The Tamaqua Area Drama Club will present “Finding Neverland” at 6 p.m. Thursday, and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Tamaqua Area School District auditorium.

Based on a true story, “Finding Neverland” follows J.M. Barrie, a widely renowned but struggling playwright, who encounters widowed mother, Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her four sons in Kensington Park.

As he befriends the family, he is inspired by their adventures, particularly those of Peter, who is reluctant to play due to his grief over the loss of his father. Barrie helps him to learn to play again and becomes inspired to create a new art form: children’s theater. However, facing a lack of support from his friends, a failing relationship with his wife and animosity from Sylvia’s prominent mother, Barrie finds himself at a personal and professional crossroads.

He must battle his inner doubts and these external criticisms in order to create the world he seeks, helping the Llewelyn Davies family heal from their own grief and creating one of the most beloved plays of all time in the process.

The play stars junior Frank Wagner as J.M. Barrie; senior Isabel Nallon as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and senior Kenny Bailey as Charles Frohman/Captain Hook. It features eighth-grade student Liam Holmes, seventh-grade students Colton Orlick and Brayden Slane, and sixth-grade student Cooper Jones, who play the sons of Llewelyn Davies.