Audition Central: Peter Pan JR.
Script: Peter Pan
SIDE 1
PETER PAN
What’s your name?
WENDY
Wendy Moira Angela Darling. What’s your name?
PETER PAN
Peter Pan.
WENDY
Where do you live?
PETER PAN
Second to the right and straight on till morning.
WENDY
What a funny address!
PETER PAN
No, it isn’t.
WENDY
I mean, is that what they put on your letters?
PETER PAN
Don’t get any letters.
WENDY
But your mother gets letters?
PETER PAN
Don’t have a mother.
(pause)
I can’t get my shadow to stick on.
WENDY
It has come off? How awful. Why it must be sewn on. I shall sew it on for you.
(WENDY gets her sewing box.)
PETER PAN
Thank you.
(WENDY begins attaching PETER’s shadow.)
SIDE 2
WENDY
John, Michael, wake up – there’s a boy here who is going to teach us to fly.
MICHAEL
There is?
JOHN
Then I’ll get up at once.
(NANA barks from offstage.)
JOHN
Out with the lights! Someone’s coming!
(MICHAEL turns off the lights and everyone hides. LIZA enters being dragged by NANA.)
LIZA
There, you see! They are perfectly safe and sound asleep in bed.
(NANA barks.)
Now no more! Come along, you naughty dog!
(They exit, NANA barking loudly. The others emerge from hiding.)
PETER PAN
All clear!
JOHN
Can you really fly?
PETER PAN
I’ll teach you.
MICHAEL
How do you do it?
SIDE 3
WENDY
Tiger Lily, I’ll never get my children to sleep after all this excitement.
TIGER LILY
We’ll go up now. We’ll keep guard and watch for pirates.
(General goodnights. BRAVE GIRLS exit.)
WENDY
Now, children, make your father comfortable.
SLIGHTLY
Here’s your chair, Father.
TWIN #1, TWIN #2
Here are your slippers, Father.
NIBS
Here’s your paper, Father.
WENDY
Now go wash up – it’s your bed time.
(The LOST BOYS run off. A serious expression comes over PETER’s face. WENDY notices.)
They are sweet, aren’t they, Peter?
(no response)
Peter?
(no response)
Peter, what is it?
PETER PAN
I was just thinking – it’s only pretend, isn’t it, that I’m their father?
SIDE 4
WENDY
Peter, I’m going to give you your medicine before your journey.
(WENDY puts Peter’s medicine onto the shelf.)
Get your things, Peter.
PETER PAN
I’m not going with you, Wendy.
WENDY
Yes, Peter.
PETER PAN
No
WENDY
But why not?
PETER PAN
I don’t want to grow up and learn about solemn things. I just want to always be a little boy and to have fun. No one’s going to catch me and make me a man.
(MICHAEL, JOHN, and the LOST BOYS re-enter with bundles.)
SLIGHTLY
We’re all ready to go now.
WENDY
Peter isn’t coming with us.
TOOTLES
Peter’s not coming?
CURLEY
Then, Peter, we won’t leave you.
PETER PAN
Now then, no fuss, no blubbering, just say goodbye.