Complete Casting Announced for PETER PAN GOES WRONG on Broadway

Complete Casting Announced for
the Mischief Production

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
Based on the play Peter Pan by JM Barrie

Limited 16 ½ week Broadway Engagement

First Performance March 17, 2023
Official Opening Night April 19, 2023
at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre


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Producers Kevin McCollum, Kenny Wax, Stage Presence, and Catherine Schreiber are pleased to announce complete casting for the Broadway premiere of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the international comedy sensation from Mischief.

The cast of Peter Pan Goes Wrong will feature Bartley Booz as Dennis (March 17 – April 9), Matthew Cavendish as Max, Bianca Horn as Jill, Harry Kershaw as Francis, Chris Leask as Trevor, Henry Lewis as Robert, Ellie Morris as Lucy, Charlie Russell as Sandra, Jonathan Sayer as Dennis (starting April 11), Henry Shields as Chris, Greg Tannahill as Jonathan and Nancy Zamit as Annie. The company is completed by Ryan Vincent Anderson, Stephen James Anthony, Fred Gray, and Brenann Stacker.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong will begin performances on Friday, March 17th and open on Wednesday, April 19th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) on Broadway for a limited 16 ½ week engagement.

Tickets are on sale now at Telecharge.com and in-person at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre Box Office. For groups call Broadway.com / Group Sales Box Office at 1-800-BROADWAY x2. Call now to guarantee disappointment.

This spring, brace yourself for an awfully big adventure as you finally get the chance to laugh again on Broadway. Co-written by Mischief company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a highly physical comedy packed with finely-tuned and inspired slapstick, delivered with split-second timing and ambitious daring. The play sees the ‘Cornley Drama Society’ back on stage battling technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes as they attempt to present J.M Barrie’s much-loved tale. But will they ever make it to Neverland?

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is directed by Adam Meggido, with set designs by Simon Scullion, costumes by Roberto Surace, lighting by Matt Haskins, sound by Ella Wahlström, and original music by Richard Baker and Rob Falconer.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Kenny Wax, Stage Presence, and Catherine Schreiber.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong made its premiere at the Pleasance Theatre in London in December 2013. After a UK Tour in 2014, the production transferred to the West End's Apollo Theatre for a Christmas season run in 2015 and returned to the West End the following year for another Christmas season run from October 2016. The play was also adapted into a one-hour television special, which was broadcast on December 31, 2016, on BBC One. The play made its North American premire in 022 at teh Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Canada and will launch a nwe UK tour later this year.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong was nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier® Awards and has joyfully wowed critics across the UK.
Mischief’s Tony® Award-winning Broadway hit The Play That Goes Wrong, opened in March 2017 at the Lyceum Theatre running longer than any other play that debuted in the 2017/2018 Season. After 737 performances the production moved to the New World Stages where the show continues to play to packed houses. The North American Tour was one the most successful Broadway play tours of the past twenty years. broadwaygoeswrong.com


BIOGRAPHIES:

BARTLEY BOOZ (Dennis, March 17 – April 9) Broadway debut. Theater includes Off-Broadway: I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theater Company); Hamlet, Oresteia (Park Avenue Armory); The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages). Film and Television includes “The Good Fight” (CBS), “Bull” (CBS), “Happy” (SyFy), “TURN: Washington’s Spies” (AMC), and Here and Now (Tribeca Film Festival). BFA Acting: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

MATTHEW CAVENDISH (Max) Training: LAMDA. Theatre: Boris The Third (Pleasance), Groan Ups (UK Tour), Jeeves and Wooster: In Perfect Nonsense (UK Tour), Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (West End), The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End), The Midnight Gang (Chichester), The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway/West End), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (West End). TV: A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC).

BIANCA HORN she/her (Jill). Broadway Debut! Off-Broadway: You Will Get Sick, Assassins, The Play That Goes Wrong. Tour: TPTGW, Color Purple (Revival), Hairspray. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Equalizer,” “Bull.” MA: TC, Columbia University (May ‘23). BFA: SMU. Endless gratitude to Mischief, Kent, and my wonderful family and friends. All things are possible! #1804 IG:@biancahorn14

HARRY KERSHAW (Francis) trained at RADA. Theatre credits include Good Luck, Studio (Mischief), What’s New Pussycat? (Birmingham Rep), Boris III (Edinburgh), The Madness of George III (Nottingham Playhouse), This House (NT/Headlong), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Original Cast), The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess), One Man Two Guvnors (West End). TV includes “Jerk,” “Omid Djalili’s Little Cracker,” “Cuckoo,” “Wallander,” “Endeavour.” Film includes Exhibition, Unrelated, Skyfall, Great Expectations.

CHRIS LEASK he/him (Trevor). Theatre: Good Luck, Studio (Mercury), The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (Criterion), I Need To Vent (Vaults), The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess), Love Your Soldiers (Sheffield). TV & Film: “The Ark,” “The Goes Wrong Show,” “We Hunt Together,” “Casualty,” A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, “Nutritiously Nicola,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” “Call the Midwife,” “PhoneShop,” “The Javone Prince Show,” “Frankie,” “Breathless.”

HENRY LEWIS he/him (Robert) is an Olivier Award-winning writer and actor. Artistic director of Mischief. Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. West End: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle, Austentatious, Magic Goes Wrong, Groan Ups, Mischief Movie Night, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Peter Pan Goes Wrong. TV: “The Goes Wrong Show,” “Riddiculous.” Henry’s work has been produced in over 40 countries worldwide. @henrywlewis

ELLIE MORRIS (Lucy) trained at LAMDA. Theatre credits: Spike, The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Movie Night, Rotterdam, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Spring Awakening. Television credits: “The Goes Wrong Show,” “A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong.”

