Book by Craig Sodaro

Music by Eric Rockwell, Lyrics by Joanne Bogart

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PETER PAN

A Musical Adventurebased on the novel by J.M. Barrie

Book by CRAIG SODAROMusic by ERIC ROCKWELL and Lyrics by JOANNE BOGART

CAST OF CHARACTERS# of lines

WENDY DARLING ......................................................................119JOHN DARLING ...........................................................................54MICHAEL DARLING .....................................................................50MRS. DARLING ...........................................................................36MR. DARLING’S VOICE ..................................................................2NANA .......................................................................................n/aLIZA ..........................................................................................23TINKER BELL*...........................................................................n/aCROCODILE ..............................................................................n/a

Lost Boys:PETER PAN ................................................................................86TOOTLES ...................................................................................32NIBS .........................................................................................27POTS .........................................................................................20PANS .........................................................................................18SLIGHTLY ...................................................................................18CURLEY .....................................................................................23

Pirates:CAPTAIN HOOK ...........................................................................76SMEE ........................................................................................36STARKEY ...................................................................................33COOKIE .....................................................................................16SKYLIGHT ..................................................................................17NOODLES ..................................................................................15

Indians:GREAT BIG LITTLE PANTHER ........................................................10TIGER LILY .................................................................................10CHATTERING CHIPMUNK ...............................................................6

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TWO MOONS ................................................................................7RAGING WATERS ..........................................................................6*TINKER BELL is represented by a light. See PRODUCTION NOTES.

SETTINGTime: Several days and nights during the summer of 1910.Place: There are five settings: the nursery at the Darling residence

in London, Neverland, the lagoon, the Lost Boys’ cave, and the pirate ship.

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT ONEScene One: The nursery, a summer evening in 1910.Scene Two: Neverland, the same evening.Scene Three: The lagoon, several days later.Scene Four: The Lost Boys’ cave, several nights later.Scene Five: Neverland, a short time later.

ACT TWOScene One: The Lost Boys’ cave, a short time later.Scene Two: The pirate ship, a short time later.Scene Three: The Darling nursery, late that night.

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SEQUENCE OF MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONEMC1 Overture ...........................................InstrumentalMC2 The Boy Who Never Grew Up ..............Wendy, Michael,

JohnMC3 The Island of Dreams ........................Mrs. DarlingMC3a Tinker Bell’s Entrance ........................InstrumentalMC3b Tinker Bell Incidental .........................InstrumentalMC4 Fly with Me to Neverland ....................Peter PanMC4a Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC5 Yo-Ho! ..............................................PiratesMC5a Tom-Tom ...........................................InstrumentalMC5b Tick-Tock ...........................................InstrumentalMC6 Come Back, Peter Pan! ......................Lost Boys, Indians,

Pirates, Captain Hook

MC6a Follow the Leader ..............................InstrumentalMC6b Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC7 Mothers Always Ruin the Fun .............Captain Hook,

Smee, StarkeyMC7a Tick-Tock ...........................................InstrumentalMC7b Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC7c Tinker Bell’s Question ........................InstrumentalMC8 Home, Sweet Home ...........................Wendy, Peter Pan,

Michael, JohnMC8a Happy Tinker Bell ..............................InstrumentalMC8b Fond Farewell ....................................InstrumentalMC8c Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC8d Tinker Bell’s Warning .........................InstrumentalMC9 Manners ...........................................Lost Boys, Wendy,

John, Michael, Pirates

MC9a Tink’s Response ................................InstrumentalMC10 Hook’s Plan ......................................Captain Hook

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ACT TWOMC10a Entr’acte ..........................................InstrumentalMC11 Decisions, Decisions .........................Captain HookMC11a Tinker Bell Saves Peter ......................InstrumentalMC11b Tinker Bell Is Revived ........................InstrumentalMC11c Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC11d Yo-Ho!—Reprise ................................Pirates, Captain

HookMC11e Island of Dreams—Reprise ................WendyMC11f Manners—Reprise ............................Pirates, Wendy, Lost

BoysMC11g Tinker Bell’s Sad News ......................InstrumentalMC11h Come Back, Peter Pan!—Reprise ........Lost BoysMC11i The Duel ...........................................Wendy, John,

Michael, Pirates, Lost Boys

MC11j Tom-Tom ...........................................InstrumentalMC11k Hook’s Last Words ............................Captain HookMC11l Tick-Tock ...........................................InstrumentalMC12 Whatever You Want to Be ...................Peter, Lost Boys,

Wendy, John, Michael

MC12a Scene Change ..................................InstrumentalMC12b Incidental .........................................InstrumentalMC12c Home, Sweet Home—Finale ...............Darlings, Lost BoysMC12d Bows ................................................Instrumental

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PETER PAN

ACT ONEScene One

MUSIC CUE 1: “Overture.”AT RISE: The nursery in the Darling residence in Bloomsbury, London, a summer evening in 1910. WENDY sits in her bed telling a story, with JOHN and MICHAEL sitting on either side of her. The window is open. NANA lies CENTER STAGE, sleeping.WENDY: (Speaks over the final notes of the Overture.) …and the

handsome Mr. George Darling— (MUSIC OUT.)MICHAEL: That’s Father!WENDY: —fell madly in love with her. They married and had three

lovely children. The oldest was named Wendy.JOHN: And then came John.MICHAEL: And last, but not least, me! Michael!WENDY: And we mustn’t forget Nana! (NANA wakes up, stands, shakes,

then moves to the bed.)JOHN: Tell us another story, Wendy!WENDY: My dear brothers, Mother expects us all to be sound asleep

by now.MICHAEL: Pleeeease!?WENDY: Well, I suppose we can have one more story. Nana, will

you warn us if Mother is coming? (NANA nods. Shows the boys a drawing.) See this?

JOHN: Did you draw that, Wendy?MICHAEL: Who is it?WENDY: This is the boy who never grew up. (MUSIC CUE 2: “The Boy

Who Never Grew Up.” Speaks.) He lives in a world far away from ours called Neverland.

MICHAEL: (Speaks.) Is it a magical place?WENDY: (Sings.) There’s a secret land

That grown-ups don’t understand.There’s pirates and Indians fightingAnd scary crocodiles biting,Where every day is exciting!And there you’ll find the boyWho never grew up.

MICHAEL: (Speaks.) Is he a real boy, Wendy?WENDY: (Speaks.) Yes. His name is Peter Pan.

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JOHN: (Speaks.) Is it a real place or just a silly dream?WENDY: (Sings.) Neverland is not a dream. It’s real as can be.

There are mermaids and fairies—as real as you and me.Ev’ry day is crowded with adventure, fun, and laughter.And when it’s over, everyone is happy ever after! (NANA barks.)

JOHN: (Speaks.) Someone’s coming! (Darts with MICHAEL under the covers of their bed(s) while WENDY snuggles under her own covers.)

MRS. DARLING: (ENTERS. Speaks.) You still awake, Nana? (Pets NANA.) And are your charges all sleeping quietly? I thought I heard voices. (NANA barks loudly.) Shhh! You mustn’t wake the children. (Finds the drawing on the floor beside Wendy’s bed. Looks at it.) And what’s this? (NANA looks at it and barks.) Do you know this young creature? It says, “The boy who never grew up.” He looks vaguely familiar.

WENDY: (Speaks.) That’s because he says he’s met you, Mother.MRS. DARLING: (Speaks.) Wendy! Are you still awake?MICHAEL/JOHN: (Speak.) So are we!MRS. DARLING: (Speaks.) Why are you up past your bedtimes?JOHN: (Sings.) Ev’ry night at bedtime Wendy tells a story.MICHAEL: (Sings.) Sometimes it’s a happy one.JOHN: (Sings.) Sometimes kind of gory.WENDY: (Sings.) Stories where they fall in love!JOHN: (Sings.) Stories that are creepy.MICHAEL: (Sings.)

Sometimes I don’t hear the end, because I get too sleepy!MRS. DARLING: (Speaks.) Wendy, what have you been telling your

brothers? A little imagination goes a long way with young boys!WENDY: (Speaks.) Oh, I’m not making it up, Mother!DARLING CHILDREN: (Sing.) There’s a secret land

That grown-ups don’t understand.There’s pirates and Indians fightingAnd scary crocodiles biting,Where every day is exciting!

WENDY: (Sings.) And there you’ll find the boy…JOHN: (Sings.) There you’ll find the boy…MICHAEL: (Sings.) There you’ll find the boy…DARLING CHILDREN: (Sing.) …who never grew up. (MUSIC OUT.)MRS. DARLING: Well, you’ll have to leave battles ’til morning. Right

now, snuggle under the covers and close your eyes! (As WENDY,

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JOHN, and MICHAEL snuggle under their covers and try to go to sleep, LIZA ENTERS.)

LIZA: Mr. Darling is ready to go, ma’am. He sent me to fetch you.MRS. DARLING: (Sighs.) Oh, Liza, I do so wish I didn’t have to go to

that party tonight.LIZA: Why ever not, ma’am?MRS. DARLING: Just a funny feeling I have. I don’t know why, but

I really would feel better staying home. But it’s for Mr. Darling’s business, and that comes first.

LIZA: Don’t you worry, ma’am. Nana and I will see to the children. (NANA barks.)

MRS. DARLING: Oh, I know that! It’s just that last week I had the oddest dream. (Draws LIZA aside and speaks in hushed tones.) I had just put the children to bed and started to doze off myself. I dreamt that a boy came in through that window looking for something. When he saw me, he gave me the strangest smile and then just flew away. I woke up because Nana was barking so loudly. And she had this in her mouth. (Goes to the dresser drawer and pulls out Peter’s shadow. [See PRODUCTION NOTES.] Shows it to LIZA.) Now, what do you suppose it could be?

LIZA: I don’t know, ma’am. Maybe something the children are playing with. We’d best put it back. (She does so.)

MRS. DARLING: I suppose you’re right, Liza. I shouldn’t feel so uneasy. (The CHILDREN poke their heads out from under the covers one at a time.)

JOHN: And we aren’t going anywhere—WENDY: Except to bed.MICHAEL: We won’t even go to fight pirates or Indians!LIZA: (Laughs.) Oh, gracious, now we wouldn’t want that!MR. DARLING: (Voice from OFF RIGHT.) Mother! The carriage is waiting!MRS. DARLING: I must say good night, my darlings. (MUSIC CUE 3:

“The Island of Dreams.”)WENDY: (Speaks.) Neverland is a real place, Mother! It’s an island

with pirates and Indians and Peter Pan!MRS. DARLING: (Speaks.) Maybe it is a real island—but it’s only real

in your dreams. And that’s where you should go now.(Sings.) Sail away to the island of dreams,Shimmering up in the sky.Float on a sea made of moonbeamsGently drifting by.

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Off to the island of dreams.A twinkling star leads the way.Then Mother will come and find youAt break of day.The island of dreams is waiting.Now sail away. (Speaks.) That’s right, close your eyes, my babies… and sleep. (Looks at the picture on the paper.) And Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up… I hope you’re safely tucked in where your mother can keep her eye on you!

MR. DARLING: (Voice from OFF RIGHT. Speaks.) Mother! We can’t be late!

MRS. DARLING: (Speaks.) Take care, my darlings! Good night, Liza. Watch them safely. (EXITS RIGHT. MUSIC OUT.)

LIZA: I’ve got to finish in the kitchen, so you’re in charge, Nana. (NANA barks. LIZA EXITS RIGHT.)

MICHAEL: We don’t have to go to sleep right away, do we, Wendy?WENDY: Well, I’m not sure.JOHN: It’s just dark. We’ve time for you to tell us a story.MICHAEL: Yes! Tell us one with pirates!WENDY: But pirates are so wicked.MICHAEL: That’s why I like them!JOHN: They tie your hands behind your back and make you walk the

plank! You drop into the sea, and then the sharks come and have you for supper.

MICHAEL: Do they really do that, Wendy?WENDY: They really do! And sometimes they tie you to a cannonball

and stuff you down the cannon and then blast you through the sky!PETER: (From OFF, behind the window.) Never seen a pirate do that!WENDY: Who… who’s there? (PETER APPEARS, stepping onto the

ledge. NANA begins to bark furiously. PETER steps back OFF so he is unseen.)

