“Berkeley Playhouse gives the whole shebang a pleasingly lively production staged by founding artistic director Elizabeth McKoy.”Read source ↗
James and the Giant Peach
Making the story live in the room.
For Berkeley Playhouse’s tenth-anniversary season, Elizabeth chose a newly expanded version of James and the Giant Peach as a story about acceptance, trust, and the unexpected community that forms around a child in need of one.
The production embraced Roald Dahl’s scale and eccentricity through a large visual world and a buoyant ensemble, while keeping the emotional journey grounded in James learning to trust people unlike himself.
The artists who shaped the production together.
Elizabeth McKoy
Melissa Martinez
Rachel Robinson
Mark Mendelson
Maxx Kurzunski
Katelyn Fitt
Lisa Danz
The work, in conversation.
“A suspenseful, whimsical flight for the imagination.”Read source ↗
“It’s a rich, captivating and instantly loveable musical for any age theatergoer … with a potent underlying message of acceptance—of not being afraid to befriend and trust those unlike yourself.”Read source ↗
