Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2006 novel of a similar name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. The play provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy. After a premiere in California the play transferred to Off-Broadway in 2011 and opened on Broadway on April 15 2012.