Peter and the Starcatcher
Carl F. Gauze reviews Peter and the Starcatcher from the front row of the Valencia College East Campus Black Box Theater, where all the action is.
Carl F. Gauze is a wealthy but reclusive student of the arts, semi-retired from a stellar career as an insurance calendar salesman. His real fortune derives from his great grandfather, Herman S. Gauze, who invented a sterile surgical dressing in Zurich shortly before the First World War, amassing a vast fortune selling it to both sides. Carl has recently been looking at bikes, and can’t decide between a Harley Fat Boy or a Vespa. Decisions, decisions.
Carl F. Gauze reviews Peter and the Starcatcher from the front row of the Valencia College East Campus Black Box Theater, where all the action is.
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