JOHN: Nana! Stop it! You’ll make Liza mad!MICHAEL: Hush, you big ball of fur!LIZA: (ENTERS RIGHT with a leash. To NANA.) And just what’s going

on in here, Nana? (NANA barks and charges to LIZA, knocking her over.)

WENDY: Oh, dear! Nana, look what you’ve done!JOHN: (With MICHAEL, helps LIZA up.) Do you think you broke any bones?

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LIZA: Takes more than a ball of fur to break Liza, laddie! And that’s it! Nurse or no nurse, you’re going outside! I can’t abide by that racket! (Hooks NANA to the leash and begins dragging the dog OFF RIGHT.) C’mon now and take your medicine! I know the children are safe as can be in their own beds! Come along, you big brute! (EXITS with NANA. PETER RE-APPEARS on the window ledge.)

WENDY: Well, that’s a fine how-do-you-do!PETER: And how do you do, too?WENDY: It’s Peter Pan!PETER: And who might you be?WENDY: Don’t you remember? It’s me. (Curtsies.) Wendy Moira

Angela Darling.PETER: Well, la-di-da! (Moves into the room and begins looking around.)MICHAEL: Have you come to make us walk the plank?PETER: I’m no pirate, but I’ve got a few pirates who are my best enemies!JOHN: Where do you live, Peter Pan?PETER: Second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning.WENDY: That’s a silly address! How will the mailman be able to deliver

your letters?PETER: Don’t get any letters.WENDY: But your mother must get letters—PETER: Don’t got a mother! Never had one and don’t need one,

so there!JOHN: Who tucks you in at night?PETER: Me, myself, and I!MICHAEL: Who gets your porridge in the morning?PETER: Me, myself, and I!WENDY: Who makes you take your medicine when you’re sick?PETER: Me, myself, and I!WENDY: May I ask you something, Peter Pan?PETER: You certainly are full of questions!WENDY: What are you looking for?PETER: My shadow!WENDY: And just what would your shadow be doing in this room

without you?PETER: That bear you keep in here tore it off the other night!JOHN: Nana’s not a bear!MICHAEL: She’s just a very big doggie!

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PETER: I don’t care if she’s a hippopotamus with three eyes! I want my shadow back!

WENDY: I haven’t the foggiest idea where it is. (MUSIC CUE 3a: “Tinker Bell’s Entrance.” TINK ENTERS. [See PRODUCTION NOTES.])

MICHAEL: Who’s that?PETER: Tinker Bell. She’s a very beautiful fairy, but so tiny only I can

see her. Do you know where my shadow is, Tink? (TINK replies.) You do? Of course I do! (TINK’S light falls on the drawer where the shadow was placed.) In there? (MUSIC OUT.)

WENDY: (Opens the drawer and takes out the shadow.) Is this it? (Holds up the shadow, measuring it against PETER.) Yes, I think it should do very nicely. I’ll sew it back on, if you like.

PETER: I should like it very much. (Sits on window ledge.)WENDY: (Gets sewing kit and sews during the next dialogue. [See

PRODUCTION NOTES.]) I daresay this might hurt a bit.PETER: I won’t cry! Peter Pan never cries!JOHN: I say, you are brave!WENDY: Especially for someone so young!MICHAEL: How old are you?PETER: I won’t lie. I am young. But I don’t know how young. You see,

I ran away the day I was born.JOHN: How exciting!WENDY: Why would you do that?PETER: I heard my father telling my mother what I will become when

I grow up to be a man. But I don’t want to grow up to be a man! I don’t want to grow up, period. I just want to be a boy and have fun, so I ran away to Kensington Gardens. And that’s where I met Tinker Bell and the other fairies.

MICHAEL: Where do fairies come from?PETER: You won’t tell anyone?MICHAEL: Cross my heart, hope to die!PETER: Then I’ll tell you. When the first baby laughed, its laugh broke

into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

JOHN: Do you still live with them in Kensington Gardens?PETER: Only sometimes. Most of the time I live with the Lost Boys.MICHAEL: Who are they?PETER: The children who fall out of their baby carriages while the

nannies look the other way. If they’re not claimed in seven days, they’re sent to Neverland.

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WENDY: Neverland!PETER: But sometimes they get tiresome.JOHN: Why?PETER: Because they want me to tell them stories, but I don’t know

any stories. We don’t have anyone who can tell any stories to us.MICHAEL: Wendy can tell stories!WENDY: (Finished sewing.) There! Now, Peter, stand up and see if that

suits you.PETER: (Stands up and looks down at his shadow.) Why, it’s better

than before! You certainly are a very handy person to have about, Wendy.

WENDY: Thank you, Peter. But I believe it’s time you went back to your Lost Boys, and these two went to sleep.

PETER: Can you really tell stories?JOHN: Oh, wonderful stories! Stories about the sultans of Arabia and

the pharaohs of Egypt!MICHAEL: And Cinderella and Snow White, too. (MUSIC CUE 3b:

“Tinker Bell Incidental.” TINK flies about.)PETER: What’s that, Tink? (TINK responds.) Those stories don’t sound

stupid at all! I think they sound wonderful!WENDY: Tinker Bell doesn’t like stories? (TINK responds.)PETER: (To WENDY.) She says she only hates stories you tell.

(MUSIC OUT.)JOHN: That isn’t very fair! They are splendid stories. Really!PETER: Then come with me to Neverland and tell stories to the

Lost Boys!WENDY: But what about Mother and Father? Won’t they miss us?

(MUSIC CUE 4: “Fly with Me to Neverland.”)PETER: (Speaks.) You can come back whenever you say. Please,

Wendy, come to Neverland.(Sings.) While you are fast asleep and slumberingInside your silly bed,You could be whistling a tune with the man in the moon,Playing tag with the stars instead.

WENDY: (Speaks.) Oh, Peter! Could we?PETER: (Sings.) Come along with me,

All of you,I’ll show you a place where dreams come true.Come and fly with me to Neverland.

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I can show you how!Wait and see,You’ll pick up the knack so easily.Come and fly with me to Neverland.We’re gonna fly highAway up in the air.Wave bye-byeTo the grown-ups’ worry and care.Why don’t we go now,Right away!Just follow my lead, I’ll show the way.Come and fly with me to never, Neverland! (MUSIC continues under dialogue.)

JOHN: (Speaks.) How do we get to Neverland?PETER: (Speaks.) There’s only one way. We fly! Tink! Sprinkle them

with fairy dust! (TINK responds.) Tink, I’ll put your house on the pirate ship if you don’t do as I say! (TINK flies about as if sprinkling fairy dust. [NOTE: If possible, have a bit of glitter drop upon WENDY, JOHN, and MICHAEL.])

WENDY: (Speaks.) It’s wonderful!JOHN: (Speaks.) I feel so light!MICHAEL: (Speaks.) But… but… we’re three stories up!PETER: (Speaks.) Don’t worry! Think happy thoughts, and you’ll fly like

a bird!WENDY: (Clasps her hands and closes her eyes. Speaks.) I’ll think

about a beautiful dress and a magnificent gold carriage!JOHN: (Clasps his hands and closes his eyes. Speaks.) I’m thinking

about birthday cakes and ice cream and presents!MICHAEL: (Clasps his hands and closes his eyes. Speaks.) I’m thinking

of… I’m thinking of…PETER: (Speaks.) Hurry, Michael! Neverland awaits!MICHAEL: (Speaks.) I’m thinking of Christmas and candles and candy!PETER: (Speaks.) That’s it, Michael! (The DARLING CHILDREN stand

still, eyes closed, deep in their happy thoughts as PETER sings.) When you’re in the air,Look below.The city of London’s all aglow!There’s a blinking star that’s warning,“Make a right!” and straight on ’til morning,And in no time, we’ll be there

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In Neverland! (MUSIC OUT. PETER and THE DARLING CHILDREN turn UPSTAGE towards the window as if about to take off in flight as the CURTAIN FALLS. [See PRODUCTION NOTES.] MUSIC CUE 4a: “Scene Change.”)

End of Scene OneOptional staging may include PETER and the DARLING CHILDREN, led by TINK, pantomiming flying in front of the curtain while the set changes behind it. To enhance the illusion of flight, use creative movement, dance, projections, and lighting effects.

ACT ONEScene Two

CURTAIN UP: Neverland, the same evening. TOOTLES ENTERS LEFT, followed IN closely by NIBS, SLIGHTLY, CURLEY, POTS, and PANS. It is clear they are nervous. TOOTLES stops so suddenly about CENTER STAGE that POTS and PANS, who are looking back LEFT, bang into one another, causing those in front of them to crash into each other.TOOTLES: Shhh! Can’t you be quiet?NIBS: The twins make noise even in their sleep, Tootles! You know that!POTS: You didn’t have to stop so sudden!PANS: We were watchin’ for pirates behind us!SLIGHTLY: That’s all well and good, but if they’re hiding, they sure

know we’re here now!CURLEY: (Frightened.) Oh, I wish Peter would get home! Where could

he have gone to?TOOTLES: He’ll be back! He said he had important business to

attend to.CURLEY: But what if the pirates attack?NIBS: We’ll fight them to the death, right?SLIGHTLY: ’Til our last breath!POTS: I’ll take on two, no, three at a time!PANS: And no one can live after being hit with this! (Flourishes the pot

he’s wearing. MUSIC CUE 5: “Yo-Ho!”)TOOTLES: (Speaks.) Oh, no! What’s that?NIBS: (Speaks.) Pirates! (The terrified BOYS hide behind the bushes

and trees, ducking down so they are barely seen. SMEE, STARKEY, COOKIE, SKYLIGHT, and NOODLES swagger ON LEFT, carrying swords in one hand and mugs in the other.)

PIRATES: (Sing as they ENTER.)Cutthroats and pirates are we! (Shout.) Yo-ho!(Sing.) Scurvy as scurvy can be! (Shout.) Yo-ho!

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(Sing.) Cheers to the old Jolly RogerAnd all the ship’s company!(Shout.) Yo-ho! Yo-ho! Yo-ho! (They halt at CENTER and laugh heartily. MUSIC continues under following spoken dialogue.)

STARKEY: So where be the young’uns you saw, Smee?SMEE: (Looks around.) Well, now, I did see them.COOKIE: And I smell ’em!SKYLIGHT: Aye! They be near here someplace!NOODLES: Hidin’ behind bush or branch!STARKEY: And what do we do if we find ’em?SMEE: Oh, well, now, I suspect we’ll leave that to the Captain!COOKIE: He’ll string ’em up to the yardarm!SKYLIGHT: Maybe draw ’n’ quarter ’em!NOODLES: Aye, that hurts darkly! (MUSIC OUT.)CURLEY: (From behind the bushes and trees.) Oh, no!LOST BOYS: Shhh!STARKEY: You hear something?SMEE: Well, now, I do think—COOKIE: They’re here, all right!SKYLIGHT: Come out, come out, wherever you be!NOODLES: We got a nice, big surprise for the likes of you young’uns!

(Noise OFF LEFT.)SMEE: Well, now, did you hear that? (STARKEY puts his fingers to

his lips, indicating silence, then gestures for the PIRATES to join him, moving LEFT. They tiptoe in exaggerated steps to LEFT, huddled together, ready to attack. CAPTAIN HOOK backs ON LEFT, his hand to his ear, listening to LEFT. Before they realize who it is, the PIRATES attack with great noise and fury.)

STARKEY: Get him, boys!COOKIE: He’ll tell us where the young’uns are hidin’!CAPTAIN HOOK: Stop it! Get your hands off me! What are you doing,

you idiots?NOODLES: (Calls LEFT, not realizing he’s got CAPTAIN HOOK.) Captain

Hook! We’re over here! We got him!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Throws the last of the PIRATES off.) And if you don’t

get your hands off me, I’ll boil your gizzards for my supper!SMEE: Oh, well, now, if it isn’t Captain Hook!CAPTAIN HOOK: Yes, it’s Captain Hook! And just what are you idiots

up to?

