Biography

Grace Asaro

Grace Asaro is a San Diego Junior Theatre alum who is very excited to return as a teaching artist! She graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Theatre Performance and an emphasis on movement and choreography. Grace has choreographed numerous straight plays along with musicals and is trained in all styles of dance including classical ballet, tap, contemporary and musical theatre jazz. She has also worked with the Old Globe as an intern choreographer for their high school summer programs and has taught dance all across San Diego County. Grace will be choreographing JT’s upcoming production of James and the Giant Peach.

Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

Directed by Elissa Russell
Music Direction by Kailee Ash-Ray
Choreography by Grace Asaro

Words and Music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
Based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities. After it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the peach residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.