Seacoast Rep Opens JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH 4/13

Roald Dahl's classic tale of a boy and his magic peach comes to life on The Rep stage! After the smashing success of PAPA's (Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts) collaboration with the Rep's Adult Resident Company's production of Winnie The Pooh A Christmas Tale, director Miles Burns felt as though he should continue the tradition of combining youth apprentices with seasoned adult actors to put on a youth production. James and The Giant Peach was an "obvious choice" says Burns "The story lends itself to the adult actors being able to portray many different roles, and to have some fun while doing it. And it allows the youth company to work with adult actors they look up to and 'step up their game'. The combination is a winning match."

James and The Giant Peach is well-loved story of a boy orphaned at a young age (his parents were eaten by a rhino!) and made to live with his nasty and cruel Aunts Spiker and Sponge. James' life is then turned around as he meets a mysterious man who grants him all the magic in the world, but when the magic gets loose and lands in a nearby peach tree, James' adventure begins to grow (as does the peach and all the inhabitants in the trunk of the tree!).

The cast for James and The Giant Peach includes: Gavin Sorge (James) Chris Bradley (Aunt Sponge), Knate Higgins (Aunt Spiker), Noah Nelson (The Mysterious Man/Ensemble) Jamie Bradley (The Grasshopper), Christine Dulong (The Ladybug), Joshua Moore (The Earthworm), Miles Burns (The Centipede), Seraphina Caliguire, (The Spider/Mrs. Trotter), Chelsea Herman (The Glow-Worm), Grady O'Neil (The Silk Worm), and Robin Fowler (Mr. Trotter/Ensemble).

James and The Giant Peach runs Saturdays April 13th, 20th, and 27th at 2 pm. Tickets are $6-10. Tickets may be purchased in person at The Rep box office at 125 Bow Street Portsmouth, NH, over the phone at 603.433.4472, or online at www.seacoastrep.org.

The PAPA Youth Program is graciously sponsored by Optima Bank and Trust, and Piscataqua Savings Bank. The Rep wishes to thank its 2013 Season and mainstage Sponsors: America's Best Inn, Catchfire Creative, D.F. Richard and NHPTV.

Founded in 1987, SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE is a not-for-profit arts and educational organization, which has been entertaining, enlightening and engaging audiences as New Hampshire's only year-round professional theatre for decades. Winner of countless regional and local awards, the Rep offers a complete schedule of award-winning musicals, plays and youth productions as well as educational opportunities for all ages with its youth workshops, classes, camps an