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STARKEY: The Lost Boys are hidin’ about here someplace!COOKIE: We thought you be one of ’em!CAPTAIN HOOK: Do I, Captain James Hook, pirate extraordinaire, look

like I’m lost?SKYLIGHT: Well, for a minute there, we weren’t— (CAPTAIN HOOK

draws his sword and aims it at him.) Absolutely not, Captain Hook, sir! (Salutes, nervous.)

NOODLES: But they’re close by, sir! The hairs in my nose are twitching! They always twitch when the Lost Boys is near!

CAPTAIN HOOK: Then Peter Pan must be nearby as well! Hmmm… perhaps this would be a good place to lay an ambush, and I could be rid of that bragging little horsewhip once and for all! (MUSIC CUE 5a: “Tom-Tom.” MUSIC continues under dialogue.) But wait! What’s that?

STARKEY: It’s the Indians, sir! They sound like they’re on the warpath!SMEE: Oh, well, now maybe they’re looking for the Lost Boys, too!COOKIE: They be lookin’ for us!SKYLIGHT: Aye! We stole some of their blankets.CAPTAIN HOOK: What did you do that for? (MUSIC OUT.)NOODLES: Well, sir, the nights be gettin’ cold, and our pookies

be freezing!CAPTAIN HOOK: Then we stand and fight! They’ll make easy prey for us!

(MUSIC CUE 5b: “Tick-Tock.” At each tick and tock, CAPTAIN HOOK jerks nervously and loses any sense of reality as fear overtakes him. MUSIC continues under dialogue.)

COOKIE: Captain! What’s wrong?SMEE: Oh, dear! Oh, dear! It’s that crocodile!CAPTAIN HOOK: No! No!STARKEY: He sure puts in a lot of effort following you, Captain Hook!CAPTAIN HOOK: (In terror.) He thought my hand was so tasty, he’s

wanted the rest of me ever since!SKYLIGHT: Good thing he swallowed that clock. At least that gives

you a warning!NOODLES: What’ll we do, Captain?CAPTAIN HOOK: Retreat! Retreat! (Races OFF RIGHT as CROCODILE

ENTERS LEFT, tick-tocking.)COOKIE: Blimey! We’d better run for it, too!SMEE: Oh, well, now, I don’t think he’s interested in anything but the

Captain! (CROCODILE slinks across the stage.)

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STARKEY: What’s the matter, you old crock? We aren’t good enough for you? (CROCODILE shakes its head and EXITS RIGHT. MUSIC OUT.)

NOODLES: I take that as a real insult! (A rubber-tipped arrow flies IN LEFT.)

SKYLIGHT: Say, now! What’s this? (A rubber tomahawk flies IN LEFT.)COOKIE: Indians! (PIRATES scream and run OFF RIGHT as GREAT

BIG LITTLE PANTHER, TIGER LILY, CHATTERING CHIPMUNK, TWO MOONS, and RAGING WATERS ENTER LEFT. PANTHER holds the bow from which the arrow was shot. OTHER INDIANS carry tomahawks.)

CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: Almost a great shot, Great Big Little Panther.PANTHER: Almost only count in horseshoes, Chattering Chipmunk.TIGER LILY: We can catch them, Father.TWO MOONS: Princess Tiger Lily is right!RAGING WATERS: We can capture the pirates once and for all!CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: And stake them out in the hot sun!TWO MOONS: They’ll dry up like animal hides.RAGING WATERS: Then we can cover our teepees with them!PANTHER: A noble idea! But we must be careful!TIGER LILY: The Lost Boys are around here somewhere!TWO MOONS: They might attack at any moment!PANTHER: (Puts his fingers to his lips.) Shhh! (Each INDIAN passes the

message along to the one behind him. Gestures for them to follow him OFF RIGHT. The LOST BOYS come out from hiding.)

TOOTLES: That was close!NIBS: They’re itching for a fight!CURLEY: I hope they didn’t hear my teeth chattering!SLIGHTLY: Or my knees knocking!POTS: Oh, gosh! We’re safe now!PANS: They’ve gone the long way around the island!POTS: We can sit back and relax! (MUSIC CUE 6: “Come Back, Peter

Pan!” INDIANS run ON LEFT, screaming. PIRATES run ON, chasing them. LOST BOYS FREEZE in various positions, holding their breath. INDIANS and PIRATES wave weapons at one another and then run OFF LEFT.)

TOOTLES: (Speaks.) Oh, I wish Peter would get back! I really, really, really do! (Sings.) Whenever Peter leaves us,He leaves us in a mess.

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CURLEY: (Sings.) And when he’ll come and save usIs anybody’s guess.

NIBS: (Sings.) The pirates and the Indians!SLIGHTLY: (Sings.) And mean old Captain Hook!POTS/PANS: (Sing.) The way they’re all against us is

Like something from a book!LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Oh, Peter Pan,

We need you to come back!The pirates and the IndiansAre all on the attack!Oh, Peter Pan,We need to see you here,Defending and protecting usUntil the coast is clear. (PIRATES and INDIANS ENTER from opposite sides of the stage, walking backwards towards CENTER. They slowly turn to face DOWNSTAGE and stop just short of seeing one another.)

INDIANS: (Sing.) When Pan is on the island,All the pirates make a fuss.They concentrate on Peter,So it’s easier for us.

PIRATES: (Sing.) We’ll capture Peter and the boysAnd make them walk the plank.Then Captain Hook will love us,And there’s just one boy to thank!

INDIANS: (Sing.) Where’s the boy?LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Where’s the boy?PIRATES: (Sing.) Where’s the boy to thank?INDIANS: (Sing.) Where’s the boy?LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Where’s the boy?PIRATES: (Sing.) Where’s the boy to thank?ALL: (Sing.) Oh, Peter Pan,

We need to see you here!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings, peeking IN RIGHT.)

Catching you at last will beThe peak of my career! (He’s OUT.)

ALL: (Sing.) Oh, Peter Pan,We need you to come back!’Cause we all know that Captain Hook isOne tough nut to crack!

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LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Oh, come back to our hideaway!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings, peeking IN RIGHT again.)

I want to fight you right away! (He’s OUT again.)INDIANS: (Sing.) The pirates will ignore us!PIRATES: (Sing.) The captain will adore us!ALL: (Sing.) Oh, Peter Pan!

Peter Pan!Peter Pan, come back! (MUSIC OUT. The PIRATES and INDIANS EXIT to opposite sides of the stage, except for STARKEY, who tiptoes and hides behind the bushes.)

CURLEY: Peter, where are you?NIBS: Oh, you’re such a baby, Curley! We can take care of ourselves!POTS: Still, it’s much safer when Peter is here.SLIGHTLY: Well, he’s not, so there.PANS: There what?SLIGHTLY: Just so there. (PETER, JOHN, MICHAEL, and WENDY ENTER.)PETER: Greetings, boys! I’m back! (LOST BOYS cheer.) I have great

news! I’ve brought a mother for you all! (THE LOST BOYS excitedly gather around WENDY.)

CURLEY: Are you really going to be our mother?WENDY: Well, I… I’m not sure.NIBS: Can you bake a cake?JOHN: Of course she can… chocolate, four layers tall!SLIGHTLY: Can you tell us stories?MICHAEL: The most wonderful stories of adventures in

faraway places!POTS: Can you sew up the holes in my stockings?WENDY: I brought my sewing kit.PANS: Can you… can you…WENDY: Yes?POTS: Tuck us in at night?WENDY: I would love to! (LOST BOYS cheer.) I guess that means I’m

your mother!TOOTLES: And we’ll show you our cave.JOHN: You live in a cave? Really?NIBS: Safest place from the pirates and Indians!MICHAEL: Smashing! Are there really pirates and Indians?

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NIBS: (Proud.) They fought to the death right here not ten minutes ago.

PETER: Come on, boys! Let’s show our guests their new home. Follow the leader! (MUSIC CUE 6a: “Follow the Leader.” PETER marches around as the LOST BOYS and the DARLING CHILDREN follow him OFF.)

STARKEY: (Rises from behind the bushes.) Well, now, they’ve found a mother! What’s Hook going to say about that? (Laughs heartily and runs OFF LEFT as the CURTAIN FALLS. MUSIC segues into MUSIC CUE 6b: “Scene Change.”)

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ACT ONEScene Three

CURTAIN UP: The lagoon, several days later. WENDY sits on a tree stump under the tree at RIGHT. A picnic basket sits next to her. The LOST BOYS sit around her, each with a slate and a piece of chalk in hand. PETER lounges DOWN LEFT.WENDY: All right, then, for today’s lesson—TOOTLES: I thought we were going to have a picnic?NIBS: You said that’s why we were coming to the lagoon!WENDY: I have the picnic right here—SLIGHTLY: Oh, good! I’m ever so hungry!CURLEY: Did you make sandwiches like you did last night and the

night before?POTS: They were sooo delicious!PANS: And my stomach is growling so much I can’t hear myself think!WENDY: But we must finish your lessons before we have fun.JOHN: I don’t think I like lessons.WENDY: Don’t be silly, John. You’ve always loved school.MICHAEL: Have we gone to school?WENDY: Of course. A real school with desks in rows and a proper

blackboard and a teacher who carries a ruler.JOHN: Funny… I can’t remember.WENDY: I can’t imagine how you can be so forgetful. All right,

everyone… question number one. What color were your mother’s eyes? (LOST BOYS look at one another in despair.)

TOOTLES: What if we don’t know the answer?WENDY: Well, just put a check mark. (LOST BOYS all write.) Question

two. Who is taller, Father or Mother? (LOST BOYS all write.) And finally, what song did Mother sing at bedtime? (LOST BOYS all

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write.) Let me see what you’ve got. (Stands and moves from LOST BOY to LOST BOY.) They’re all check marks! (To JOHN.) And you, too! Oh, John… you haven’t answered one question.

JOHN: I can’t remember.MICHAEL: Can’t we please have something to eat?PANS: I’m starving! (Falls over in mock agony.)WENDY: All right, take the basket and set up your picnic on that hill.

(Points RIGHT. TOOTLES grabs the basket.)JOHN: (Trying to take the basket.) That’s not fair! I should carry it. (The

LOST BOYS move RIGHT as the argument ensues.)CURLEY: Why should you?JOHN: Because Wendy’s my… my… well, she’s something to me!SLIGHTLY: You’re just saying that, John.NIBS: You’re a Lost Boy, just like the rest of us! (The LOST BOYS

EXIT RIGHT.)WENDY: (Moves to PETER.) Aren’t you hungry, Peter?PETER: I think you make a fine mother, Wendy. All the Lost Boys have

taken to you.WENDY: I’m glad. And what about you?PETER: I think you make a fine picnic lunch.WENDY: Peter… look there! (Points OFF LEFT.)PETER: (Pulls WENDY down behind a bush.) Pirates!SMEE: (ENTERS LEFT with STARKEY, TIGER LILY between them bound

with ropes, though she holds her head up bravely.) Well, now, come this way, my dear.

TIGER LILY: What will you do with me?SMEE: Well, now, we’re just going to have you sit by this rock. (Moves

her to the rock CENTER.)STARKEY: There you’ll wait ’til the tide comes in! The water’s gonna

get higher and higher and higher! (Laughs wickedly as they tie TIGER LILY to the rock.)

TIGER LILY: You want me to drown?SMEE: Well, now, that’s Captain Hook’s idea, my dear, not ours.TIGER LILY: You can let me go if you want. My father will be most grateful.STARKEY: He will, will he?TIGER LILY: He’ll give you anything you ask for.STARKEY: That so?

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SMEE: Well, now, that’s a very tempting offer, but I’m afraid Captain Hook wouldn’t like us any more if we let you go. And if he doesn’t like us, he’ll hunt us down until he finds us, and then we walk the plank!

STARKEY: Aye! It’s just as Smee says.WENDY: Peter! We must save Tiger Lily! (NOTE: For PETER’S next lines,

the actor portraying CAPTAIN HOOK should shout the lines from OFFSTAGE as PETER lip-syncs the lines.)

