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ArtReach's
Famed
Award-
Winning
Play 'A Thousand Cranes' has been performed around the world!
Sadako's message inspires young people with hope and peace!
"I wanted to congratulate you on 1000 Cranes. It was more than a
play, it truly was a total EXPERIENCE!! I loved it. Your very
talented cast put so much life into such a poignant and important story!"
Sheryl
Altman, Southboro, Prana Center, Holliston
"As
a young girl I read Sadako's story and remember how much it
resonated with me. Here is a girl with dignity, grace and
irrepressible spirit. Sadako reminds us what a single gesture
of kindness can have on future generations."
Lauren
Unlekant, Educational Outreach, Syracuse Stage, NY
Running
Time: About 40 minutes.
Morristown-Beard
School, NJ
ArtReach's
Medium Cast is for a Medium Size Flexible cast of 13, 4 Male, 4
Female, All others M/F.
Easily
adapted for larger or smaller cast.
Asian
Children's
Play
Festival
UIL
(University Interscholastic League) Approved Play!
"My
high school drama club won the North Dakota State One Act
competition yesterday, mostly because the possibility of great things
with your script."
Melissa
Entzi, Drama Teacher, Edgeley High School, NC
A Thousand Cranes Inspires Compassion!
National
Crane Project: David’s Origami Cranes
"If
you haven't seen A Thousand Cranes, don't miss it! It was incredibly
moving. Until you see these young actors and actresses portray
the life of one affected 12 year old girl, you haven't really felt
the story with your heart."
Ceci
LeBeau, Holliston Prana Center, MA
Medium
Version: This one act play is perfect for Middle Schools, High
Schools, Community Theatres, One-Act Play Contests and One-Act Play Festivals.
A
Beautiful Soundtrack CD with
easy cue sheet will add incredible polish and professionalism to
your production.
Featured
in Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children
"This
is a story of beauty and hope."
Lauren
Unlekant, Educational Outreach, Syracuse Stage, NY
Ancient
Emperor,
Harvey
Middle, Katonah, NY
"A Thousand Cranes left me emotional but hopeful for a future
where we have learned from the past."
Katie
Roundy, Utah Theatre Bloggers
"A
THOUSAND CRANES is a moving story of one girl's courage and triumph."
Julia
Magnasco Education Director, First Stage, Milwaukee, WI
“Telling
the true story of a young Japanese girl who lived through Hiroshima
in World War II, allowed ACT to bring history, literature, art,
science and world studies to hundreds and hundreds of local students.”
Director
Sarah Diamond Burroway, Actors for Children Theatre, Flatwoods KY
"A
Thousand Cranes", was presented Saturday at the One Act
Festival at Cumberland High School where Galileo nabbed second place
overall in the district competition."
Director
Glenn Weyler
"Thanks
again for a wonderful story. Everyone in the audience loved
our A Thousand Cranes. Our cast has been proud to tell this
story. We all agreed that we would be a little sad to perform A
Thousand Cranes for the last time."
Jan
Thompson, Central High School Wise, VA
Instructions on How to Fold a Paper Crane and where to send them to
Sadako's Statue
in Japan
are in ArtReach's Teacher's Guide!
"A
Thousand Cranes is filled with messages of hope, strength, and
courage and continues to encourage young people throughout the world
to work for peace."
Chapel
Hill, Carrboro, NC
"This
multiple award-winning play has been produced by countless
professional and community theatres in the United States and in other
countries around the world."
Skwalking
Heads Chattanooga Center
East
Central High School Drama Club (Kathy Ebnet, Director), of
Sandstone, MN, Minnesota. Their A Thousand Cranes was selected
out of 481 nominations to represent the US
in the American High School Theatre Festival, Fringe Festival in
Edinburgh, Scotland.
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A Powerful Story for Young People
 
Honolulu
Theatre for Youth - The National School of Drama, Delhi, India
For
A Medium Size (Medium) Cast of Teens, Middle Schools, High Schools
A
Thousand Cranes is an extraordinary experience
for young performers and
young audiences.
This One Act Play may be staged with a
few simple props and unlimited
imagination. The result is always elegant
and moving.
Excellent
Roles for Young Performers
 
Play for Kids to Perform -
Lansing Middle School, NY
"It
was an outstanding production. The
performance left me with burning eyes and a lump
in my throat and a fear that my heart
would burst with pride!"
Greg Brooks,
Headmaster, St. Mary's DSG School for Girls, South Africa
Affordable
School Play Package!
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A
Thousand Cranes is the true, poignant
story of Sadako Sasaki. Sadako
was only two years old when the
Hiroshima bomb fell and seemed
to be unharmed, but at twelve she was
diagnosed with "radiation
sickness".
Easy
to Stage a Stunning Production
 
Somerset
Co. Vocational School, NJ - Asian Children's Theatre Festival
"A
local touring troupe for children won
top honors at the Kentucky Theatre
Association Community Theatre Festival. Actors
for Children Theatre of Flatwoods, KY was selected as
KTA’s 2013 “Outstanding Production”
for its performance of A Thousand Cranes."
Herald-Dispatch, Huntington WV
"A Single Gesture of Kindness..."
 
Ashland
Children's Theatre - Orcutt
Academy, Santa Maria, CA
With
boundless optimism, she takes an old
story to heart: "If a sick person folds
a thousand paper cranes the gods will grant her wish
and make her well again." Sadako begins to fold
her thousand cranes.
"The
Students Were Amazing!"
 
