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 Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Sadako
and the Paper Cranes: A Play for Young Audiences
Winner
of an Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting Award.
Dramatic
one Act Plays for Children
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
One
Act Play
Winner -- American High School theatre Festival,
High School Thespian Contests, Competitions
Performed at the
John F. Kennedy
Center in
Washington DC.
Children's
Play for School Tours and Educational Outreach
"A
tremendously moving piece..."
Children's
Book and Play Review
"September
11 completely changed what
it meant to do this play," says
Genevieve Deveyra who portrays Sadako in the Mill Mountain Theatre
production. "Now we are bringing a
message of peace that the world really needs to hear."
Sadako's
True Story: A Play for Children
"I'm
honored to be part
of this play and able to spread the story of Sadako," says
Akiko Hiroshima who played Sadako in Shoestring
Repertory's New Jersey production. "If
we are to make the audience think about world peace, I am very happy."
Professional
& Amateur Productions, Children's Play and Dramatic Play for all ages.
"Using
traditional Japanese theatre styles, A
Thousand Cranes offers a wonderful opportunity to share in a truly
multi-cultural experience."
Nebraska
Theatre Caravan
Theatre
for Young Audiences (TYA)
"The
magic of A
Thousand Cranes had
an impact that I'm sure will not soon fade from the lives of those
of us who were fortunate enough to be in
the audience. I
cannot recommend this piece highly enough."
Daniel
Higgins KDHX 88.1 FM St. Louis
Appropriate
for Children, Middle School, High School
and Children's Play Productions
"The
play is deeply
spiritual.
The message is that hope
rises from the ashes of tragedy."
Dori
Baker, Washington Post
Beautiful
Background Musical Soundtrack-- Original Music Professionally Developed.
"The
story of Sadako has done much to help my life and I believe this
play will be another source of strength and courage for me and many others."
Jonathan
Kiddish Weatherly PA
Children's
Play Script With Timely Message of World Peace.
In
one precise,
economical line, the playwright frees
Sadako
from her task, shifts emphasis from an individual
child
to the greater community, and expands the story's scope from
sustaining a single life to that of a global
effort
toward peace.
"It
is better," says her grandmother," for others to finish
the cranes."
Joseph
T. Rozmiarek, The Honolulu Advisor
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
One
Act Play Contest & High School Thespian
Theatre
Competitions
Performed at the
John F. Kennedy
Center in
Washington DC.
Children's
Play for School Tours and Educational Outreach
"A
tremendously moving piece..."
Children's
Book and Play Review
"September
11 completely changed
what it meant to do this play,"
says Genevieve Deveyra who portrays Sadako in the Mill Mountain
Theatre production. "Now we are
bringing a message of peace that the world really needs to hear."
Sadako's
True Story: A Play for Children
Appropriate
for Children, Middle School, High School
and Children's Play Productions
Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Sadako
and the Paper Cranes: A Play for Young Audiences
Winner
of an Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting Award.
Dramatic
one Act Plays for Children
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
One
Act Play
Winner -- American High School theatre Festival,
High School Thespian Contests, Competitions
Performed at the
John F. Kennedy
Center in
Washington DC.
Children's
Play for School Tours and Educational Outreach
"A
tremendously moving piece..."
Children's
Book and Play Review
"September
11 completely changed what
it meant to do this play," says
Genevieve Deveyra who portrays Sadako in the Mill Mountain Theatre
production. "Now we are bringing a
message of peace that the world really needs to hear."
Sadako's
True Story: A Play for Children
"I'm
honored to be part
of this play and able to spread the story of Sadako," says
Akiko Hiroshima who played Sadako in Shoestring
Repertory's New Jersey production. "If
we are to make the audience think about world peace, I am very happy."
Professional
& Amateur Productions, Children's Play and Dramatic Play for all ages.
"Using
traditional Japanese theatre styles, A
Thousand Cranes offers a wonderful opportunity to share in a truly
multi-cultural experience."
Nebraska
Theatre Caravan
Theatre
for Young Audiences (TYA)
"The
magic of A
Thousand Cranes had
an impact that I'm sure will not soon fade from the lives of those
of us who were fortunate enough to be in
the audience. I
cannot recommend this piece highly enough."
Daniel
Higgins KDHX 88.1 FM St. Louis
Appropriate
for Children, Middle School, High School
and Children's Play Productions
"The
play is deeply
spiritual.
The message is that hope
rises from the ashes of tragedy."
Dori
Baker, Washington Post
Beautiful
Background Musical Soundtrack-- Original Music Professionally Developed.
"The
story of Sadako has done much to help my life and I believe this
play will be another source of strength and courage for me and many others."
Jonathan
Kiddish Weatherly PA
Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Sadako
and the Paper Cranes: A Play for Young Audiences
Winner
of an Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting Award.
Dramatic
one Act Plays for Children
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Sadako
and the Paper Cranes: A Play for Young Audiences
Winner
of an Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting Award.
Dramatic
one Act Plays for Children
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
One
Act Play
Winner -- American High School theatre Festival,
High School Thespian Contests, Competitions
Performed at the
John F. Kennedy
Center in
Washington DC.
Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Sadako
and the Paper Cranes: A Play for Young Audiences
Winner
of an Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting Award.
Dramatic
one Act Plays for Children
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children, published by
St. Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
One
Act Play
Winner -- American High School theatre Festival,
High School Thespian Contests, Competitions
Performed at the
John F. Kennedy
Center in
Washington DC.
Children's
Play for School Tours and Educational Outreach
"A
tremendously moving piece..."
Children's
Book and Play Review |
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True
Story of Sadako and the Paper Cranes
School Play for a Large Cast of Young Performers!
Large
Cast Sadako Play for Schools
A
Thousand Cranes, Large Cast, Fusion Youth Theatre, UK
"I
can't tell you how much performing A
Thousand Cranes
meant to my students and me. Everyone
was
very moved and inspired. Thanks for such a beautiful script!"
Diane
Purvis, Teacher & Librarian
A
Thousand Cranes is an extraordinary departure from
children's theatre as usual. Thought
provoking and dramatic, even the youngest
children can understand the play's deepest
meanings.
Affordable
School Play Package!
Running
Time: About 40 minutes.
Flexible
cast of about 17-38, 6 Male, 5 Female, All others M/F.
Easily
adapted for larger or smaller cast.
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
Easy
For Children to Learn and Perform
 