PETER: (Lip-syncs to HOOK’S voice.) Ahoy there, you lubbers!SMEE: (Terrified.) Captain? Is that you?PETER: (Lip-syncs.) Starkey?STARKEY: (Terrified.) Aye, aye, Captain!PETER: (Lip-syncs.) What are you two doing?SMEE: We’re tying the princess to the rock, like you ordered, sir!PETER: (Lip-syncs.) Set her free!STARKEY: Free?PETER: (Lip-syncs.) Cut those ropes and let her go!SMEE: But, Captain—PETER: (Lip-syncs.) At once, do you hear? Or I’ll plunge my hook

into you!SMEE: (With STARKEY, quickly unties TIGER LILY.) You’d better run off,

ma’am. No hard feelings. (TIGER LILY EXITS LEFT, with PETER rolling about trying to control his own laughter. CAPTAIN HOOK ENTERS RIGHT and FREEZES when he sees PETER.)

WENDY: Peter! Peter! Control yourself.PETER: (Not seeing CAPTAIN HOOK.) Don’t I impersonate that fool

Hook beautifully? I’ve been practicing for just such an occasion as— (Turns to see CAPTAIN HOOK.) —this! (With WENDY, jumps up.)

WENDY: Now, Peter, it’s time to go home and take your medicine. Oh, good afternoon, Captain. You’re looking very well today. (Guides PETER OFF RIGHT, but not before PETER turns back once to glare at the befuddled CAPTAIN HOOK and sticks out his tongue.)

SMEE: Captain! Are you all right?CAPTAIN HOOK: (Snaps back to reality.) Where’s the princess? The

tide’s about to come in!STARKEY: You told us to let her go, sir.CAPTAIN HOOK: You fools! You ingrates! You landlubbers! (Moves up

to the rock, pauses for a moment, then sighs.)SMEE: (With STARKEY, stands DOWN RIGHT near the tree.) Well, now…

he sighs. (CAPTAIN HOOK sighs loudly again.)

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STARKEY: He sighs again!SMEE: What’s up, Captain?CAPTAIN HOOK: The game’s up! Haven’t you noticed? All the boys’

hair is combed… there are no more holes in their socks. They say “Yes, ma’am” and “No, thank you.”

STARKEY: What can it mean?CAPTAIN HOOK: They’ve found a mother!SMEE: What’s a mother?CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks.) Oh, you don’t want to know! (MUSIC CUE 7:

“Mothers Always Ruin the Fun.”)(Sings.) They make you wash behind your ears,Me hardy buccaneers,And put away your sword and your gun.They take away your parrotsAnd make you eat your carrots.Mothers always ruin the fun.When you’re about to win a fight,They make you act politeAnd give back everything that you won.It’s wrong to be defeated,Espec’lly when you cheated!Mothers always ruin the fun.They take your booty.They’re moody.They never go off duty.Can’t they get a life of their own?They say, “Be quiet!”“Don’t try it!”They think you’ll start a riot.Why can’t they just leave us alone?They make you tidy up your room,As tidy as a tomb,And when at last it’s over and done,They make you go to sleepy.It’s really kinda creepy!Mothers always ruin the fun. (Speaks.) Ah, mothers. They mean well, and they do have their charms… (Suddenly quite sentimental. Sings.) “M” is for the many times she’d scold me.“O” is for “Oh, no! Here she comes!”(Overemphasizes the Ts.)

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“T” is for the tinker toys and teeter totters, too.Tattletales and tippy toes and… (Suddenly quite confused. Speaks.) I’ve lost me train of thought!

SMEE/STARKEY: (Speak.) You’re spelling “Mother.”CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks.) Oh. What comes next?SMEE/STARKEY: (Speak.) “H-E-R.”CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings.) “H-e-r”—it’s her fault I’m so rotten,

Though she had a pirate for a son.Put them all together they spell—

SMEE/STARKEY/CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sing.) Mo-o-o-ther!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings.) I’m talkin’ mothers—the ones that

Ruin all the fun!SMEE/STARKEY: (Speak.) Take it home, Captain!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Shouts “stop-the-show” style.)

They always get so crankyWhen someone walks the plank-y.(Sings.) Why can’t we have our fun in the sun?They only reprimand us.They just don’t understand us.Mothers always ruin…

SMEE/STARKEY: (Sing.) No matter what we’re do-in’…ALL THREE: (Sing.) Mothers always ruin the fun!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks in rhythm.) Even pirates need a little fun now

and then! (MUSIC OUT.) There’ll be no more fun in Neverland… no more fights, because they’ll get their pants dirty. No more yelling, because they’ll wake the baby birds! No more fun, because Mother says so!

STARKEY: But, Captain! You can’t let that happen!CAPTAIN HOOK: What can I do?SMEE: Well, now, I’m sure a person of your rotten, cruel disposition

can think of something diabolical.CAPTAIN HOOK: Oh, Smee, stop flattering me. Even if you are right.

(The fabric water begins to rise. [See PRODUCTION NOTES.] Stands DOWNSTAGE of SMEE and STARKEY. The water is between him and the AUDIENCE.)

STARKEY: Captain…CAPTAIN HOOK: Don’t bother me, Starkey! I’m thinking! (The water

rises a bit more.)SMEE: Well, now, it appears the tide—

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CAPTAIN HOOK: Hush! A genius is at work! (The water now rises over a foot or more.)

STARKEY: But, Captain, you’ll drown!CAPTAIN HOOK: I’ve got it! All we have to do is get rid of the mother!

Then we can get rid of Peter Pan, and we’ll have the island to ourselves! Ah ha! (The water is high now.) Well, I’ll congratulate myself, even if you don’t!

SMEE: Well, now, Captain, we’ll get the boat to rescue you.CAPTAIN HOOK: Boat? Rescue me? What for? (Realizes he’s knee-

deep or higher in the water. Screams.) Ah! Why didn’t you warn me? You idiots! You ingrates! You landlubbers! (SMEE and STARKEY race OFF LEFT.) Get the boat! Get the boat! (MUSIC CUE 7a: “Tick-Tock.”) Oh, no! Oh, no! Not him! (CROCODILE ENTERS RIGHT.) Go away! Get back! (Dives into the water and starts swimming LEFT.) You don’t want to eat me! I’m tough and stringy! And I taste terrible! I’m just a rotten human being! (Swims OFF LEFT, screaming the whole time. Meanwhile the CROCODILE slips under the fabric at RIGHT and then appears atop as moving LEFT, pausing once in “midstream” to look at the AUDIENCE, then EXITS LEFT, the clock still ticking. CURTAIN FALLS. MUSIC segues into MUSIC CUE 7b: “Scene Change.”)

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ACT ONEScene Four

CURTAIN UP: The Lost Boys’ cave, several nights later. WENDY sits in a chair, CENTER. PETER lies on the bed. The LOST BOYS sit here and there on the floor or on crates or stumps. TINK’S light illuminates the birdhouse.WENDY: The prince walked ever so slowly towards the crystal coffin

that sat in the middle of the forest. The seven dwarves were kneeling around the coffin, their heads bowed, their hands folded in prayer.

TOOTLES: (Crying.) Snow White can’t be really dead!SLIGHTLY: Look at that! Tootle’s a big baby!WENDY: The prince kisses her, and she wakes up, and they ride off

into the sunset together.TOOTLES: I knew it would all work out!MICHAEL: Tell us another, Wendy!PETER: (Stands up on his bed.) What about an adventure instead? We

haven’t had a good fight in over an hour! I’m sure the pirates are itching for some swordplay!

NIBS: No, Peter! Another story, Wendy!

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CURLEY: Please?! We like your stories so much! (MUSIC CUE 7c: “Tinker Bell’s Question.” TINK’S light flashes about.)

PETER: I don’t know, Tink. They’re all growing lazy, I think. (TINK responds.) I know you’ll go with me, but… it’s more fun with everyone! (MUSIC OUT.)

POTS: I’m too tired!PANS: That pie for lunch was sooo good, I still can’t move!TOOTLES: You’re such a good cook, Wendy.NIBS: You’ll stay with us always, won’t you?JOHN: That’s a very, very long time, Nibs.MICHAEL: But it feels like we’ve always been here.WENDY: I’ll tell you one more story before you must go out to play.

Does that suit you, Peter?PETER: As long as it’s a short one!WENDY: Very well. Once upon a time, there was a family—a mother, a

father, and their three darling children.MICHAEL: This does sound a bit familiar.WENDY: And they had a very faithful nurse, Nana.SLIGHTLY: So far it’s a wonderful story, Wendy.WENDY: It is, isn’t it? They lived in a large house and had a splendid

nursery with a large window that opened at night so the moonlight could come in.

POTS: Are they there now?WENDY: Oh, no! They flew away one night.JOHN: That’s silly! Children can’t fly.WENDY: But they did! They landed on a wonderful island and had

many adventures. There were pirates and Indians and all sorts of creatures in the forest. But one day, the children began to miss their mother and their father.

MICHAEL: Do I have a mother and a father?JOHN: Of course not. That’s why you’re a Lost Boy!SLIGHTLY: What happened to the children, Wendy?WENDY: They decided that they wanted to fly back to their nursery.CURLEY: But what if the window was closed and locked?TOOTLES: (Crying.) That would be awful!NIBS: They wouldn’t be able to get in!WENDY: But their mother would always leave the window open…

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bed, as if in pain. Sings.) Home, sweet home.It’s calling to me.Home, sweet home,Where I ought to be,Back in the world that I know.Home is where I want to go. (Speaks.) John and Michael, can’t you just picture our mother?(Sings.) Mother’s been there waiting.She’s hoping for the dayWe’ll be home all snuggled and warm.

PETER: (Sings.) I’d rather fly away!WENDY: (Sings.) She will kiss and hug us

And say how much we’ve grown,Glad we’re all together at last.

PETER: (Sings.) I’d rather be alone!PANS: (Speaks.) I wonder if there’s an open window waiting for me?PETER: (Speaks.) Stuff and nonsense! I thought that my mother would

leave a window open, too. But when I flew back, the window was shut and locked! And there was another little boy sleeping in my bed! (Sings.) You’re wrong about mothers!You’re wrong about mothers,And let me tell you why.They’ve forgotten all about you.They’re happier without you.It’s all a stupid lie!

SLIGHTLY: (Speaks.) Are you sure mothers are like that?PETER: (Speaks.) Cross my heart and hope to die!WENDY: (Speaks.) John and Michael, you know you’re not really Lost

Boys. Try to remember our home.(Sings.) Mother and Father loved us.Not make-believe, but real!But we just flew away one night.Imagine how they feel. (Speaks.) Don’t you remember?(Sings.) Our mother’s smile,Her warm sweet embrace,Weeping with joy,Caressing your face.We’ve been away much too long.

DARLING CHILDREN: (Sing.) Home, sweet home.JOHN: (Sings.) We’re long overdue.DARLING CHILDREN: (Sing.) Home, sweet home.

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MICHAEL: (Sings.) It’s calling me, too.DARLING CHILDREN: (Sing.) We went away, and it’s wrong.

Let’s go back home where we belong!Home, sweet home! (MUSIC OUT.)

JOHN: Wendy! Let’s go home now!MICHAEL: I want to go, too! (He and JOHN hug WENDY tightly.)WENDY: Yes, we will!PETER: (Jumps up.) Not tonight!WENDY: We’ll leave at once. Mother is probably sure we’re never

coming back by now! Peter, will you make the necessary arrangements, please?

PETER: (Cool.) If you wish. (MUSIC CUE 8a: “Happy Tinker Bell.” TINK’S light flies around the room joyously.) What are you so happy about, Tink? (TINK responds.) Oh, stop it! (MUSIC OUT. EXITS.)

TOOTLES: But… but you can’t go, Wendy!NIBS: It’ll be so much worse than before you came!CURLEY: Now that we know what it is like to have a mother.SLIGHTLY: Please don’t leave us.POTS: Who will tell us stories?PANS: Who will bake us pies?NIBS: (Crying.) You can’t go, Wendy!TOOTLES: (Crying.) Please don’t!WENDY: I have an idea. Let’s bring the Lost Boys with us!JOHN: Smashing idea!MICHAEL: That would be great fun! (PETER ENTERS.)WENDY: I’m sure we can find a mother and father to adopt you.CURLEY: Our very own mother and father?PETER: You don’t need them!NIBS: But it would be nice to have someone tuck us in at night.SLIGHTLY: And leave the window open for us.TOOTLES: What say you, boys? (LOST BOYS all shout in agreement.)PETER: All right! Have it your way! The Indians have agreed to guide

you to the shore. Go with Wendy and find a mother and father. But don’t come crawling back to me when you want an adventure or two!

