER as the BRAVE GIRLS appear from hiding and restrain them. CAPTAIN HOOK and PETER begin to duel.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

So, Pan, this is all your doing!

PETER PAN

Aye, Hook, it is all my doing!

CAPTAIN HOOK

Proud and impudent youth, prepare to meet thy doom!

PETER PAN

Dark and sinister man, have at thee!

(#39 – SHIP FIGHT (PART 2) begins.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Pan! Who and what art thou?

PETER PAN

I am youth! I am joy! I am freedom!

(PETER does one last maneuver and ends with his sword at Captain Hook’s chest. CAPTAIN HOOK realizes he cannot win.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

If I am to die you’ll all die with me!

(CAPTAIN HOOK moves toward a crate on the stage. He reaches in to pull out an oversized old-fashioned bomb. He lights the fuse.)

This shall take care of all of us.

CHILDREN

Save us Peter, save us! (etc.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

In two minutes the ship will be blown to pieces!

CHILDREN

Please! Mercy! (etc.)

(PETER starts to close in on CAPTAIN HOOK.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Back! Back, you pewling spawn! I’ll show you now the road to dusty death!

(As CAPTAIN HOOK is backing away, he nearly steps on the CROCODILE who has gotten onboard and is waiting for him. CAPTAIN HOOK screeches at the sight of it.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Augghh! The croc! The croc!

(CAPTAIN HOOK scurries away and climbs onto the plank and makes his farewell speech.)

CAPTAIN HOOK

Pan – no words of mine can express me utter contempt for you.

(The CROCODILE lunges at CAPTAIN HOOK who jumps into the sea with the bomb in his hand. The CROCODILE jumps in after him. There is an enormous splash as all cheer.)

TIGER LILY

Peter Pan is the bravest and strongest of all boys.

PETER PAN

Yes, I know. I don’t say it to boast, it’s because I cannot tell a lie!

(#40 – I GOTTA CROW begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

Crow Reprise

I GOTTA CROW

(All crow merrily as the number ends.)

(#41 – I GOTTA CROW (PLAYOFF) begins.)

SCENE SEVEN – THE DARLING NURSERY

(#42 – NURSERY MUSIC begins.)

Peter Pan JR.

NURSERY MUSIC

Nursery Music

(MRS. DARLING is looking out the window. NANA is Þnishing turning down Wendy's bed.)

MRS. DARLING: Oh, Nana, it touches my heart to see you turn down their beds night after night. But they'll never come back – never!

& b b b b b 4 4

(NANA whimpers, then crosses to her dog house and scratches.)

(MRS. DARLING:) No! Don't disturb Mr. Darling. He uses your house as his home, out of remorse. I'll wake him when it's time for his dinner.

(WENDY peeps in the window, motions JOHN and MICHAEL in.)

(NANA whimpers, then crosses to her dog house and scratches.)

(MRS. DARLING:) No! Don't disturb Mr. Darling. He uses your house as his home, out of remorse. I'll wake him when it's time for his dinner. (WENDY peeps in the window, motions JOHN and MICHAEL in.)

WENDY, JOHN, MICHAEL:

Two in the gar - den,

(NANA sees them and barks excitedly.)

three in the nur - ser

MRS. DARLING

Wendy! Michael! John!

WENDY, MICHAEL, JOHN Mother!

(They rush to her and embrace her. The LOST BOYS appear at the window.)

MR. DARLING

(as he emerges from the doghouse on all fours) A little less noise there, please, a little less noise!

WENDY, MICHAEL, JOHN Father!

(They rush to him and embrace him.)

MR. DARLING

Michael! John! Wendy!

(The LOST BOYS enter from the window sill.)

MRS. DARLING

Who are they?

WENDY

There are a few more of us. Won’t you adopt them?

MR. DARLING

What? All of them?

Please, father.

WENDY

MRS. DARLING

George, don’t you think we could manage?

MR. DARLING

Well, what’s another six or seven?

LOST BOYS

We’ll be good children. (etc.)

NANA

(pleading) Woof! Woof!

MR. DARLING

Make yourselves at home!

(Cheers all around. MICHAEL and JOHN introduce the LOST BOYS to MR. and MRS. DARLING. WENDY goes to the window.)

WENDY

You won’t forget to come for me, Peter – please, please don’t forget!

FINALE ULTIMO

(PETER, the PIRATES, and BRAVE GIRLS appear around the stage as they did in the beginning.)

(#44 – BOWS begins.)

(#45 – EXIT MUSIC begins.)

Words To Know from Peter Pan JR.

Avenger – someone who inflicts harm in return for an injury to oneself or another.