Fifth
Grade Performance of School Play, A Thousand Cranes
Upland
Country Day School, Kennett Square PA
Start
your children folding cranes, then
explore the Script and
Teacher's Guide. Finally, using the
script's simple suggestions, stage the
play for the whole
school to enjoy. Let your children do
more than present Sadako's story...
let
them live it!
Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children
Coleman
A. Jennings, St Martin's Press, Foreword Maurice Sendak
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" an aftermath
of the bomb's effects.
Gentle
Message Brings Understanding
A
Thousand Cranes, Ashland Children's Theatre, 2007 Play Production
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.
Fold
A Thousand Cranes for Sadako
John
C. Fremont Charter School, Merced, CA
Children
may fold cranes and send them to Sadako's Statue
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SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
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.
A
Powerful Story for Young People
 
Honolulu
Theatre for Youth
Sadako's
friends and classmates finished Sadako's work. They folded
enough paper cranes to make a thousand.
"A
tremendously moving piece..."
Children's
Book and Play Review
Sadako's Friends Folded Cranes
Sadako's
Friend Kenji Teaches Her to Fold Cranes
Lexington
Children's Theater,
KY
Today
children in Japan and all
over the world 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:
Children's
Peace Monument
Hiroshima,
Japan
This
is our cry,
This
is our prayer,
Peace
in the world.
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
A
Timely Theme with Universal Appeal
 
St.
Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
"A
Thousand Cranes is one of the most moving pieces of American
playwriting I have ever had the privilege of experiencing, It has a
timely theme and universal appeal."
Suzanne
Larson, Artistic Director - Lady's Island Dinner Theatre
Adapted
for Children to Perform
 