WENDY: (Picks up a medicine bottle.) Now, Peter, before we go, I want you to take your medicine.

PETER: (Turns his back on her and folds his arms.) I don’t have to do what you say. You’re not my mother.

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WENDY: Very well. I’ll leave it here. Say goodbye, boys. (MUSIC CUE 8b: “Fond Farewell.” LOST BOYS all say a sad goodbye to PETER, who doesn’t respond.) I shall miss you, Peter. (Kisses PETER on the cheek, then EXITS LEFT with the boys. TINK’S light flies joyously in front of them. When all are gone, PETER turns quickly in anguish. He touches the spot where WENDY kissed him, then throws himself on his bed crying. CURTAIN FALLS. MUSIC segues into MUSIC CUE 8c: “Scene Change.”)

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ACT ONEScene Five

CURTAIN UP: Neverland, a short time later. The stage is DIMLY LIT. PANTHER, TIGER LILY, CHATTERING CHIPMUNK, RAGING WATERS and TWO MOONS sneak ON RIGHT, weapons ready. A sign in the road reads “Detour” with an arrow pointing up.CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: Oh, Great Big Little Panther, look!RAGING WATERS: Detour? Why a detour?TWO MOONS: This the only path leading to the shore.TIGER LILY: And look! The arrow points up.PANTHER: Hmmm… this is most curious.WENDY: (ENTERS LEFT with JOHN, MICHAEL, and LOST BOYS, with

TINK flying about overhead. MUSIC CUE 8d: “Tinker Bell’s Warning.” MUSIC OUT.) Why have we stopped?

CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: (Points to detour sign.) Look!TOOTLES: Tink says she thinks it’s a trap.TWO MOONS: Who would set trap?CURLEY: Peter wouldn’t dare!SLIGHTLY: But he didn’t want us to leave.NIBS: What about Hook?TIGER LILY: This could be dangerous.PANTHER: Let Wendy and the Lost Boys stay here while we go on

to investigate.RAGING WATERS: That is a good idea, Great Big Little Panther.PANTHER: We will take this detour cautiously. Be ready to fight!POTS: We want to come and fight, too!PANS: I’ve got a deadly swing with my pan!WENDY: You’ll do no such thing! If we’re going to find you a mother

and father, you’ve got to be clean and presentable when you arrive.JOHN: We’ll guard Wendy while you’re gone.

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MICHAEL: Nothing can happen to us!PANTHER: Come! We go see what’s up. (Leads CHATTERING CHIPMUNK,

TIGER LILY, RAGING WATERS, and TWO MOONS OFF LEFT.)WENDY: (Picks up thread hanging from Michael’s sock that extends

OFF LEFT.) Why, Michael Darling, your sock is unraveling! Soon you won’t have any left on your foot!

MICHAEL: Can you sew it up?WENDY: For now we’ll just stop it from unraveling. (Breaks the

thread.) There!TOOTLES: Gee! Now we gotta sit and wait for hours!SLIGHTLY: I’m bored already!CURLEY: And I’m hungry all of a sudden!WENDY: Children! I’m afraid when we get home, you’ll have to practice

some good manners. (MUSIC CUE 9: “Manners.” [NOTE: JOHN and MICHAEL sing with the LOST BOYS.] Speaks.) Maybe this would be a very good time to start.

LOST BOYS: (Sing.) We ain’t got no manners!We ain’t got any couth.We ain’t never learned none.Blame it all on our youth!

WENDY: (Sings.) Isn’t it nice to say “Good morning”And “Please” and “Thank you”?Isn’t it nice to say “Ta-ta, now” when you leave?Isn’t it nice to use a delicate little hankieRather than blowing out your nose upon your sleeve?Wouldn’t you like to have a sparkling conversation?Wouldn’t you like to sit and sip a cup of tea?Rather than gulp your food while slurping it up and burping,Wouldn’t you rather be polite, like me?

LOST BOYS: (Sing.) We want to be as nice as you,To bow and say “How do you do?”We’ll make you proud to be our mother.

JOHN: (Sings.) Though I am your brother, too.WENDY: (Sings.) I know, it’s kind of confusing.LOST BOYS: (Sing.) We’ll be the sweetest little dears. (PIRATES tiptoe

ON UPSTAGE, unseen by WENDY or the LOST BOYS.)

We’ll even wash behind our ears’Cause we got manners,And we learned ’em from you. (The following two stanzas are

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sung simultaneously, with WENDY and the LOST BOYS DOWNSTAGE practicing good manners, and the PIRATES singing UPSTAGE of them.)

PIRATES: (Sing.) We ain’t got no manners!And we like it that way.We’re just mean and nasty.That’s how we’re gonna stay!

WENDY/LOST BOYS: (Sing.)Isn’t it nice to say “Good morning”And “Please” and “Thank you”?Isn’t it nice to say “Ta-ta, now” when you leave?Isn’t it nice to use a delicate little hankieRather than blowing out your nose upon your sleeve?Wouldn’t you like to have a sparkling conversation?Wouldn’t you like to sit and sip a cup of tea?Rather than gulp your food while slurping it up and burping,Wouldn’t you rather be polite, like me? (MUSIC OUT.)

WENDY: Now, when you meet someone, you are to bow and say, “How do you do? I’m pleased to meet you.”

LOST BOYS: How do you do? I’m pleased to meet you.WENDY: Let’s try that now with a bow… from the waist. (Leads them

in practice.)LOST BOYS: (Bow.) How do you do? I’m pleased to meet you.WENDY: Turn and say it again. (Still faces AUDIENCE as LOST BOYS

turn, but the PIRATES’ hands clamp over their mouths.) How do you do? I’m pleased to meet you! I didn’t hear you! (Turns and sees the PIRATES holding onto the LOST BOYS, who are struggling.) Oh, dear! I’m afraid we’re not pleased to meet any of you! (CAPTAIN HOOK ENTERS LEFT and taps her on the shoulder with his hook. Turns, terrified.) How do you do? You… you certainly look dashing, Captain Hook.

CAPTAIN HOOK: But you’re the one who appears to be dashing!WENDY: Yes, I’m sorry we can’t stay, but we’re on our way home, so

we won’t be bothering you any longer. Come along, boys!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Quickly ties WENDY’S hands together.) Actually, I

don’t think you’re going anywhere but to our ship. Am I right, men?SMEE: Well, now, that seems to be the plan, aye, Captain.WENDY: And just what do you intend to do with us?CAPTAIN HOOK: Wouldn’t you like to know! (MUSIC CUE 9a: “Tink’s

Response.” TINK’S light flies about wildly.)STARKEY: There’s that nasty firefly again!COOKIE: That’s no firefly!

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NOODLES: It’s Peter Pan’s friend! (MUSIC OUT.)CAPTAIN HOOK: And where is Pan?WENDY: We’ll never tell you!CAPTAIN HOOK: Take ’em, men! Put ’em in shackles!SMEE: And where’ll you be, Captain? (MUSIC CUE 10: “Hook’s Plan.”)CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks.) Getting rid of Peter Pan… once and for all!

(LOST BOYS struggle.)WENDY: (Calls OFF RIGHT.) Peter! Watch out! Peter! (PIRATES push the

LOST BOYS and WENDY UP RIGHT. They EXIT.)CAPTAIN HOOK: (Picks up the thread from Michael’s sock. Speaks.)

What’s this? A thread leading that-a-way! (Looks RIGHT.) I’ll bet right to Peter Pan! This is so much easier than I thought… why, I’m almost disappointed!(Sings.) Well, look at what we have here.Oh, what a stroke of luck!I’ll sneak into your bedroom.You’ll be a sitting duck.I always knew the day would comeWhen I would hold the power.But here it is in front of meWithin this very hour!Oh, Peter Pan,I’ve got you in my trap!The thread will lead me to you.I’ll get you while you nap.Oh, Peter Pan,How wickedly divine!I really ought to thank youFor dropping me a line.The thread is leading that-a-way.Defeat is just a tad away.It almost feels too easy,Yet adequately sleazy.Oh, Peter Pan!Peter Pan!Peter Pan,You’re mine! (Laughs wickedly and holds thread as he EXITS LEFT. MUSIC OUT. CURTAIN FALLS.)

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ACT TWOScene One

MUSIC CUE 10a: “Entr’acte.” Towards the end of the music, CURTAIN UP, revealing the Lost Boys’ cave, a short time later. PETER is sleeping on his bed. He turns this way and that.PETER: (In his sleep.) Mother? Is that you? Mother? (Ceases to toss

and turn as deep sleep overtakes him. MUSIC OUT.)CAPTAIN HOOK: (ENTERS LEFT, pulling the thread from Michael’s sock.)

So! The Lost Boys have betrayed their conceited little leader… and he now lies at my mercy! Ha-ha-ha-ha! (MUSIC CUE 11: “Decisions, Decisions.” Realizing he might awaken PETER, he quiets down. Speaks.) I might ask myself if I don’t feel just a smidgen of compassion for this boy.(Sings.) Oh, where have I gone wrong?To kill a poor young lad!Sleeping there so peacefully,Oh, why am I so bad?Is it all for the glory?That’s not the whole story.I just like things gory.I’m not one bit sad. (Speaks.) No… I feel no compassion. I just feel I must put him out of my misery. But how?(Sings.) I could slash him with my hook,And, oh, the blood will spurt!But some of it might splash on me,And Smee just cleaned my shirt.I could use that pillow thereAnd smother him, you see.But that would take exertion, andI need my energy!Decisions, decisions,Which way shall it be?As long as Peter Pan is dead,It’s all the same to me!I could strike a match right nowAnd set the room aflame.But they’ve done such a lovely job,It kind of seems a shame.I could throw him to a crocodileAnd watch him moan and groan,

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But that would be too scary!Let’s just leave that one alone!Decisions, decisions,Which way shall it be? (Feels something in his pocket.)(Speaks in rhythm.) Oh, wait, I’ve got the very thing!(Sings.) Oh, silly little me! (Speaks.) I’ve been keeping this poison for just such a moment as this! (TINK flies IN.) Get out of here, you nasty firefly! (TINK flies near.) Be gone! (Hits TINK, who spirals down to the floor.) Now what can I put this in that he’ll be likely to drink? (Spies the medicine bottle, picks it up and reads.) For Peter Pan, to be taken whenever Wendy says. (Laughs.) So our new mother will be Peter’s own angel of death! Ha-ha-ha-ha! (Realizes he’s again talking too loudly and quiets down.) A few drops in here, and Peter Pan will breathe no more! (Puts poison in the medicine bottle, then sets the bottle back on the table.) This is too delicious for words!(Sings.) Well, I’ve made the perfect choiceWith only one regret…I won’t be here to see it, butHe’ll soon be dead, I bet!Decisions, decisions,It all worked out, you see?And I rejoice! The perfect choice!Oh, clever, clever me! (Laughs.) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! (MUSIC OUT. Races OFF LEFT.)

PETER: (Stirs himself awake.) Hello? Who’s there? (Sits up.) Wendy? Is it you? If it is, I’m awfully sorry. I mean it. (MUSIC CUE 11a: “Tinker Bell Saves Peter.” TINK’S light begins to fly about slowly.) Tink? What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be guiding Wendy and the boys back to her home! (TINK replies.) They’ve what? Wendy and the boys have been captured and taken to the pirate ship? (TINK replies.) No, Tink! It doesn’t serve her right! They need to be rescued! And I’m the only one who can rescue them! (Moves LEFT, then stops.) But wait. I never took my medicine. Wendy will be proud of me if I remember it on my own. (TINK’S light flies about wildly.) Leave me alone, Tink! I know what I’m doing! (Pours medicine into the spoon. TINK responds.) What are you talking about? Hook was never here! He couldn’t have found our cave! (Raises the medicine to his lips. TINK’S light zooms around his head.) Stop it! Let me take my medicine! (Just as he’s about to drink his medicine, TINK’S light descends on the spoon.) Don’t drink that! It’s for me! Tink! (Lays the spoon down. TINK’S light begins to spiral downward slowly.) Tink? What’s wrong? Don’t you feel well?

