Photo Flash: First Look at Prop Thtr's NEVERLAND

Prop Thtr is pleased launch its 2018-19 season with the world premiere of NEVERLAND, a new devised riff on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, devised by The Ensemble and directed by the Prop's new Artistic Director Olivia Lilley. This new take on the Peter Pan Myth chronicles the final days of Peter's reign in Neverland, as seen from three wildly different perspectives: Peter's, Wendy's and Hook's. NEVERLAND will play October 26 - December 2, 2018 at 3502 N. Elston Ave. (near Kedzie and Addison) in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood. Tickets are currently available at www.propthtr.org. The press opening is Monday, October 29, 2018 at 8 pm.

NEVERLAND features Kate Black-Spence as Hook, Gaby Labotka as Peter Pan, Valeria Rosero as Wendy, Rory Jobst as Smee and Mary Iris Loncto as Tinker Bell with Tyler Brockington, Bernadette Carter, Dylan Fahoome, Mateo Hernandez, Carolyn Waldee, Sissy Anne Quaranta, and Electra Tremulis as The Lost. Understudies: Jenn Geiger and Isa Ramos.

NEVERLAND chronicles the final days of Peter Pan's reign in Neverland as seen from three wildly different perspectives: Peter's, Wendy's, and Hook's. The journey from childhood to adulthood has never been so treacherous than in this "Peter Pan" in the era of Trump's America.

Comments Director and Prop Artistic Director Olivia Lilley, "Peter Pan, as a source material, is riddled with the attitudes and values of the society out of which it was born: turn of the century England. In this new riff on the classic, we've created an original story that feels vital and tackles the struggles we're in the midst of grappling to rebuild our own society today. This play is built out of the ashes of now."

The production team for NEVERLAND includes: Nina D'Angier (scenic design, props design) Diane Hamm (costume design), David Goodman-Edberg (lighting design), Ele Matelan (foley design, props), Catherine Miller (casting director), Tanuja Jagernauth (dramaturg), Madeline Moeller (assistant director), Marlana May Carlson (production stage manager) and Carolyn Waldee (rehearsal stage manager).

Photo Credit: Beth Rooney