A Mohegan teen has just arrived at a strict religious boarding school. A place where she must follow rules she cannot see any sense in. Believing her Native name too difficult to pronounce, the teacher calls her Wendy, and informs her that her Mohegan culture and everything she cares about is never coming back. This triggers the arrival of Pan and Tink, who have come to gather the Nevers (the spirits of everything and everyone that’s been told they can’t exist anymore). Pan takes them to the Neverland, a refuge, where nothing and no one can ever be erased. But now, even The Neverland is under threat from pirates. Can Wendy, her friends, Pan, Tink, and The Neverlanders stop Hook from finding the Neverland and turning it into another place of hate and taking? Or will even The Neverland be destroyed by greed after all?

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Written and Directed by Madeline Sayet
Krannert Center, University of Illinois
April 7-16th 2022

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