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(TINK replies. MUSIC OUT.) Poison? Hook poisoned the medicine? Oh, Tink! Oh, my friend! Tink! You drank it yourself to save me! (Scoops TINK up into his cupped hand.) You can’t be dead! You can’t be! (Has a thought.) Wait a second! Wait a second! Fairies die when someone stops believing in them! (To the AUDIENCE.) So if everyone believes, Tink will breathe again! But everyone here has to believe in Tink! You’ve got to! If you believe in Tink, clap your hands. Clap your hands! Don’t be afraid! Don’t be shy! Clap your hands if you believe! That’s right! Keep clapping! (TINK’S light is seen in PETER’S hands.) Yes! That’s it! Tink, are you all right? (MUSIC CUE 11b: “Tinker Bell Is Revived.”) Tink thanks you all! And now we’ll make Hook pay, Tink! (TINK replies.) You bet we will! Lead on! (TINK’S light flies OFF LEFT.) Get ready, Hook! You’re about to face Peter Pan! (MUSIC CUE 11c: “Scene Change.” Runs OFF LEFT as the CURTAIN FALLS.)

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ACT TWOScene Two

CURTAIN UP: The pirate ship, a short time later. JOHN, MICHAEL, TOOTLES, NIBS, SLIGHTLY, CURLEY, POTS, and PANS are tied to the railing UPSTAGE. Their wrists are tied in front of them, and the rope is then tied to the railing. WENDY is tied to the mast, large ropes around her middle. SMEE sits on a crate DOWN RIGHT, mending a sail with needle and thread. CAPTAIN HOOK stands DOWN LEFT. PIRATES are gathered around him. MUSIC CUE 11d: “Yo-Ho!—Reprise.”PIRATES: (Holding mugs, sing joyously.)

Cutthroats and pirates are we! (Shout.) Yo-ho!(Sing.) Scurvy as scurvy can be! (Shout.) Yo-ho!(Sing.) Cheers to the old Jolly RogerAnd all the ship’s company! (Shout.) Yo-ho! Yo-ho! Yo-ho!

CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings.) I’ve got a sweet bit of news,Certain to cure any blues.Peter Pan is departed.He’s dead. We win! You lose!

WENDY: (Shouts.) No! No!PIRATES: (Sing.) Yo-ho! Yo-ho! Yo— (MUSIC OUT.)CAPTAIN HOOK: Quiet, you swabs! The lady wishes to speak! (The

PIRATES clam up.) Now, my dear, what was that?WENDY: Peter can’t be—CAPTAIN HOOK: Dead? But he is! Smee, have you got that sail

mended yet?SMEE: Almost, Cap’n!

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CAPTAIN HOOK: Good! As soon as you do, we set sail.WENDY: That’s perfectly impossible. (MUSIC CUE 11e: “Island of

Dreams—Reprise.”)CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks.) And just why is that, my dear?WENDY: (Sings.) We’re heading homeward tonight.

Just as Peter has promised we would.The Lost Boys will be adoptedAnd home for good. (MUSIC OUT.)

CAPTAIN HOOK: (Roars with laughter.) Adopted? And who would take even a second look at these ragamuffins?

JOHN: We can find homes for them, Mr. Hook, sir.CAPTAIN HOOK: It’s Captain Hook… and you’ll not find homes

for anybody! I’m going to see to it you all join Peter Pan at the bottom of the sea! Well, maybe not all of you. I have room for two cabin boys. Who wants to join the crew? (Tempted, the LOST BOYS look one to another. Their hands begin to go up, MICHAEL’S higher than anyone’s.)

MICHAEL: Aye… Aye… sir…CAPTAIN HOOK: Aye, aye, sir! That’s the mark of a fine cabin boy!WENDY: No, Michael! You mustn’t!CAPTAIN HOOK: (To JOHN.) You, boy, you look like you’ve got some

pluck in you! Ever want to be a pirate, me hearty?JOHN: Oh, yes, sir!WENDY: John, no!JOHN: What would you call me if I turned pirate?CAPTAIN HOOK: How about Blackbeard Joe?JOHN: That’s a fine name!WENDY: John, you mustn’t!MICHAEL: But we don’t want to end up like Peter, Wendy.WENDY: Have you so little trust in Peter that you really think he’s dead?MICHAEL: But the captain says so!CAPTAIN HOOK: (To TOOTLES.) Maybe I’ll pick you!TOOTLES: Would you, sir? I know how to swab the deck.CAPTAIN HOOK: (To NIBS.) Or maybe you!NIBS: I can sharpen a sword with my teeth!CAPTAIN HOOK: (To CURLEY.) You want the job, boy?CURLEY: And what if I say no?CAPTAIN HOOK: Mates! Bring out the plank! (PIRATES hustle OFF LEFT.)POTS: The… the… the… plank?

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CAPTAIN HOOK: Lovely view from the edge… just before you drop into the sea!

PANS: It’s okay! I can swim.CAPTAIN HOOK: Not with your hands tied behind your back! (LOST

BOYS all cower in fear as PIRATES bring out a wooden plank they lean up against the railing.)

WENDY: (Thinks quickly.) Well, well… I have a message from your real mothers. We hope our sons will die like English gentlemen!

CURLEY: I’m going to do what my mother wants!POTS: Me, too!PANS: I’m gonna… think about it.JOHN: But what will become of you, Wendy?CAPTAIN HOOK: Oh, didn’t I tell you? You’re to become the mother

to my crew.STARKEY: We need a mom.COOKIE: Somebody to wash behind our ears!SKYLIGHT: And mend our socks.NOODLES: And read to us at night!SMEE: Will you tuck us in, too, Mother? (MUSIC CUE 11f:

“Manners—Reprise.”)PIRATES: (Sing with mock sincerity.) We all need a mother,

Though we’re rough buccaneers.If you won’t be mother,We may burst into tears! (Laugh heartily.)

WENDY: (Speaks.) I should say not! I would rather die like an English gentleman than become a mother to such a gang of fools and ruffians!

TOOTLES: (Speaks.) Mother… this changes things a bit!WENDY: (Speaks.) No it doesn’t, Tootles! None of you must agree

to join this pirate ship! For one thing, it’s the filthiest ship I’ve ever seen!(Sings.) Look at the mess you find all over the Jolly Roger.Look at the dirt and grime in every little nook.How can you even think of living in these conditions?And how can you even think of life with Captain Hook?Wouldn’t you rather get away from this awful island?Wouldn’t you rather that the Jolly Roger sank?

LOST BOYS: (Sing.)Guess we would rather not and do what the captain tells us,’Cause none of us wants to have to walk—the plank! (MUSIC

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segues into MUSIC CUE 11g: “Tinker Bell’s Sad News.” TINK flies ON UPSTAGE.)

JOHN: It’s Tinker Bell!TOOTLES: What is it, Tink? (TINK replies.)NIBS: Oh, no! Oh, no! (MUSIC OUT.)WENDY: What is it?CURLEY: What Hook says is true!POTS: Peter’s dead!PANS: He took his medicine, just like you wanted him to.TOOTLES: But it was full of poison!WENDY: You nasty man! I can’t imagine a more despicable coward

than you, Captain Hook!CAPTAIN HOOK: (Pleased.) You make me blush! (PETER WHISTLES

from OFF LEFT.)SMEE: What’s that, Cap’n? (WHISTLE again.)STARKEY: Somebody’s whistling!CAPTAIN HOOK: You tied up Great Big Little Panther and his people,

didn’t you?COOKIE: Tight as a drum!CAPTAIN HOOK: Then there’s nobody it can be! (WHISTLE again.)SKYLIGHT: Maybe the wind’s rushing through a crack in the window

in the forecastle.NOODLES: But there ain’t no wind here! (WHISTLE again.)CAPTAIN HOOK: Go and see, Starkey!STARKEY: Aye! I’ll make quick work of whatever it is! (Boldly struts OFF

LEFT or goes through the door.)CAPTAIN HOOK: Ah, there’s a good man! Whatever it is doesn’t have

one chance in a million! (SOUND EFFECT: THWACK, SPLASH.)SMEE: Starkey? Starkey? Is that you? (WHISTLE again.)COOKIE: There it is again! And no Starkey!CAPTAIN HOOK: Go see, Cookie!COOKIE: But, Captain!CAPTAIN HOOK: You’re a pirate, man! Act like one! Arrrr! (Growls

at COOKIE, who growls back. Continues growling until COOKIE bravely struts OFF LEFT or through the door.) And there’s another fine pirate who’ll put an end to the whistling! (SOUND EFFECT: THWACK, SPLASH.)

SKYLIGHT: Cookie? What happened in there? (WHISTLE is heard.)CAPTAIN HOOK: Go ahead, Skylight! Find out and bring us word!

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SKYLIGHT: I ain’t goin’ in there alone!CAPTAIN HOOK: I give the orders here, you swine!SKYLIGHT: But I take ’em, and I’m not takin’ that one alone!CAPTAIN HOOK: Noodles! Go with him!NOODLES: Why me? Why not Smee? (LOST BOYS begin to laugh.)SMEE: I’ve got to finish this sail, or we won’t be going anywhere!SKYLIGHT: Oh, sure! You always get out of work!JOHN: Looks like the pirates have turned chicken!MICHAEL: They’ll make a fine Sunday dinner.WENDY: No sons of mine would ever be that afraid of a little whistle.

(WHISTLE again.)CAPTAIN HOOK: (Pushes NOODLES and SKYLIGHT LEFT or towards the

door.) Get moving, you two! Find out what happened to your mates!NOODLES: I don’t really care, sir!SKYLIGHT: Aye! They cheat at cards!CAPTAIN HOOK: Get in there before you walk the plank!NOODLES/SKYLIGHT: No! No! No! (CAPTAIN HOOK throws NOODLES

and SKYLIGHT to the ground. WHISTLE again.)CAPTAIN HOOK: Who’s in there?! I’m coming in myself, and you’d

better be prepared to be skewered like the chicken you are! Here I come! One, two, three! (MUSIC CUE 11h: “Come Back, Peter Pan!—Reprise.”)

PETER: (Bursts ON LEFT, or through the door, his wooden sword drawn. Speaks.) Glad I could make the party, Hook!

LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Oh, Peter Pan,We knew you would come back.Hook and all his piratesDeserve a mighty whack!Oh, Peter P— (MUSIC OUT.)

CAPTAIN HOOK: Silence! Pan! How can it be you?PETER: Tink saved my life!CAPTAIN HOOK: Maybe once, but not a second time! (Draws his sword.

MUSIC CUE 11i: “The Duel.”)WENDY: (Speaks.) Do be careful, Peter! (TINK flies to the rope and

works to “untie” the BOYS during the following dialogue.)TOOTLES: (Speaks.) We knew you were alive, Peter!NIBS: (Speaks.) We never doubted for a second!CURLEY: (Speaks.) You’re just like a cat, Peter!POTS: (Speaks.) You’ve got ten lives!

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PANS: (Speaks.) It’s nine lives, Pots!POTS: (Speaks.) I just wanted to give him an extra life for luck.CAPTAIN HOOK: (Speaks.) Which you’ll need! (As the others sing,

CAPTAIN HOOK and PETER begin a swordfight that is dramatic and comical. Their wooden swords clack. They jab at one another, moving first towards CAPTAIN HOOK then towards PETER. They fight with CAPTAIN HOOK on one side of the mast and PETER on the other, with WENDY in between.)

ALL: (Sing.) Captain Hook and Peter in a swordfight!Oh, how smashing!Look at them go at it,They both look rather dashing.

PIRATES: (Sing.) Captain Hook the Glorious!LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Peter Pan the Mighty!WENDY: (Sings.) I must say that all of this is really quite untidy. (As the

duel continues, the LOST BOYS cheer for Peter and the PIRATES for Captain Hook. ALL gasp as CAPTAIN HOOK knocks the sword from PETER’S hand, and PETER is sitting on the floor.)

