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Junior High School Students Perform ArtReach's The Wizard of Oz
Altoona Mirror, PA

The Altoona Area Junior High School Drama Club will present "The Wizard of Oz."

A senior citizen preview will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Public performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, with a matinee show at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. All performances will take place in the Altoona Area Junior High School auditorium.

L. Frank Baum's classic novel comes to life in "The Wizard of Oz." Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a cyclone from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz.

"Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a cyclone."
The Wizard of Oz play for Junior High Students Middle School Kids in ArtReach's The Wizard of Oz
ArtReach's  "The Wizard of Oz." - Altoona Area Junior High School Drama Club

There, she encounters a host of whimsical characters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, and things magical to behold.

To find her way home, she must journey along the Yellow Brick Road to see the mysterious and all-powerful Wizard in Emerald City.

Along the way, she makes new friends, but must also brave many dangers, including the Wicked Witch of the West, who will stop at nothing to get her hands-on Dorothy's magical ruby slippers.

"An important lesson: there's no place like home."
Cast of Wizard of Oz Play Flying Monkeys in Wizard of Oz
ArtReach's  "The Wizard of Oz." - Altoona Area Junior High School Drama Club

To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: there's no place like home.

With more than 70 actors and almost 25 crew members, "The Wizard of Oz." is sure to be entertaining and fun for everyone.

The show is being directed and produced by drama club faculty advisers Stacy Palilla and Jordan Giordano, along with assistants Lindsay Smith, Lucy Craig and Ashley Cover.

General admission tickets will only be on sale at the door and will cost $10 for adults and $5 for children/students. Doors open 45 minutes before each show.

"More than 70 actors and almost 25 crew members."
Large Cast Play for Middle School students wizard of Oz
ArtReach's  "The Wizard of Oz." - Altoona Area Junior High School Drama Club

Courtesy photo Surrounded by Munchkins, Dorothy and Toto encounter Glinda the Good Witch who tells them that in order to have their questions answered they must travel to Emerald City to see the Wizard of Oz. Rehearsing for the Altoona Area Junior High School's production of "The Wizard of Oz" are (from left): standing front -- Mallory Ganz (Toto), Charlotte White (Dorothy), Campbell Fleegle (Munchkin Burly), Kayla Wolfe (Munchkin Curly), Munchkin Joe (Tenley Keefer) and Grace Pensyl (Glinda).

DHS OAP presented moving performance of ArtReach's "A Thousand Cranes"
Devine High School, Devine News TX

You could have heard a pin drop as the Devine High School One Act play set the solemn scene of Hiroshima, where the main character Sadako (Ariana Russell) suffered the long lasting effects of the atom bomb which fell ten years prior to this scene. Russell and the entire cast and crew did an excellent job of handling such difficult subject matter.

The audience enjoyed comical and playful banter in some of the opening scenes between Sadako (Russell) and Kenji (Jose Guardiola) as they raced "on the playground."

When the story took a scary turn, doctors at the hospital (Jose and Amada Guardiola) did a good job of portraying the confusion and hysteria as the child Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia.

"You could have heard a pin drop!"
High School Performance of Sadako Play
Devine High School, TX - ArtReach's A Thousand Cranes

Team members who helped put on the production of A Thousand Cranes are (back row, left to right): Patti Taitano, Miguel Palma, Jo Taitano, Gabby Romano, Abbey Paulson, Ariana Russell, Amada Guardiola, Emilie Dudley, and Charlize Benavidez; front row (left to right): Paige Williamson, Shi Mercer, Paige Reyna, Jose Guardiola, and Jillian Courtade.

Jose Guardiola played three roles in the play, a difficult feat, and did a good job of transitioning from character to character.

The carefully orchestrated lighting by crew members Emilie Dudley and Paige Williamson, and sound effects by Charlize Benavidez and Paige Reyna did a great job of setting the solemn tone of the play.

Grandmother played by Abbey Paulson also did an excellent job portraying the grandmother's spirit, the character which delivers the news that the little girl is passing away from the effects of the bomb.

In one of the most tender moments of the production, grandmother (Paulson) explains to the little girl that the atom bomb has made her very sick, even though it took years for her to become ill.

"But it's been ten years since the bomb fell," Sadako says, "How can that be grandmother?"

"The bomb continues to fall, Sadako," grandmother said.

Stage manager Jillian Courtade, makeup artist Miguel Palma, stage assistant Josephine Taitano, costume construction by Madeline Steubing, alternate Gabby Romano, and director Patti Taitano also did an awesome job bringing this play to life.

PCC play 'Cranes' is all about hope
By Nicky Hamila For the Arizona Daily Star

Betsy Kruse Craig has the ultimate teaching tool: Theater.

Craig has been instrumental in bringing theater for children to the Pima Community College stage.

Based on a true story, it's about a young girl named Sadako Sasaki who lived in Hiroshima. She was 2 when the atom bomb was dropped on the city, and 12 when she was diagnosed with leukemia from the radiation.

"Kids have a voice that is powerful."
A Thousand Cranes
Pima Community College, AZ

It touches on culture, war, self-empowerment, empathy.  And that's just for starters.

Japanese legend holds that if a sick person folds a thousand cranes, the gods will make the person healthy again.

Sadako starts folding cranes in hopes she will recover. It's a task she can't complete — she lives long enough to fold 644 cranes. Her classmates fold the rest and bury them with her.

"She is the icon for hope and peace," Craig said. "I think it's important for kids to understand that they have a voice and that their voice is powerful."

The play also teaches about war and its ravages.

"There have been children throughout history that have had to go through war," Craig said. "I think it's important for kids to know how other children have lived in countries of war. . . . For a piece like this, it teaches you about culture and history and sympathy and empathy."

And that makes "A Thousand Cranes" a play of a different sort.

"It's less of a play," said Craig, "and more of an epic poem."

PREVIEW
"A Thousand Cranes"
• Presented by: Pima Community College Theatre Arts.
• By: Kathryn Schultz Miller.
• Director: Betsy Kruse Craig.
• When: 7 p.m. Fri and Sat; 2 p.m. Sat and Sun through Oct. 5.
• Tickets: $6.
• Information: 206-6986.
• Running time: 60 minutes, with no intermission. 

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