Large Cast Plays and Scripts for Kids to Perform!

ArtReach Children's Theatre Plays
Great Plays for Great Kids!
Plays, Scripts, Musicals for Children, Kids, Teens, Families, Schools & Theatres
.

 
HOME

CATALOGUE
School Plays
Touring Plays
One-Act Plays
Christmas Plays
Halloween Plays
Musical Plays
List of All Plays
Testimonials

ORDERS
School Play Package
Downloads
Purchase Orders
Shipping
Shopping Cart
My Account

FREE STUFF
Directing Tips
Classroom Activities
Behind the Scenes
Creative Drama
News & Reviews

ABOUT US
Contact Us
FAQs
Blog

See our facebook page
.

ArtReach's Award Winning Play 'A Thousand Cranes' has been performed all over the world.  This deeply moving story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes has been adapted for young people to perform.

 A Thousand Cranes for Kids to Perform


 A Thousand Cranes - Play for Children

A Thousand Cranes is the Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.


 Uplifting Play About Peace

"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 Script for Children to Perform

A Thousand Cranes is the Winner of an Ohio Arts Council Playwriting Award.


 A Thousand Cranes - For Kids!

Performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC.


 Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes

“When I first read this script I knew that we had to share this play with our community. The kids have really embraced it."

Pam Chernesky, Artistic Director, Houlton Star Bright Children's Theatre


 Kids Can Learn, Perform and Enjoy A Thousand Cranes

"Using traditional Japanese theatre styles, A Thousand Cranes offers a wonderful opportunity to share in a truly multi-cultural experience."

 Nebraska Theatre Caravan


Award Winning Script - A Thousand Cranes

"The play is deeply spiritual. The message is that hope rises from the ashes of tragedy."

Dori Baker, Washington Post


School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes

Asian Children's Festival
Singapore

"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


A Play That Inspires Compassion!

David Heard founded the National Crane Project
National Crane Project: David’s Origami Cranes


 School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes

"The children were amazing and our audience very appreciative. We made 1000 cranes to send to Japan and now all feel emotionally satisfied with our efforts. What a great experience!"

Phyl Cameron, NZ


 Large Cast Script for Kids

"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


School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes

Recommended for Grades 3 and Up.  The School Play Version of A Thousand Cranes requires no professional experience in theatre.


   Stamford School Indonesia 

"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 


  "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


"The show held every audience enthralled.  No one moved a muscle during the entire show and  there were always tears and prolonged applause. Thank you for this very special play!"

Sharon Sproule, Espanola Little Theatre, ON


 

 

School Play for Kids to Perform! A Thousand Cranes Children's Play for Schools to Perform!
Large Cast School Play for Children to Perform

The True Story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
FULL DOWNLOAD -- Entire School Play Package with Soundtrack Audio Files 

Large Cast Play for Kids! Beautiful Sadako Play for Kids! Large Cast Play for Kids!
Excellent Play for Young People!  A Thousand Cranes! A Thousand Cranes for Elementary and Middle Schools!
Lansing Middle School, NY - Espanola Little Theatre, ON

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.

Easy For Children to Learn and Perform
School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes
Fifth Grade - Upland Country Day School, Kennett Square PA

Start your children folding cranes, then explore the Script and Teacher's Guide.  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!


Fold A Thousand Cranes for Sadako
School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes A Thousand Cranes - True Story of Sadako Sasaki
John C. Fremont Charter School, Merced, CA - Lansing Middle School, NY

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".  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."  

"A tremendously moving piece..."
Large Cast Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes Large Cast Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes
Fusion Youth Theatre, UK - Ashland Children's Theatre

Scripts and Play for Schools and Students! Affordable School Play Package! Scripts for Schools, Teachers and Students!

READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES


Excellent Script for Young Performers  
School Play for Kids, Young People to Perform - A Thousand Cranes Playscript for Young Performers - A Thousand Cranes
Young Cast, Majestic Theatre, Crovallis, OR

Sadako begins to fold her thousand cranes.  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.

Featured: 20 Great Plays for Children
 School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes True Story of Sadako Sasaki A Thsouand Cranes Written for Children
Upland Country Day School, PA - Reach Performing Arts Center, ME
"Featured in Twenty Great Plays for Children, St. Martin's Press"

 Sadako learns that her true wish may be granted. Sadako's friends and classmates finished Sadako's work. They folded enough paper cranes to make a thousand.