CAPTAIN HOOK: (Holds his sword at PETER’S throat. Speaks.) Rise one inch, Pan, and you’re a dead fishy! (The rope holding the LOST BOYS is now undone by TINK, and JOHN quickly drags the rest of the LOST BOYS, who are still tied by their wrists together, to PETER’S sword. He quickly picks it up and gives it to PETER, unseen by CAPTAIN HOOK, who is menacingly hanging over PETER.) You’ve had your fun, boy, and taken years off my life! So now I’m going to add ’em all back on! (PETER brings his sword up to CAPTAIN HOOK’S throat. CAPTAIN HOOK screams and jumps back as PETER stands.)

WENDY: (Speaks.) Fly, Peter! Fly!PETER: (Speaks.) I’ll take this rat down in a fair fight or no fight at all!

(He and CAPTAIN HOOK continue to fight.)ALL: (Sing.) Neverland has never seen a combat this exciting.

Both our greatest leaders on the battlefield colliding!Oh, the glory of it all!

WENDY: (Sings.) Will someone please untie me?I simply must start cleaning.It’s so dirty and so grimy! (SKYLIGHT and NOODLES now try to round up the LOST BOYS, who begin to race around, still tied together with the rope. From behind the rail, STARKEY and COOKIE climb up, knives clutched between their teeth. PETER sees STARKEY and COOKIE. Shouts.) Boys, watch out! (STARKEY and COOKIE catch the LOST BOYS and grab the rope, forcing the LOST BOYS into a circle. SKYLIGHT and NOODLES help.)

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TOOTLES: (Speaks.) You can’t do that!CURLEY: (Speaks.) We’ll tell our mother!STARKEY: (Speaks.) ’Fraid she can’t do nothin’ about it! (TINK starts

to “untie” WENDY. MUSIC OUT.)NIBS: I wanna go home!COOKIE: The only home you’re going to have is the deep blue sea!PIRATES: Arrrr! (MUSIC CUE 11j: “Tom-Tom.” PANTHER, TIGER LILY,

CHATTERING CHIPMUNK, RAGING WATERS, and TWO MOONS ENTER RIGHT and LEFT with tomahawks. CAPTAIN HOOK and PETER are UPSTAGE now, still fighting, both of them visibly slowing down. MUSIC continues under dialogue.)

SKYLIGHT: Blimey! It’s Great Big Little Panther!PANTHER: Greetings, wormy little pirates!CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: You want us to use them for tomahawk

practice, chief?RAGING WATERS: They make good targets! (The PIRATES let the LOST

BOYS go as they try to hide behind the mast.)TWO MOONS: Especially when they’re moving!WENDY: Oh, really, gentlemen! This is most uncomfortable!

(MUSIC OUT.)TIGER LILY: Father, I think the pirates are probably pretty hungry.

I baked a huge birthday cake, and it is sitting in the middle of our village.

SMEE: Birthday cake?STARKEY: I haven’t had birthday cake since my last birthday!COOKIE: When was that?STARKEY: When I was seven!WENDY: Oh, dear! You’d better go have a birthday, then!SKYLIGHT: Can I, too?TIGER LILY: Of course you can! (PIRATES race OFF LEFT.)NOODLES: Wait for me! (Runs OFF LEFT. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH, five

times. CAPTAIN HOOK and PETER are still fighting, but so slowly now they rarely hit one another’s swords.)

CAPTAIN HOOK: (Exhausted.) You lubbers! Get back here! You rotten swine! (WENDY is now loose, and the LOST BOYS are untying their wrists.)

JOHN: We’ll help you in just a minute, Peter.MICHAEL: We’ve almost untied ourselves.

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WENDY: There won’t be any need! (Takes the swords from CAPTAIN HOOK and PETER.) That’s just about enough of this silly fighting. One of you could have gotten hurt! (MUSIC CUE 11k: “Hook’s Last Words.”)

CAPTAIN HOOK: (Sings.) I clearly could have won thatIf Wendy hadn’t done that!Mothers always ruin the fun.(Speaks in rhythm.) Well, maybe we just went a little overboard! (MUSIC OUT.)

PANTHER: (To PETER.) Do you want us to take pirate chief out in hot sun?

PETER: I think that’s a splendid idea!CAPTAIN HOOK: I don’t! I was just having a bit of fun. (MUSIC CUE 11l:

“Tick-Tock.” MUSIC continues under dialogue.) Oh, no!PETER: The crocodile!CAPTAIN HOOK: He can’t be on the Jolly Roger!JOHN: Oh, no?CAPTAIN HOOK: (CROCODILE ENTERS LEFT, slinking across the floor.

Screams and backs LEFT.) Get away from me! You don’t want another taste of me! I’m all skin and bones. No meat at all! And I taste like an old shoe! (CROCODILE lunges at CAPTAIN HOOK, who runs OFF LEFT. CROCODILE follows. MUSIC OUT. CAPTAIN HOOK screams from OFF LEFT. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH, followed by a SECOND SPLASH as the crocodile follows Hook into the water.)

TOOTLES: Serves him right!NIBS: He tried to kill us all!CURLEY: But we weren’t scared!POTS: It was great fun…WENDY: Thank you, Great Big Little Panther, for your help.PANTHER: And we thank Peter. He found us stuffed inside logs on

the way here.CHATTERING CHIPMUNK: Let’s go get some of that birthday cake!RAGING WATERS: Goodbye, Wendy… goodbye, boys!TWO MOONS: If you’re ever in Neverland again, stop by and say

“How!” (PANTHER, TIGER LILY, CHATTERING CHIPMUNK, RAGING WATERS, and TWO MOONS EXIT LEFT.)

PETER: Well, boys, it looks like we won! The pirate ship is ours! (MUSIC CUE 12: “Whatever You Want to Be.”)

ALL: (Speak.) Yay for us! We won! We won!TOOTLES: (Speaks.) Now what, Peter?

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NIBS: (Speaks.) Does this mean we can be pirates?PETER: (Speaks.) Yes! And I’m the captain of the ship.

(Sings.) Whatever you want to do, you can do.Whatever you want to be, you can be.There are no silly rules to bother you.Do whatever you want.

LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Whatever we want?PETER: (Sings.) Whatever you want, like me!NIBS: (Sings.) I want to be a pirate

And sail the seven seas,Sing yodi-hodi-hoAnd do exactly as I please!

TOOTLES: (Sings.) I’ll be a pirate, too,But a nice one if I can!I’ll sail around the worldAnd follow Peter Pan!

ALL: (Sing.) Whatever you want to do, you can do.Whatever you want to be, you can be.There are no silly rules to bother you.

PETER: (Sings.) Do whatever you want.LOST BOYS: (Sing.) Whatever we want?PETER: (Sings.) Whatever you want, like me!WENDY: (Speaks.) Do you all want to be pirates?POTS: (Sings.) I want to be a doctor.PANS: (Sings.) I want to be a cop.MICHAEL: (Sings.) I want to do some magic tricks

And open up a shop.CURLEY: (Sings.) I want to be a baker.SLIGHTLY: (Sings.) I want to be a cook.JOHN: (Sings.) I want to do experiments

And write them in a book.WENDY: (Speaks.) What wonderful plans! But you know, you can’t do

any of them here in Neverland.PANS: (Speaks.) Why not?WENDY: (Speaks.) Because you have to grow up to do them.PETER: (Speaks.) We want to stay here and have great adventures!WENDY: (Speaks.) But don’t you see? Growing up is the greatest

adventure of them all!(Sings.) Whatever you want to do, you can do.

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Whatever you want to be, you can be.There’s a new world of fun in store for youThat you gotta grow up to see!

PETER: (Speaks.) But what about me?LOST BOYS: (Speak.) Come with us, Peter!WENDY: (Speaks.) I’m afraid it’s time to go back to the nursery, Peter.PETER: (Speaks.) It isn’t! You saw how much fun we had!WENDY: (Speaks.) I know, Peter… but John and Michael have

already forgotten Mother and Father… and I can barely remember them myself.

PETER: (Speaks.) I don’t see what’s so great about having a mother anyway!

WENDY: (Speaks.) Please, Peter. Take us home.PETER: (Moves LEFT. Speaks.) Oh, all right! Go on! I don’t care! Take

’em home, Tink! And I don’t care if I ever see you again, Wendy! (EXITS LEFT. From OFF.) Ever! Ever! Ever!

WENDY: (Speaks.) Yes, Tink, take us home. (During the song, TINK flies over them, sprinkling fairy dust.)

ALL: (Sing.) Whatever you want to do, you can do.Whatever you want to be, you can be.There’s a new world of fun in store for youThat you gotta grow up,You gotta grow up,You gotta grow upTo see! (MUSIC OUT. CURTAIN FALLS. MUSIC CUE 12a: “Scene Change.”)

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ACT TWOScene Three

CURTAIN UP: The nursery, late that night. MRS. DARLING, wearing a robe, stares out the open window. NANA lies at the foot of one of the beds.MRS. DARLING: It’s been ten days, Nana. (NANA whimpers.) I wonder

if we’ll ever see them again. (NANA moves to her side.) Oh, I know it wasn’t your fault, but it would be lovely if I could see my babies just one last time.

LIZA: (ENTERS RIGHT, carrying a broom.) Ma’am, are you still up? You practically haven’t slept since… well, for quite a few nights.

MRS. DARLING: Has Mr. Darling retired?LIZA: Oh, no, ma’am. He went out for a walk by himself, mumbling it’s

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MRS. DARLING: Poor dear. If only Nana hadn’t left the nursery that night.

LIZA: (Begins to cry.) Oh, ma’am! Oh, ma’am! (Sits on a bed.)MRS. DARLING: It’s not your fault, Liza. It must have been a cat or a

mouse that lured Nana out of the room.LIZA: Oh, ma’am, I’d best come clean. I took Nana out because

she was making such a racket. (NANA barks.) So, you see, it’s all my fault… (NANA barks at the window.) And I’ll never, ever forgive myself!

MRS. DARLING: Oh, Liza, how could you have?LIZA: I didn’t think anything would happen. (NANA barks loudly at the

window and continues to bark.)MRS. DARLING: Nana! Stop it!LIZA: She was just like that the night the children left!MRS. DARLING: (Looks out the window.) Liza! There’s a strange cloud

up there…LIZA: (Moves to window.) Why, indeed! If I didn’t know better, I’d say

it’s a pirate ship!MRS. DARLING: A pirate ship?LIZA: Don’t you see it, ma’am?MRS. DARLING: (Turns from the window and moves DOWNSTAGE. LIZA

follows.) So that’s it!LIZA: What’s it, ma’am?MRS. DARLING: I thought that’s where they might have been…LIZA: Ma’am, you’re not makin’ a bit of sense.MRS. DARLING: But I am, Liza!WENDY: (ENTERS on the window ledge.) Mother! It’s me! (MUSIC CUE

12b: “Incidental.” MUSIC continues under dialogue.)MRS. DARLING: (Moves to the window.) Oh, Wendy! I knew you’d

come home!WENDY: (Steps into the room.) Mother! I’m home! I really am! I

promise not to leave again! I want to stay here and grow up with John and Michael and all the rest! (JOHN and MICHAEL ENTER on the window ledge.)

JOHN: Mother?MRS. DARLING: (Rushes to JOHN.) John! Michael!MICHAEL: You are our mother!MRS. DARLING: Of course I’m your mother! And you’ve come back

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JOHN: You didn’t think we’d stay away forever, did you?MICHAEL: Though it was a grand time!MRS. DARLING: I know, Michael… I know.WENDY: Oh, Mother, can you forgive us? We simply lost track of time!MRS. DARLING: I know, I know. When your father gets back, he’ll be

so thrilled to see you! (MUSIC OUT. There’s laughter from the LOST BOYS OFFSTAGE. NANA barks.)

LIZA: What’s that now? (NANA spins around in circles, barking. LIZA grabs her broom as a weapon.)

MRS. DARLING: (Turning LIZA to face DOWNSTAGE.) Now, Liza, there’s nothing to fear!