A
Thousand Cranes, Fusion Youth Theatre, Grimsby, UK
"A
Thousand Cranes is one of those rare
experiences
that teaches you what theatre for young audiences, in its
highest form, is all about."
Hugh
Murphy, for the Ohio Arts Councilil.
Sadako Travels
a Wondrous Journey
 
Sadako's
Grandmother takes her to the Land of A Thousand Spirits!
A
Thousand Cranes, Lexington Children's
Theatre, KY
"We
performed A
Thousand Cranes at the Elementary Drama Festival - it
was a HUGE hit!! I told them all that we
had a beautiful script to work with which made it all that
much easier to produce a wonderful play!"
Tammy
Feeney, Sussex Corner School, NB, Canada
Affordable
School Play Package!
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
A
Play That Inspires Compassion!
National
Crane Project: David’s Origami Cranes
In
photo, David Heard, 10, of Easton holds a thousand origami cranes.
Lafayette College produced "A Thousand Cranes," the story
based on a Japanese tradition that people who are sick will get well
if they fold a thousand origami cranes. They are bringing all these
cranes to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg to share with kids in the
pediatric cancer center. - The Morning Call Allentown, PA
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"Kathryn
Schultz Miller is arguably America's leading playwright
for
children, with a career spanning more than 30 years."
David
Jacobson, Life Newspapers, Sacramento, CA |
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Kathryn
Schultz Miller
is the author of over 50
plays for
young audiences. Her plays
have received countless awards and have been produced by amateur
and professional theatre companies around the world. Having served as
Artistic Director of the professional ArtReach Touring Theatre for
over 20 years, Ms. Miller is one of the nation's most produced
playwrights for young
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"You
offer a great product that is affordable for our school."
JoAnna
Pillsbury, Brewster Elementary, Rochester Hills MI
Recommended
for Grades 3 and Up
The
School Play Version of A Thousand Cranes requires
no professional experience in
theatre. It is written in simple
terms and
is meant as a tool to help you and your students explore
the many aspects of Sadako's story and to encourage
children on the path to a mature
understanding of peace.
Leads
to Understanding About Peace
Sadako
meets Emperor and Warrior From the Past!
Morristown-Beard
School, Morristown, NJ
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A
flexible cast of 17 to 38.
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About
20 performers may be female or male.
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Sadako
can
be played by up to 8 girls to ensure that no one child is the "star".
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Suggestions
on how to use simple percussion instruments (raid the music room!)
to excellent effect.
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Open
staging! Your gymnasium, cafeteria or any other large room is perfect.
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Costume
pieces and scenery can be made in the classroom.
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A
CD of original, beautiful
poignant background music and sound effects.
Affordable
School Play Package!
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
Dance
Opportunities
Sadako's
journey is a wonderful opportunity to include dance.
Let
your students' imaginations soar!
Online Study Guides
Phoenix
Theatre for Children
Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, Imaginary Theatre
Childsplay,
Arizona's Professional Theatre for Young Audiences
Syracuse
Stage and SU Drama
First
Stage Children's Theatre
School Play for Kids!
Grades
3 - 9 Perform A Thousand Cranes Together!
Reach
Performing Arts Center, Deer Island, ME
"Thank
you for writing such an inspiring children's play. I've
been teaching drama for three years and never
have my students been more engaged with a story."
Anne
Mantha, St. Mary Magdalen School - Hazel Park, MI
Easy
for Children to Learn and Perform
 
Even
the youngest children can relate to Sadako's Story.
Norwood-Norfolk
Central School, Norwood, NY
Inspires
Interest in Other Cultures
 