Actors for Children Theatre,
Flatwoods, KY - Centenary Stage, MA
Before
Sadako is able to complete her task, she
is visited by her Grandmother
who lovingly carries her on the back of a
glorious crane, to the
land of a thousand, thousand spirits.
There Sadako joins her ancestors and
learns that her true
wish may be granted.
"Resonates Beautifully"
 
Young Cast,
Majestic Theatre, Crovallis, OR, 2012
Sadako's
friends and classmates finished
Sadako's work. They folded enough paper
cranes to make a thousand.
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School Play Package!
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Sadako's
Friends Folded Paper Cranes
 
Lexington
Children's Theater,
KY - Seattle Peace Park
Today
children in Japan and
all over the world,
children fold a thousand paper cranes and
lay them at the feet of Sadako's
statue in the Hiroshima Peace Park.
Their wish is engraved at
the bottom of the monument:
"This
is Our Cry - This is Our Prayer..."
  
"Peace
in the World"
Play
for Schools, Theatres, Youth Groups
 
A Thousand
Cranes, Fusion Youth Theatre, Grimsby, UK
A
THOUSAND CRANES GETS 5 STARS IN SALT LAKE CITY!
“AWESOME!” “LOVED
IT!” “The dedication and
outpouring of soul
oozing from
each cast member resonates beautifully.”
Brigham Young
University, Utah, Utah Stages Review
Sadako
Flies on a Wonderous Journey!
 
A Thousand
Cranes, Lexington Children's
Theatre, KY
“What
an absolutely unforgettable experience
you have given us. We had an overwhelming response
to A THOUSAND CRANES. We had a total sold-out
audience of nearly 600 and the show held
everyone enthralled! No one moved a muscle during the
entire show and there were always tears and
prolonged applause.”
Sharon Sproule Ontario’s
Espanola Youth Theatre
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School Play Package!
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National
Endowment for the Arts Winner
 
Winner of the
National Endowment
for the Arts Playwriting Award
Phantom
Projects, La Mirada Theatre, CA - Syracuse Stage
“A
Thousand Cranes made history come alive
for these kids,”
Director Wilson said. “It has given them
a life experience that they would have never had without doing
this dramatic piece. I think it’s
touched them all greatly. District administrators watched a
dress rehearsal of the play Wednesday with tears
in their eyes."
Kids Grades 6, 7, 8 at Orcutt
Acadmey, Santa Maria, CA
Dramatic Roles for Your Talented Students  
Lansing Middle School, NY
"The
ideas and movements used are
inspired by traditional, Japanese theatre,
and are also visually beautiful,"
said the Players' artistic director Katy Brown, who's also directing
A Thousand Cranes. "The audience will be taken
to another country and culture through Japanese
percussion, music, costumes, masks, glowing lanterns and a
stunning set."
Barter Theatre,
Abington, VA
Affordable
School Play Package!
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"An Unforgettable Experience!"
 
University
of Wisconsin
- Syracuse Stage
A
Flexible Cast of 13: (4m,
4f,
5 m/f) Doubling & extras possible. You
have permission to
adjust the cast to your school's needs.
One
Act Play Length: About
40-45
minutes long:
Perfect for touring to your local elementary
school.
Easy
staging, costumes, scenery: Inexpensive
masks, fans and paper parasols create a setting of stunning
drama. Several special costumes may be created in the shop or
art room. Your students' imaginations will soar!
Medium Cast for Teens to Perform!
 
Western Academy
of Beijing
- Bednarcik Junior High School, Oswego IL
One-Act
Play Award Winner!
 
Barter Theatre, Abington, Va
-- Lansing Middle School, NY
"A
wonderful One Act Playscript that gives
the actors and director complete artistic
choice! There were very few dry
eyes in the house at the end of this performance."
Stephanie
Brotherton, Drama Teacher, Marion C. Early High School, MO
Send Your Paper Cranes to Sadako 
Somerset County Vocational
School, NJ
"In
honor of this amazing story of one
little girl who helped change the world, PPT
is encouraging all the students attending the school shows to
fold an origami crane to be hung in the Norvell Theater throughout
the run of the show."
Piedmont Players, Salisbury, NC
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A
Thousand Cranes (3 Versions):
Touring
Version
Cast
of 3, for Adult Actors. (1m, 2f)
Medium
Version (this page)
Flexible
Cast of 13 for grades 6-12
(4m,
4f, 5m/f)
School
Play Version
Flexible Cast
of 17-38, grades
K-6
(2m,
4f, 9-32m/f)
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"The
students
were amazing and our audience very
appreciative. We made 1000 cranes to send to
Japan and now all feel so satisfied
with our efforts. What a great experience!"
Phyl Cameron,
Phoenix Players, NZ
"What a great experience!" 
Middle School
Performers, Phoenix
Players, New Zealand
"Our
production is unique in
that in additional to spoken English, we have seamlessly
interwoven American Sign Language,
which is spoken by
everyone in the play.
A Thousand Cranes is the story of one
girl's brave battle,
and the wish that made her a national
heroine in Japan."
Ritual
Theatre Company, New York, New York
Affordable
School Play Package!
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ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS! Are you looking for a version of this play that you
can perform with your students? Cast size 30+, adapted for young performers.
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