TOOTLES: (ENTERS on the window ledge, peering into the room cautiously. MRS. DARLING and LIZA do not see him. He turns back to others.) All right, boys!

LIZA: (Turns, sees TOOTLES, screams and rushes up to him brandishing the broom.) Get out of here, you thief! Go on!

TOOTLES: Blimey! There’s a crazy one here!MRS. DARLING: (Grabs the broom.) No, Liza! It’s all right! It’s all right!LIZA: He might slit all our throats!MRS. DARLING: But he’s just a boy. Aren’t you?TOOTLES: Tootles, by name. Are you my mother?MRS. DARLING: Oh, dear… I can be for a moment.TOOTLES: (Jumps into the room and hugs MRS. DARLING.) I knew I’d

find you! (NIBS and CURLEY ENTER on the ledge.)LIZA: (With a scream.) Ahhh! There’s more!TOOTLES: I found my mother!NIBS: She’s our mother, too!CURLEY: Aye! We’ve been waiting a long time, ma’am, I mean, Mother.

(NIBS and CURLEY surround MRS. DARLING as POTS and PANS ENTER on the ledge.)

LIZA: Ahhh! They’re crawling out of the woodwork! (Races OFF RIGHT, holding the broom.)

NIBS: Look here, Pots! We’ve got ourselves a mother!MRS. DARLING: Are there more of you?TOOTLES: Just one more. Peter. (PETER ENTERS on the ledge but does

not come into the nursery.)WENDY: Peter, please come in. I want you to stay here and grow up

with John and Michael and all the rest!PETER: No, you don’t! You want to stay with me in Neverland! You

don’t want to grow up! Never, ever, ever!

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WENDY: But I do, Peter.PETER: You can’t mean that! You can’t!WENDY: We had a wonderful time and wonderful adventures, but

we’re getting older whether we like it or not! We’ve got our studies and our friends and Mother and Father and Nana…

PETER: No! I want you to be my mother!MRS. DARLING: You can stay, Peter. It is nice to see you again.PETER: Again? I’ve never been here before!MRS. DARLING: I’d almost forgotten until I saw Hook’s ship flying on

the clouds. (MUSIC CUE 12c: “Home, Sweet Home—Finale.”)WENDY: (Speaks.) Stay with us, and then we can have the real

adventure of growing up together. (Sings.) Home, sweet home.The whole family.Home, sweet home,Where we ought to be.Back in the world that we know.

PETER: (Speaks.) Will I ever see you again, Wendy?WENDY: (Speaks.) Oh, Peter, you know where I’ll be! (Moves to PETER.)PETER: (Speaks.) Goodbye, Wendy. (EXITS from the window ledge, with

TINK following.)MRS. DARLING: (Moves to the window. Speaks.) You’ll be back, Peter

Pan! And the window will always be open! (Waves, then returns to her CHILDREN.)

ALL: (Sing.) Home, sweet home.The whole family.Home, sweet home,Where we ought to be.Back in the world that we know.A world where we are free to grow!Home, sweet home! (MUSIC OUT. CURTAIN.)

END OF MUSICAL

MUSIC CUE 12d: “Bows.”

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PRODUCTION NOTES

PROPERTIES ONSTAGE

ACT ONEScene One: Nursery set consisting of a bed for Wendy, a shared bed

for John and Michael, a rocking chair, a small dresser or bureau, and a window that opens and closes, with a ledge outside. A piece of paper is on the floor under Wendy’s bed. Peter’s shadow should likewise be concealed on the set. A sewing kit is stored in one of the dresser drawers. (See below.)

Scene Two: Neverland set consisting of bushes and trees.Scene Three: Lagoon set consisting of bushes, trees, tree stumps

and rocks. Water is simulated by the use of fabric. (See below.)Scene Four: Lost Boys’ Cave set consisting of a chair, one bed, a

table, a birdhouse, and a few crates and tree stumps.Scene Five: Neverland set, with the addition of a sign that reads

“Detour” with an arrow pointing up

ACT TWOScene One: Lost Boys’ Cave set. Bottle of medicine and a spoon on

the table.Scene Two: Pirate ship set consisting of wooden ship’s railings, a

wooden mast, crates, and a ship’s wheel.Scene Three: Nursery set.

PROPERTIES BROUGHT ON

ACT ONEScene One:

Drawing (WENDY)Dog’s leash (LIZA)

Scene Two:Swords, mugs (PIRATES)Sword (CAPTAIN HOOK)Bow, arrow (GREAT BIG LITTLE PANTHER)Tomahawks (OTHER INDIANS)

Scene Three:Picnic basket (WENDY)Slates, sticks of chalk (LOST BOYS)Ropes (SMEE, STARKEY, TIGER LILY)

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Scene Four:Medicine bottle (WENDY)

Scene Five:Tomahawks (INDIANS)Thread hanging from sock (MICHAEL)Swords, rope (PIRATES, CAPTAIN HOOK)

ACT TWOScene One:

Sock thread, bottle of poison, sword (CAPTAIN HOOK)Scene Two:

Ropes (WENDY, JOHN, MICHAEL, LOST BOYS)Needle and thread, sail (SMEE)Mugs (STARKEY, COOKIE, SKYLIGHT, NOODLES)Wooden plank (PIRATES)Knives (STARKEY, COOKIE)Swords (PETER, CAPTAIN HOOK)Tomahawks (INDIANS)

Scene Three:Broom (LIZA)

FLEXIBLE CASTINGEven though they are called the LOST BOYS, there’s no reason why the parts can’t be played by girls. Likewise, the INDIANS and PIRATES can also be played by a combination of boys and girls.

TINKER BELLTinker Bell is not played by an actress, but rather is visually represented with special lighting. Use the smallest spot or a very strong flashlight to create the illusion of Tink flying about the set. Her speaking consists only of jingling bells.

SOUND EFFECTSThwack, splash.

COSTUMESNANA: The actor playing Nana can wear a dog suit (available at

costume shops) or a black or brown sweat suit decorated with large spots or splotches of color. Add a tail and make a hood with large, floppy ears. Use furry slippers and gloves to cover the feet and hands.

CROCODILE: Crocodile suits aren’t easy to come by but may be found on the web or through catalogs. However, an alternative is to dress

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the actor in a green sweat suit decorated with yellow and brown “scales.” Add a tail stuffed with fabric that attaches to the waist of the actor. The tail should be four or five feet long and taper to a point and be the same color as the sweat suit. The actor should wear a hat that looks like the upper part of the crocodile’s head, complete with big, bright eyes. The hat can be constructed by starting with a green baseball cap, then adding a long, rounded bill with lots of teeth made of felt around the edges. The actor should wear green gloves and green socks to complete the costume. He or she should walk about on all fours, swinging the tail as much as possible.

WENDY, MICHAEL, and JOHN: All three should wear traditional pajamas: a nightgown for Wendy, footy pajamas for Michael, and a pajama set for John.

PETER PAN: Peter can wear the traditional Peter Pan costume. Costumes may be found on the web. For an alternative, Peter can wear green tights, green shorts with ragged edges, a green shirt, and a rope belt. An optional green hat with a small feather can be worn.

LOST BOYS: The Lost Boys dress in animal skins and some carry sticks and clubs. Pots and Pans are twins and should dress alike, wearing the respective pot and pan on their heads. Tootles carries a bow and arrow.

PIRATES: The Pirates should wear standard pirate fare: black pants and boots (or barefoot), oversized shirts or blouses, vests or bright red sashes, pirate hats or bandanas, large ear loops, scars, tattoos, and so on. Captain Hook should wear the most elaborate costume with the most accessories. He’s usually viewed wearing a coat with huge cuffs along with a frilly shirt. If the budget doesn’t support such an appearance, use an oversized shirt along with a vest of bright color and a sash. He should wear a large pirate hat with a feather or two. His hook can be made out of various materials, or a cheap plastic one can be purchased. Pirate costumes and accessories are available at any costume shop.

INDIANS: Traditional Native American dress: buckskin shirts (easily made of broadcloth or other inexpensive fabric) decorated with fringe, buckskin-colored pants, beaded or other decorated belts, headbands, feathers, and so on. Tiger Lily should wear a buckskin dress down to mid-calf, decorated with fringe and various Native American designs. Again, these costumes are available at costume shops and patterns can be viewed online.

MRS. DARLING and LIZA: They both should wear traditional long dresses. Mrs. Darling’s dress should look expensive, accessorized with jewels, while Liza should be in black with an apron and a small

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white cap, as a servant would wear. In ACT TWO, MRS. DARLING wears a bathrobe.

SET DESCRIPTIONS

THE NURSERYTwo small beds set at STAGE RIGHT and an optional third at STAGE LEFT. One bed is Wendy’s, and John and Michael can each have his own bed or they can share a bed. If they have their own bed, Wendy’s can be the one at STAGE LEFT. A rocking chair can sit between the beds STAGE RIGHT. A large window is UP LEFT. The window opens from the inside, and while it’s open for the first scene in ACT ONE, it must be able to close for the last scene in ACT TWO. Because the window provides the only illusion of flying in the play, it should be constructed in the suggested corner of the room with the walls forming a solid angle (about 120 degrees). A low dresser (used as a step from the window ledge to the stage floor) sits below the window ledge. Extend the window ledge OFFSTAGE to a hidden platform behind the window that the actors can step onto when they EXIT or ENTER the window. Mask the platform with curtains or another part of the wall. The platform doesn’t have to be big; a few steps from it can lead to the stage floor. The dresser should have a drawer or door that opens so the “shadow” can be hidden inside. See Shadow Note.

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NEVERLANDA tree surrounded by bushes and rocks at CENTER. These can be three-dimensional or flat cutouts depending on the style adopted by the set designer. Paint the other side a different color to use for the Lagoon scene. The entire piece should be big enough so that the Lost Boys can hide behind it but not necessarily be totally unseen. Having the set on wheels or casters will help to make set changes easy.

THE LAGOONUse the other side of the trees and bushes of Neverland for part of the lagoon scene. It should now sit DOWN RIGHT. A rock shaped like a skull should stand UP CENTER LEFT. The blue fabric water can extend from behind the tree and bush piece DOWN RIGHT to OFF LEFT. See Fabric Water Note.

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Elevation

Neverland - Platform on Wheels

Reverse side ofNeverland Platform

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THE LOST BOYS’ CAVETwo flats angled together suggesting the interior of a cave stands at CENTER. A single bed (one of the nursery beds redressed) sits CENTER RIGHT with a small table near. A crude chair CENTER. A birdcage (Tinker Bell’s house) made of sticks and twigs hangs off one side of the flat and a lamp off the other flat. If desired, there can be an animal fur rug on the floor and crates or stumps for the Lost Boys to sit on.

THE PIRATE SHIPThe ship’s mast stands at CENTER. This can just be a flat piece painted to look round, about eighteen inches wide. It should rise at least seven feet, more if desired. The ship railing should run from CENTER RIGHT to UP CENTER. At one point it must be strong enough to support the plank, which is a large board about eight feet long. No one, however, needs to stand on it so it can be relatively thin. The ship’s wheel should stand CENTER LEFT. The optional forecastle is UP LEFT with one door that’s able to open.

Lost Boys’ Cave

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FABRIC WATERSecure a piece of cheap, blue fabric about three to four feet in width and long enough to stretch from the lagoon tree and bush piece STAGE RIGHT to OFF LEFT. Have one stagehand work the fabric from behind the tree and bushes piece and another working it from OFFSTAGE. The “water” should rise as indicated in the script.

ABOUT PETER’S SHADOWTo make Peter’s shadow, cut the silhouette of Peter out of thin, black fabric. In ACT ONE, Scene One, preset the shadow in an inconspicuous spot ONSTAGE so the audience won’t notice it. The actors playing Peter and Nana should be blocked so their movements lead them to the shadow. When Peter steps on the foot of the shadow, Nana should grab the shadow and race OFF with it. When Wendy sews the shadow back on, she can sit on a bed so that she’s facing somewhat UPSTAGE and Peter is facing DOWNSTAGE. She places the fabric shadow on the UPSTAGE side of the bed so the audience can’t see it and then pretends to stitch it onto Peter’s foot. In reality, the fabric shadow stays on the floor.

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