CHARLIE RUSSELL she/her (Sandra). Creative Associate at Mischief. Training: LAMDA. Credits include: The Play That Goes Wrong (West End, Broadway), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (West End, BBC1), The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End), Groan Ups (West End), “The Goes Wrong Show” (BBC1). Writer and performer: Charlie Russell Aims to Please (Edinburgh Fringe, Off West End). Improviser: Mischief Movie Night, Austentatious, Yes Queens.
JONATHAN SAYER (Dennis, starting April 11). An Olivier Award-winning writer, actor, producer and Company Director, Jonathan’s Mischief credits include The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Mind Mangler, Mischief Movie Night and “The Goes Wrong Show.” Jonathan is a Mousetrap Theatre Projects trustee and Ashton United Football Club co-chair. His first book Nowhere to Run releases in 2023. @jonathansayer1
HENRY SHIELDS (Chris) is an Olivier Award-winning writer and actor known for: The Play That Goes Wrong; The Comedy About a Bank Robbery; Magic Goes Wrong; Groan Ups; Good Luck, Studio; Mind Mangler Member of the Tragic Circle; Peter Pan Goes Wrong; A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong; “The Goes Wrong Show;” The Royal Variety Performance and Children in Need.

GREG TANNAHILL he/him (Jonathan). Training: LAMDA. Theatre includes Good Luck, Studio, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Beyond Beauty, Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun. Television includes “The Goes Wrong Show,” “A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” (BBC). Associate director: The Play That Goes Wrong (2018 US tour).

NANCY ZAMIT (Annie) is a co-founder of Mischief. She originated roles in/co-created: The Play That Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong (WOS Award nom.), Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Groan Ups, Mischief Movie Night. TV: “The Goes Wrong Show,” “Comic Relief,” “In Conversation with a Goddess,” “Brunch Bitches.” This run is dedicated to Herb & Chris. IG: @nancy_zamit

RYAN VINCENT ANDERSON he/him (Understudy) Broadway debut. Off-Broadway/national tour: The Play That Goes Wrong. TV: “Bull” (CBS), “The Crowded Room” (Apple TV), “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC), “FBI” (CBS). Thanks to my parents for not flipping out when I switched from architecture to acting. Thanks Jim Flynn Agency. Carnegie Mellon University. CalArts MFA. www.ryanvanderson.com @ryanvanderson

STEPHEN JAMES ANTHONY (Understudy). Broadway: War Horse, Skylight. Off-Broadway: Behind the Sheet (EST), The Grand Manner (LCT). Regional: Murder on The Orient Express (Ogunquit Playhouse); The Guard (City Theatre); Barefoot in the Park (Cape May Stage); Peter & The Starcatcher, Nicholas Nickleby (OST). Television: “FBI:MW,” “The Loudest Voice,” “Blue Bloods,” “Gotham,” “Billions.” www.stephenjamesanthony.com

FRED GRAY (Understudy, Associate Director) is a RADA BA Acting Graduate and spent several years in the West End with The Play That Goes Wrong. He started his Mischief journey as an understudy eight years ago but has since been Associate Director in multiple productions in the UK, Australia, Italy and Canada.

BRENANN STACKER she/her (Understudy). Theatre includes: The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway in Chicago), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, TheatreSquared, Williamstown Theatre Festival. TV/Film includes “Chicago Med,” “Sirens,” “Dark Matter,” Banana Season. Training: Tufts University, O’Neill National Theater Institute, Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Groundlings, The School at Steppenwolf. @brenstacker

KEVIN MCCOLLUM (Producer) received the Tony Award for Best Musical for Rent (1996), Avenue Q (2004) and In the Heights (2008). Current: SIX (Broadway, U.S. Tour); Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, U.S. Tour, Off-Broadway). Credits: Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway, West End); Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, U.K. and U.S. tours); The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, UK); Something Rotten! (Broadway, U.S. tour); Hand to God (Broadway, West End); Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème; [title of show] (Broadway); Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Broadway, tour); and the 2009 revival of West Side Story (Broadway, tour). McCollum also produced the West Side Story film (2021) directed by Steven Spielberg. Upcoming Musicals: The Devil Wears Prada, The Notebook

KENNY WAX (Producer). President of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) for three years prior to lockdown. Kenny is one of the Producers of the Tony Award winning and Olivier nominated production of SIX, produced Top Hat (winner of three Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical), Once on This Island (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical), the world premiere of Identical based on Erich Kastner’s novel The Parent Trap and most recently Bugsy Malone, based on the hit Alan Parker film. Productions with Mischief include The Play That Goes Wrong (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, currently playing Off-Broadway), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery and Magic Goes Wrong, in collaboration with Las Vegas magicians Penn & Teller. Family productions include Hetty Feather, The Worst Witch (Olivier Award for Best Family Show) and Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World.

STAGE PRESENCE LTD. (Producer) is delighted to be part of the team presenting Mischief comedies in New York and across the United States.

CATHERINE SCHREIBER (Producer) is a 5-time Tony and Olivier Award Winner. She is currently a producer of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Elliott & Harper in London. On Broadway, she recently was a producer on Company and a co-producer on The Lehman Trilogy. She is a co-producer on Death of a Salesman, Life of Pi, and a producer Off Broadway of The Play that Goes Wrong following its run on Broadway. She is a co-producer on Off Broadway’s Stranger Sings: A Parody Musical.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is presented in arrangement with Mischief Worldwide Ltd.