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James and the Giant Peach

Family Holiday Programming

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Adapted for the stage by David Wood
From the book by Roald Dahl
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
Featuring actors from the A.R.T. Institute class of 2017

James Trotter, an orphan, lives with his two abominable aunts in a house by the sea. James’ life is lonely and sad until, one day, he receives a mysterious gift. His aunts’ old peach tree starts to creak and groan, and a peach grows bigger and bigger and bigger. James finds his way inside, where he meets a troupe of chatty (and enormous) bugs. When the peach rolls down the hill and out to sea, James and his new friends find themselves on a fantastic transatlantic adventure. A.R.T.’s family programming continues with this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved tale directed by A.R.T. Institute alumnus Dmitry Troyanovsky (’00).

The 2PM performance of James and the Giant Peach on Friday, December 30 is a Sensory Friendly performance welcoming all children, teachers, families, and community members with autism or other sensory sensitivities. Click here to learn more about this Sensory Friendly performance.

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Read more about this production in “All Aboard the Giant Peach,” an article by Production Dramaturg Yan Chen.

For educational materials to use at home and in the classroom, check out the James and the Giant Peach Jumpstart Kit.

Use this Welcome Info to prepare for your group’s visit to the theater and the James and the Giant Peach Social Story to help prepare children with sensory sensitivies.

Notable dates

Sensory Friendly: Dec. 30, 2PM

This show features strobe lighting.

Age Appropriateness

Ages 5+

Credits

Creative team

Adapted for the stage by

David Wood

From the book by

Roald Dahl

Directed by

Dmitry Troyanovsky

Directed by

Dmitry Troyanovsky

Dmitry Troyanovsky is a graduate of the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training (Directing, Class of 2000) where he directed Strindberg's Miss Julie, Ibsen's Rosemersholm, and Maeterlink's The Blind. Notable projects elsewhere include Euripides' The Bacchae, Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide, Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, scenes from Andrey Bely's novel Petersburg, and Dürrenmatt's The Visit, as well as On the Water (his own adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull). He led workshops and developed new material at institutions such as Baryshnikov Arts Center, SoHo Rep Summer Camp, St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Fisher Arts Center at Bard College, and Brown University Program in Literary Arts headed by Paula Vogel. Some of his past productions: Presnyakov Brothers' Terrorism, Strindberg's Miss Julie, Heiner Müller's MEDEAMATERIAL, Russian language premiere of Shepard's Fool for Love at the Pushkin Theatre in Moscow, and Gogol's The Marriage. As an assistant, Dmitry worked with such directors as Mark Lamos, Andrei Serban, Andre Belgrader, and Kama Ginkas. He collaborated on the internationally presented production of Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and the Patient starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. In addition to theater, Dmitry has created installation and performance art projects such as Herzstuck at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. Dmitry is on the faculties of NYU Tisch and Marymount Manhattan College.

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Choreography by

Rachel Bertone

Scenic Elements & Lighting Design

Maruti Evans

Scenic Elements & Lighting Design

Maruti Evans

A.R.T.: Alice vs. Wonderland, Mouth Wide Open. A.R.T. Institute: Hansel and Gretel. Work includes: Else Where, Leiderabend, BAM; Master and Margarita, Bard Summer Scape; An Oresteia, Classic Stage; Crowns, Goodman Theatre; Sweeney Todd, Virginia Opera. Maruti has received the Drama Desk Sam Norkin Award 2013 for Tiny Dynamite and Pilo Family Circus and Drama Desk nominations for: In the Heat of the Night, Slaughterhouse 5, and Blindness.

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Costume Design

Neil Fortin

Costume Design

Neil Fortin

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Composer & Sound Design

Nathan Leigh

Puppet Design

Michael Kane

Puppet Design

Michael Kane

A.R.T.: Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps (Japhy), As You Like It (Duke Senior), The Snow Queen (Grandfather), The Donkey Show (DJ). A.R.T. Institute: Nutcracker Turbo (and Other Love Stories). Theater: Montana Repertory, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Colorado Shakespeare. Michael received a B.F.A. at the University of Montana and is a graduate of the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

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Props Design

Connor O’Leary

Stage Management

Marian Jackson

Cast

Ensemble

Soomin Chun, Sasha Hirsch, Alexander Pepperman

Ensemble

Soomin Chun, Sasha Hirsch, Alexander Pepperman

cupello

Aunt Spiker

Ryan Cupello

cupello

Aunt Spiker

Ryan Cupello

A.R.T: James and the Giant Peach. Regional: Les Miserables (Marius), The Fireside Theatre; Light in the Piazza, Merry Go Round Playhouse. Film: Once Every Day (dir. Richard Foreman). Ryan is a recent graduate of the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. 

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Old Man

Ricky Davis, Jr. 

Old Man

Ricky Davis, Jr. 

frankie

Old-Green-Grasshopper

Frankie DiCiaccio

frankie

Old-Green-Grasshopper

Frankie DiCiaccio

A.R.T.: James and the Giant Peach (Grasshoper). OBERON: Violet. A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training: Middletown. Chicago: Juno, TimeLine Theatre Company; The Wedding Singer, Haven Theatre; The Pajama Game, The Music Theatre Company. Opera: The Barber of Seville, Lyric Opera of Chicago. Film: Gayke Out (Austin), Idle (Jackie). Training: BA, Northwestern University (Theater). Frankie is a second-year student at the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. 

 

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Earthworm

Joey Donnelly

Earthworm

Joey Donnelly

James

Brian Lore Evans

James

Brian Lore Evans

martinez
martinez

Ladybug

María Victoria Martínez

A.R.T.: James and the Giant Peach. OBERON: The Aristophanesathon (dir. Sean Graney). A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training: Middletown. Harvard Theater, Dance & Media: A Dream Play (dir. Daniel Kramer). Regional: Three Sisters, Waiting for Lefty (workshop), Williamstown Theatre Festival. Sasha is a second-year student at the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. 

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Matt Morrison

Aunt Sponge

Matt Morrison

Matt Morrison

Aunt Sponge

Matt Morrison

A.R.T. Institute: James and the Giant Peach; Middletown; A Dream Play, Harvard Theater, Dance & Media; Christmas at the Ivanovs’, Moscow Art Theater School American Studio. BA, St. Lawrence University, 2014. Matt is a second-year student in the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

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Centipede

Lauren Noll^

Centipede

Lauren Noll^

Miss Spider

Adrienne Powell

Miss Spider

Adrienne Powell

Additional staff

Production Manager

Kathryn Nakaji

Assistant Stage Manager

Kristina Furey

Dramaturg

Yan Chen

Voice & Dialect Coach

Lee Nishri

Assistants to the director

Andrew Child, Dylan Hoffman

Assistant Costume Designer/Craft Artisan

Rebecca Jewett

Assistant Production Manager/Technical Director

Bryant Cyr

Lighting Design Associate

Ali Witten

Light Board Operator

Matt Breton

Sound Board Operator

Nell Robinson

Wardrobe

Sarah Josselyn

(^) Appears Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.