Sadako's Friends Folded Paper Cranes
Play for Young Audiences - A Thousand Cranes Seattle Peace Park Monument
Lexington Children's Theater, KY - Seattle Peace Park

 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:

"This is Our Cry - This is Our Prayer..."
Hiroshima Peace Park Seattle Peace Park Nagasaki Monument
"Peace in the World"


Sadako Travels a Wondrous Journey
Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes Joyous Play for Young People to Perform Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes
Sadako's Grandmother takes her to the Land of A Thousand Spirits!
Lexington Children's Theatre, KY - Syracuse Stage, NY

"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

A Story of Strength and Courage
School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes
A Thousand Cranes, Fusion Youth Theatre, Grimsby, UK

"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

Scripts and Play for Schools and Students! Affordable School Play Package! Scripts for Schools, Teachers and Students!

READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES


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
Large Cast Script for Kids - A Thousand Cranes One Act Plays for Kids to Perform - A Thousand Cranes
Sycracuse Stage, NY - Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ

    A flexible cast of 17 to 38.

    About 20 performers may be female or male.

    Sadako can be played by up to 8 girls to ensure that no one child is the "star".

    Suggestions on how to use simple percussion instruments (raid the music room!) to excellent effect.

    Open staging! Your gymnasium, cafeteria or any other large room is perfect.

    Simple, easy costume pieces and scenery can be made in the classroom.

    A CD of original, beautiful poignant background music and sound effects.

    Scripts and Play for Schools and Students! Affordable School Play Package! Scripts for Schools, Teachers and Students!

READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES


A Powerful Story for Young People
School Play for Children - A Thousand Cranes A Thousand Cranes!  School Play for Kids to Perform!
Reach Performing Arts, ME - The National School of Drama, Delhi, India

"My Year 6 students performed A Thousand Cranes three times and each performance was a huge success. There were teachers actually crying and even the kindergarten students were quiet as they watched!"
Mary Westall, St. Therese Primary School, Sydney, Australia

How to Fold a Paper Crane - Send Your Cranes to Sadako!
Children's Play - A Thousand Cranes (Folding Paper Cranes) Send your cranes to Sadako!Send your paper cranes to Sadako!
Instructions on How to Fold a Crane in Script and Teacher's Guide

"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."
Diane Purvis, Teacher & Librarian

Scripts and Play for Schools and Students! Affordable School Play Package! Scripts for Schools, Teachers and Students!

READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES


Children's Plays - A Thousand Cranes

Children's Plays - A Thousand Cranes

Children's Plays - A Thousand Cranes

 

A Thousand Cranes (3 Versions)

Touring Version
Cast of 3, for Adult Actors.
(1m, 2f)

Medium 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)


A Joyous Ending!
A Thousand Cranes!  Play for Kids to Perform!
Bednarcik Junior High School, Oswego IL

"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

Scripts and Play for Schools and Students! Affordable School Play Package! Scripts for Schools, Teachers and Students!

READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES


  TEACHERS!
Looking for large cast plays & musicals for your students to perform?
We have scripts written just for you! Click on any title below...

A Christmas Carol * A Christmas Cinderella * A Christmas Peter Pan
A Christmas Wizard of Oz * A Snow White Christmas * A Thousand Cranes * Aladdin
Alice in Christmas Land * Alice In Wonderland * Beauty and the Beast * Cinderella
 Emperor's New Clothes * Jack and the Beanstalk * Jungle Book * Kid Frankenstein
Legend of Mulan * Legend of Sleepy Hollow * Little Mermaid * Peter Pan * Pinocchio
Princess and the Pea * Reluctant Dragon * Sleeping Beauty * Snow White
Treasure Island * Twas the Night Before Christmas * Velveteen Rabbit
We Are The Dream * Wizard of Oz * El Mago de Oz (Spanish Wizard of Oz)
Children's Christmas Plays & Children's Christmas Musicals

Link to ChildrensTheatrePlays Home Page
      AWARD WINNING PLAYS FOR KIDS!
   4047 Pro Am Ave. E  Bradenton, FL 34203                        941-753-3222

| HOME | ABOUT US | CONTACT US | FAQs |
| CATALOGUE | School Plays | Touring | One-Acts | Christmas | Halloween | Musicals | List of All Plays |
| ORDERS | School Play Package | Downloads | Purchase Orders | Shipping | Shopping Cart | My Account |