College Theatre presents "A Thousand Cranes"

Pima Community College Theatre Arts presents Kathryn Schultz Miller’s, “A Thousand Cranes” directed by Betsy Kruse Craig and featuring PCC students.

	Dates:	Sept. 26 - Oct. 5
	Times:	7:00 p.m. on Fridays 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturdays 2:00 p.m. on Sundays
	Location:	PCC West Campus Center for the Arts 2202 West Anklam Road [ map \| driving directions ]
	Cost:	$6.00

Special Event: On Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. the Center for the Arts will host “Crane Day,” a free event for families featuring Japanese themed games and entertainment.

“A Thousand Cranes” is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was only two years old when the atom bomb fell on Hiroshima during World War II. She survived without a scratch, but several years later was stricken with radiation sickness.

The crane is one of the mystical and sacred beasts of Japan, said to live for 1,000 years. An ancient Japanese legend promises that if a sick person folds a thousand cranes, the gods will make the person healthy again.

Heartened by this tradition and urged by her grandmother’s spirit, Sadako begins to fold a thousand paper cranes. Relevant and visually splendid, the play reinforces the values of hope, tradition and peace. The minimalist, Asian-stylized set transforms the stage without distracting from the magic of the movements.

For ticket information: contact the box office at 206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.