Show Plot James and the Giant Peach

Authors: Play by David Wood or Richard George, music by Justin Paul, adapted from book by Roald Dahl

Time Period: Mid-20th century (circa 1948–1961); the story takes place indefinitely in a timeless, whimsical post-WWII mid-century backdrop

Setting: A dreary, isolated hill in the English countryside (the home of Aunts Sponge and Spiker); Inside and atop the giant peach floating across the Atlantic Ocean; New York City (ending high up on the Empire State Building and later living inside the giant peach stone in Central Park)

Summary: James, an orphan boy who escapes into a gigantic, magical peach where he has a wild and surreal adventure with seven magically altered garden bugs.