Blimey – used to express surprise or alarm.

Bosun’s Whistle – Boatswain’s Whistle. An instrument used by a ship’s officer to rally the crew.

Buccaneers – a pirate, originally off the Spanish-American coasts.

Cater – to try to satisfy.

Contempt – the feeling that someone or something is worthless

Cozening – a trick or deceit.

Ere – before.

Homely – of or relating to tasks about the house; useful.

Impudent – not showing respect for another person.

Indefensible – not justifiable by argument.

Jonah – a bringer of bad luck.

Lubbers – short for Landlubber: a person unfamiliar with the sea or sailing.

Massacre – an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people.

Oft – often.

Pewling – whining, as a child does.

Plum – something highly desirable.

Prams – a baby carriage.

Princely – sumptuous and splendid.

Reprehensible – deserving condemnation; inappropriate.

Score – a group of roughly twenty of something.

Solemn – not cheerful; formal, dignified, serious.

Spalpeen – a rascal.

Spawn – offspring; children.

Split me the infinitives – a colorful, silly use of language. A malapropism (using a word in place of a similar-sounding one, for comic effect)

Steadfast – dutifully firm and unwavering.

Stow – an informal way of urging someone to be quiet or to stop doing something.

Tarantella – a rapid, whirling dance from southern Italy.

Unrip – reveal.

glossary

actor: A person who performs as a character in a play or musical. aside: When a character speaks away from a group of people.

author: A writer of a play or musical, also known as a playwright. A musical’s authors include the book writer, a composer and a lyricist.

blocking: The actors’ movement in a play or musical, not including the choreography. The director usually assigns blocking during rehearsals.

book writer: One of the authors of a musical. The book writer writes the lines (dialogue) and the stage directions. Also called the librettist.

cast: The performers in a show.

cheating out: Turning oneself slightly toward the house when performing so the audience may better see one’s face and hear one’s lines.

choreographer: A person who creates and teaches the dance numbers in a musical.

composer: A person who writes music for a musical.

creative team: The author(s), director, choreographer, music director and designers for a play or musical.

cross: When an actor onstage moves toward or away from another actor or object.

dialogue: A conversation between two or more characters.

director: A person who provides the artistic vision, coordinates the creative elements and stages the play.

downstage: The portion of the stage closest to the audience. The opposite of upstage.

house: The area of the theater where the audience sits to watch the show.

house left: The left side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. If something is located “house left,” it is to the left side of the audience as they are seated in the theater.

house right: The right side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. If something is located “house right,” it is to the right side of the audience as they are seated in the theater.

lines: The dialogue spoken by the actors.

lyricist: A person who writes the lyrics of a musical. The lyricist works with a composer to create songs.

lyrics: The words of a song.

monologue: A dramatic speech by one actor.

music director: A person who is in charge of teaching the songs to the cast and orchestra and maintaining the quality of the performed score.

musical: A play with songs that are used to tell a story.

off-book: The actor’s ability to perform his or her memorized lines without holding the script.

offstage: Any area out of view of the audience. Also called backstage.

onstage: Anything on the stage and within view of the audience is said to be onstage.

opening night: The first official performance of a production, after which the show is frozen, meaning no further changes are made, and reviews may be published.

play: A type of dramatic writing meant to be performed live on a stage. A musical is one kind of play.

protagonist: The main character in a musical. The action centers around this character.

raked stage: A stage which is raised slightly upstage so that it slants towards the audience.

rehearsal: A meeting during which the cast learns and practices the show.

script: 1) The written words that make up a show, including spoken words, stage directions and lyrics. 2) The book that contains those words. speed-through: To speak through the dialogue of a scene as quickly as possible. A speed-through rehearsal helps actors memorize their lines, and it infuses energy into the pacing of a scene.

stage directions: Words in the script that describe the actions of the characters.

stage left: The left side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective. The same side of the theater as house right.

stage manager: A person who is responsible for keeping all rehearsals and performances on schedule.

stage right: The right side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective. The same side of the theater as house left.

upstage: The part of the stage furthest from the audience. The opposite of downstage.

warm-ups: Exercises at the beginning of a rehearsal or before a performance that prepare actors’ voices and bodies.

Actor’s Script Credits

Designers

Kevin Johnson

Steven G. Kennedy

Music Supervisor

Lindsay Lupi

Music Layout

Rob Rokicki

Contributing Editors

Chris Fuller

Daniel Mertzlufft

Marianne Phelps

Associate Editor

Laura Jo Schuster

Senior Managing Editor

Susan Fuller

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Adaptation and support materials developed for MTI by iTheatrics under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald.

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