The Coterie Theatre production of “James and the Giant Peach,” an adaptation of a 1961 novel by Roald Dahl, is an agreeable mix of low-tech gags and over-the-top performances. But before I go any further I should mention the costumes. Designer Lauren Roark, a graduate student in the UMKC Theater Department, has come up with some wildly inventive, aggressively colorful outfits for her actors that become an integral part of the show. The costumes, independent of what the actors may do, produce some of the biggest laughs.
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