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CSB
and SJU students to present A
Thousand Cranes theater production
Saint John's
University & College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph MN
A
Thousand Cranes, a play by Kathryn Schultz Miller, opens at the
Colman Theater, Benedicta Arts Center of the College of Saint Benedict.
A
Thousand Cranes is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki (played
by CSB sophomore Mai Yia Thao), who was 2 years old when the United
States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6,
1945 (she lived one mile from ground zero). When she was 12, Sadako
developed leukemia from after effects of the bomb's radiation.
"Sadako
lives on through the play, A Thousand Cranes."
ArtReach's A
Thousand Cranes - Silver Stage Players, Elko NV
Inspired
by an old belief, Sadako tried to fold a thousand origami paper
cranes; it was said that if one was able to do this, they would
recover their health. In real life - and in the play - Sadako was
unable to finish all of the cranes and dies. She is "taken"
by the spirit of her grandmother (played by CSB first-year student
Chee Xiong), whose earthly life had ended when the bomb fell, to join
her ancestors.
Sadako
lives on through the play, which was created by Miller in 1988. She
is also memorialized in statues at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, and
the Seattle Peace Park.
The
cast includes 11 actors from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint
John's University who were chosen during the first week of school.
The play is directed by Kaarin Johnston, professor of theater at CSB
and SJU.
"As
part of the play, students are creating 1,000 paper cranes."
ArtReach's A
Thousand Cranes - Silver Stage Players, Elko NV
Tickets
for A Thousand Cranes are $8 for adults; $4 for students (ages 5 and
up); and $4 for faculty, staff and OSB members. Seating is limited,
so interested persons are encouraged to call in advance and order tickets.
The
production is also being performed without scenery Oct. 3 at Kennedy
Community School, St. Joseph. Although that performance is closed to
the public, the CSB and SJU students are giving up part of their
"long weekend" holiday break to perform the show for the students.
As
part of the play, students are creating 1,000 paper cranes. Sarah
Howes, a senior at CSB and the play's dramaturg (researcher), is
finding students and others to learn origami folding.
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