Peter And The Star Catcher Play Essay

Peter and the Star Catcher Props

The play Peter and the Star Catcher is a play that relies on the audience's use of imagination in order for the play to make sense. To help drive the plot the use of props was crucial and needed to be executed correctly for the performance to be successful. The props were the best and most important element of the production because without them the show would have been mundane and a draggy experience.

What was very impressive about this production compared to the others is the use of the cast making their own sound effects and being used as props. To simulate doors the crew would stand in different formations and when they were touched they, opened a door and made a creaking noise and when the door closed they all

In one scene, Peter and Molly are looking at the stars and to mimic lights the theater used these big light builds that seemed to be too big for the feel of the story because it was a more romantic and innocent scene and the lights used were too big and bulky for the ambiance. Smaller twinkling lights would have been a better reproduction of actual stars and would have helped to better imagine the two characters watching the stars together in romance. One of the best uses of props was seen in the scene where Molly was explaining how star stuff worked and she sprinkled someone herself and she began to levitate. Molly levitating was depicted by her sitting on a board and another member of the crew stepped on it raising her up. That was one of the best creative decisions made in this production because for a second it made the audience believe she was truly floating. One choice made by the director was to have Tinker Bell be a flashlight instead of having a scene where she turns into a sort of humanized fairy they chose to keep her as a ball of light. This was a smart decision to keep her part uncomplicated because she's not as influential to Peter Pan yet as