Name: UWEC Theatre: James and the Giant Peach
Start: 2026-04-24T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-24T22:00:00-05:00
Location: Haas Fine Arts Center - UW

Riverside Theatre | Haas Fine Arts Center
By David Wood, Based on the Book by Roald Dahl
Directed by Jennifer Chapman
In this delightful stage adaptation, Roald Dahl’s classic tale is faithfully told by James himself, along with the insect characters – Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird, and Earthworm. The play begins at the end of the story, when James and his friends are living in the giant peach stone in Central Park, New York.
A tour guide brings a party of tourists (the audience) to see this major attraction, and James and his friends tell the story of how they came to live in New York. The insects play the other roles, like James’s cruel Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, and the epic journey across the Atlantic is acted out with live action, puppetry and storytelling in David Wood’s masterful adaptation.
SHOWTIMES:
Friday-Saturday, April 24-25 | 7:30pm
Sunday, April 26 | 1:30pm
Wednesday & Thursday, April 29-30 | 7:30pm
Saturday, May 1-2 | 7:30pm
Sunday, May 3 | 1:30pm
Visit linktr.ee/uwecmta to find ticketing and livestreams links, information on upcoming events, donation options, and more!