Photo Flash: First Look at PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at The Barn Stage Company

Presented by The Barn Stage Company, the 2016 Summer Series opened in July with the Tony Award-winning play, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER. The show runs Thursday-Sunday for three weekends at The Truax Building in Old Town Temecula. This production comes to Temecula for the first time. An Inland Empire Premiere! PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is directed by J. Scott Lapp, with Movement by Chelsea Nicole and Musical Direction by Leigh Sutherlin. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

A grownup's prequel to Peter Pan. When starcatcher-in-training Molly meets an orphan boy longing for a home, they embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain's cabin, containing a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training, who realizes that the trunk's precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates - led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own - the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

Austyn Myers, who starred as Moritz in The Barn Stage Company's 2014 and 2015 productions of Spring Awakening, leads the cast in the title role. He has performed on Broadway in LES MISERABLES, and at The Old Globe in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Lost in Yonkers, The First Wives Club. In the role of Molly Aster, is Delphi Borich, a recent graduate of Syracuse University. Delphi has performed in Peter Pan (Wendy Darling) with Syracuse Stage, in Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) at The Globe Theatre in London and in Carmen at the Apollo Theatre in Greece. Craig McEldowney joins the cast as Black Stache (Babes in Arms at Rubicon, A Class Act at CV Rep, Ragtime with 3D Theatricals, Jesus Christ Superstar, European Tour and Grease in the US National Tour). The rest of the cast includes Joshua David Cavanaugh (Lord Aster), Taylor A. Joseph (Captain Scott), Drew Boudreau (Smee), Garret Lawrence (Bill Slank), Tyler Campbell (Alf), Jake Bradford (Ted), Taylor Bjur (Prentiess), Brent Roberts (Mrs. Bumbrake) and Timothy Bright (Grempkin). Zackary Scot Wolfe and Courtney Wolfe join the cast as Swings.

Directed by J. Scott Lapp (Rain at Old Globe, The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Papermill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse, Bonnie & Clyde on Broadway and Murder for Two at Broadway Asia), now in his second season as Artistic Director of The Barn Stage Company, the creative team for Peter and the Starcatcher includes Chelsea Nicole (movement), and Leigh Sutherlin (Musical Director). The Design team includes Matthew Herman (Scenic Design), Joel Britt (Lighting Design), Costume Design by Cookie Oien. Casting is by Evan D'Angeles.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER runs through July 30 at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, 8 pm and 2 pm on Sundays, at The Truax Building, 41923 Second Street, Temecula, CA. 92590. Tickets: $50 Premium Seats. $40 General Admission. Can be purchased by visiting www.TheBarnStageCompany.com or by calling the Box Office at 1-951-472- 2276.

The Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Austyn Myers (Boy) and Delphi Borich (Molly Aster) and the Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Delphi Borich (Molly Aster) and Joshua David Cavanaugh (Lord Aster) and the Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Delphi Borich (Molly Aster), Jake Bradford (Ted), Taylor Bjur (Prentiss) and Austyn Myers (Boy)

Craig McEldowney (Black Stache)

Craig McEldowney (Black Stache) and the Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

The Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Delphi Borich (Molly Aster)

The Company of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Craig McEldowney (Black Stache) and Austyn Myers (Boy)