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Young Cherokee
Small Cast (Touring) Play for Theatres, Schools

Young Cherokee Native American Play for Young Audiences

Young Cherokee

Cast: 3 (2M, 1F), expandable, adults
Time: about 45-50 minutes
CD: sound FX, background music
Audience: Primary-intermediate, families
Companion Play: Trail of Tears

Small cast one act play for young audiences.  Suitable for professional or student performers.  Mainstage or touring to schools.

Cherokee play for young audiences

Young Cherokee

Cast: 3 (2M, 1F), expandable, adults
Time: about 45-50 minutes
CD: sound FX, background music
Audience: Primary-intermediate, families
Companion Play: Trail of Tears

Small cast one act play for young audiences.  Suitable for professional or student performers.  Mainstage or touring to schools.

ArtReach's Young Cherokee is a small cast play for young audiences.  This is a coming of age adventure drama is set in the Appalachian mountains and offers understanding of Native American culture before the events of the Trail of Tears.  Exciting and poignant, this play has been performed by professional theatres and schools.  It is suitable for adult or student performers.

Young Cherokee - Playscript for Young Audiences
One Act Children's Plays - Young Cherokee
Western Carolina University Theatre in Education, Cullowhee, NC

Imagine America in its unspoiled state - the land of a young Cherokee. Through his eyes we witness the great myths and legends of early Native American life and culture.  Here are the stories of the Underground Panther and the Great Thunderbird. Our hero, Chosen One, must do battle with these traditional foes.

"Young Cherokee was superb and tied in very well with what the students were learning about Native American legends and folklore."
Carborro Schools, NC

  One Act Children's Plays - Young Cherokee

Native American History!

Young Cherokee Play for Kids
Powerful Story for Young People!


"The audience learns about Cherokee myths and legends."
Young Cherokee Play for Young Audiences
ArtReach's Young Cherokee - Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre, Baker City, OR

Producers, this one act play was developed for a professional tour.  It is very easy to book and tour, simple masks and props give it stunning style.  Schools, Principals, Teachers, love the educational tie-ins to History, Native American History, American Indian History and Culture.

"Just from the script I've learned that the Cherokee really respect and kind of worship the sun and Mother Nature."  Berry has many speaking parts throughout the play, including some in traditional Cherokee language. For those lines, she also had to learn the Cherokee style of speaking."
Baker City Herald, OR

Native American Plays for Children - Young Cherokee

Audience Participation

Children in the audience learn authentic American Indian sign language and to speak key words of the authentic Cherokee tongue. The audience participates in a Cherokee tribe session and helps Young Cherokee build the sacred fire.


"Cherokee respect and worship the sun and Mother Nature."
Play for Young Audiences Kids One Act Play for Middle Schools and High Schools
ArtReach Touring Theatre, Cincinnati

"Just from the script I've learned that the Cherokee really respect and kind of worship the sun and Mother Nature."  Berry has many speaking parts throughout the play, including some in traditional Cherokee language. For those lines, she also had to learn the Cherokee style of speaking.
Baker City Herald, OR

Traditional Cherokee Myths and Creatures
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Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Crawfish, Underwater Panther.  Chosen One Speaks to the Sun.


Perfect for School Tours or Mainstage Theatres
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Angelina College, Children's Theatre Mainstage Production

"Young Cherokee was dramatically presented in a style that is refreshing and exciting."
The Hemmens, Chicago, IL

WCU Play Production, Community Awareness Program - Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Young Cherokee: WCU established a partnership with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to work towards cultural and environmental literacy. Cherokee artists and scholars worked together to creative an extraordinary cultural experience.

Watch: Young Cherokee Documentary
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Young Cherokee has a Companion Play, Trail of Tears:

Trail of Tears may be performed with Young Cherokee to make a two hour production with intermission.  Both plays have independent stories however, and may be performed alone.

"Thank you for a well told timely tale of Native American history."
College Hill Fundamental School, Cincinnati


Young Cherokee - An unforgettable theatre experience.
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"Young Cherokee was very well received.  I worked with a full-blooded Cherokee who
was much impressed with the production."
Deb Wall, Education Director, Salina Community Theatre

Baker City Herald Western Carolina University School of Stage and Screen

  Eastern Cherokee Band Actors Studio Inc Western Carolina University Friends of the Arts WCU Cherokee Center
Free Resources: In the News, Behind the Scenes

"Students of history will find that performances will bring them a deeper understanding of Native American culture.”
Hal Paltrow, Renaissance Center, Ashland, NC


"Young Cherokee was the best by far of any I've seen in children's theater!  Thank you for a well told timely tale of Native American history."
College Hill Fundamental School, Cincinnati, OH


"The principal remarked that he had never seen the kids so attentive as they were for Young Cherokee."
Harlan Co Performing Arts Center, Cumberland, KY


"Our music teacher found the musical background CD great and lent itself to many musical theories in the classroom."
Conneaut Community Arts Center, PA


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