James and the Giant Peach Jr. at Warren Consolidated School of Performing Arts

Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is now a Theatre for Young Audiences musical for the whole family to enjoy! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Dogfight and A Christmas Story the Musical) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley), critics rave: James and the Giant Peach is a "masterpeach!"

When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.

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WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS

WCSPA is an award winning, nationally recognized program, specializing in all aspects of theatre performance and production. Classes involve a daily, two-hour, in depth study program set in a professional working environment. All WCSPA classes are offered as a part of regular high school curriculum and are open to students from three WCS high schools as well as a school of choice for students outside of the district. From dance, design, and dramatic criticism to stage combat, Shakespeare and sound effects, students receive a complete theatre experience. In addition to daily classes with the assigned teaching staff, students are also exposed to visiting professionals, guest faculty, university workshops, field trips, theatre organizations and scholarship opportunities.