James and the Giant Peach Jr. Based on: The book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (before Dear Evan Hansen and La La Land ) Book: Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptation) Target Audience: Family, young performers, elementary/middle school theater groups Runtime: Approx. 60 minutes (standard junior musical length)
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After his parents' untimely death, James is forced to live with his mean and spoiled aunts, Spiker and Sponge. One day, a mysterious old man gives James a bag of magical crocodile tongues, which James accidentally spills near a peach tree. The tongues cause a giant peach to grow, and James discovers a secret entrance into the fruit. james and the giant peach jr
The show condenses Dahl’s plot into one act. After young James Henry Trotter’s parents are eaten by a runaway rhinoceros, he’s sent to live with his cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge. One day, a mysterious old man gives James a bag of magical green “crocodile tongues.” James accidentally spills them near an old peach tree, producing a single, giant peach. James crawls inside and meets six oversized, talking insects (a Grasshopper, Ladybug, Spider, Centipede, Earthworm, and Glowworm). Together, they cut the peach loose, roll over the aunts, and embark on a fantastical journey across the Atlantic — surviving a shark attack, a hailstorm (turned into cloud people), and landing on the Empire State Building, where James finds a new family. One day, a mysterious old man gives James
When James accidentally spills the crystals near a barren peach tree, a peach grows to an enormous size—larger than a house. Inside the fruit, James discovers a group of human-sized, talking insects: James And The Giant Peach Jr Script - wiki.rschooltoday.com After young James Henry Trotter’s parents are eaten