Set in 1909 London against the backdrop of the Suffragette Movement, THE LOST GIRL is about integrating our past into our present and deciding who we want to be moving forward.

Wendy Darling, shaken by the untimely death of her husband, first tells her daughter Jane the Neverland stories as escapism, pure fiction. But each sibling begins to experience strange and vivid memories, forcing the question - could it all be real?

Neverland is only present on stage through characters’ memory, and the audience is never quite sure - until the end - if any of it truly happened. By the time Peter does come back, he is no longer the salve she wanted him to be; he isn’t able to fix anything. It is largely through the influence of the suffragettes that Wendy is able to decide what kind of a woman she will be.

With a lush, orchestral score that utilizes harmony both adventurous and accessible, THE LOST GIRL examines how loss colors our lives and galvanizes us to change. Ultimately, it is about reclaiming the right to have adventures at any age.

DEVELOPMENTAL History

• 2012 - NYU Thesis Equity Reading

  • Director: West Hyler

  • Musical Director: Charity Wicks

  • Cast: Cristin Hubbard, Colin Hanlon, Anika Larson, Matthew Roscoe, Brian Michael Hoffman, Sarah Roussos, Daniel Robert Sullivan

• 2013 - Workshop Production at Tisch School of the Arts

  • Director: Rob Heller

  • Musical Director: Katya Stanislavskaya

  • Produced by Brandon Anderson and Rob Heller of Collaborative Development Productions

  • Cast: Kris McCusker, Alec Mathieson, Sommer Carbuccia, Nick Rivera, Annie Young, Corynne Peters, Joshua Israel, M.C. Hughes, Bridget Yingling, Dylan R Brown

• 2015 - Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival

  • Produced by Joey Chancey

  • Director: Lisa Clarson

  • Musical Director: Greg Jarret

  • Cast: Glory Crampton, Ava-Riley Miles, Matthew Ragas, Ryan Reilly, Brian Michael Hoffman, Amanda Pulcini, Suzanna Dupree, Allison McDowell, Ryan Hook and Sarah Sesler. 

  • 2021 - Florida Festival of New Musicals