Biography

Grace Asaro

Grace Asaro is a San Diego Junior Theatre alum who has loved returning 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 plays and musicals across San Diego County. As a dancer, she specializes in musical theatre jazz, Fosse, and classical ballet and believes in the importance of technique as a tool for storytelling. Alongside teaching, Grace also currently works as a performer at Legoland California and Seaworld San Diego. Grace was the choreographer for JT’s production of James and the Giant Peach.

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.