JapanFest,
Japan-American Society of Georgia, Atlanta
"We
had two wonderful performances. The play's theme is very
appropriate for these times. The students
did a superb job portraying the message, which brought
me to the verge of tears."
Dorothy
Loveland, Bayan School, Bahrain
Sadako's
Story Around The World!
Asian
Children's Festival, Singapore
"The
music teacher came up to me and said it brought
tears to her eyes. The notes you sent with the play
were very encouraging
and helpful. It was very
special to me to get a chance to have
my students tell Sadako's story. Thanks for such a beautiful
script!"
Diane
Purvis, Teacher & Librarian
"This
is a beautiful story and a very good one to use for UIL one-act play competition."
Avan
Johnson, Molina High School, Dallas
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SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
Kathryn
Schultz Miller created the children's play
of this true story in 1988. Since then it
has been performed literally thousands of times by
professional and community theatres all
over the world. Ms. Miller has adapted
this children's play version of A Thousand Cranes for a
large cast of young performers, schools, teachers and students.
How
to Fold a Paper Crane
Instructions
in Script and Teacher's Guide
Send
Your Cranes to Sadako!
Large
Cast of Children,
Dale Elem School in Medfield, MA
"If
we were at least able to help audiences think about world peace, I
am very happy."
Akiko
Hiroshima, Shoestring Repertory, New Jersey
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
United
States Entry in World Festival!
 2002
Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland
Congratulations
to East Central High School's Drama Club & Kathy Ebnet,
Director, of Sandstone, Minnesota. Their children's play production
of A Thousand Cranes was selected out of 481 nominations across the
US to represent the nation
in the American High School Theatre Festival
as part
of the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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There
are 3 script versions of
A
Thousand Cranes:
Touring
Version
Cast
of 3, for Adult Actors.
(1m,
2f)
Expanded
Version
Flexible
Cast of 13 for grades 6-12
(4m,
4f, 5m/f)
School
Play Version (this
page)
Flexible
Cast of 17-38, grades
K-6
(2m,
4f, 9-32m/f)
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SCHOOL
PLAY PACKAGE (Everything)
One
payment for everything you need to perform this
children's play at your school or organization. No
need to purchase multiple scripts, no
royalty quote, no
separate royalty payment. Order the
School Play Package and you're done -- start
rehearsals immediately!
The
SCHOOL PLAY PACKAGE Includes:
1.
Master Script ($9.95)
2.
Teachers Guide ($9.95)
3.
CD Soundtrack ($29.95)
4.
Performance License ($60.00)
(License:
Rights to copy script, Royalty
for one performance)
Get
Everything ($109.85
value) - Only $99.95
(
SAVE MORE $$$ WITH FULL
DOWNLOAD - NO
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Appeals
to Both Boys and Girls
 
5th
Graders, Upland Country Day School, Kennett Square, PA
"My
Year 6 students performed A Thousand Cranes
three times last week and each
performance was a huge success. There
were teachers actually
crying and even the kindergarten
students were quiet as they watched! As
one child said&ldots; ”I really didn’t get Sadako
when you first told us about her, but
now I can see how important she is." Thank you for such
a great script that was easy to stage
and which had such a
beautiful and moving message!"
Mary
Westall, St. Therese Primary School, Sydney, Australia
Your
"A Thousand Cranes" Children's Play Project can encompass
far more than just performing the play:
How
to Fold a Paper Crane
Thousand
Cranes Club
Cranes
for Peace, Santa Fe
Kids
Peace Station (Send your cranes)
"Listen
to the Wisdom of Our Children"
Houlton Star
Bright Children’s Theatre, Bangor Daily News
“When
I first read this script I knew that we had to share this play with
our community. The kids have really embraced it. I hope the audience
comes away from this play and thinks about peace. I hope they
realize to always remember to listen to the wisdom of our children.”
Pam
Chernesky, Artistic Director, Houlton Star Bright Children's Theatre
Bednarcik
Junior High School, Oswego IL
Info
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SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
Audience |
Elementary
Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Parents,
Teachers,
Families |
Cast |
Flexible
cast of about 17-38: 2 female, all others m/f,
easily
adapted for smaller/larger casts, grades 1-6. |
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About
40 minutes |
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Cues,
sound effects, original background music |
Royalty |
Royalty
& Performance License Required (Details)
SCHOOL
PLAY PACKAGE (Everything) - $99.95 |
READ
SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES
Links
Online Study Guides
Phoenix
Theatre for Children
Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, Imaginary Theatre
Childsplay,
Arizona's Professional Theatre for Young Audiences
Syracuse
Stage and SU Drama
First
Stage Children's Theatre
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