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Eckerd Theater Company <br /> r presents <br /> Tea he <br /> Gu�de [ I A Thousand Cranes <br /> by Kathryn Schultz Miller <br /> About the Show <br /> Sadako Sasaki was two years old, in the arms of her mother,who sang a lullaby while <br /> Sadako's grandmother made tea.Suddenly,a flash of light cut across the sky.An atom <br /> bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima. In 1955,when Sadako was a happy,athletic, <br /> 12-year-old schoolgirl,the radiation sickness came. Legend says any person who folds a <br /> Expanding thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish.Sadako began folding cranes as quickly <br /> as she could, wishing to be well again,wishing an atom bomb like the one that took her <br /> grandmother would never be dropped again. Before her death,Sadako folded 644 <br /> the cranes. Her friends and classmates folded 356 more to make one thousand. In <br /> Hiroshima Peace Park, a statue was unveiled of Sadako holding a golden crane in her <br /> Classroom outstretched arms.The inscription below reads: "This is our cry.This is our prayer. <br /> Peace in the world."This play tells the true story of Sadako and how her spirit of hope <br /> and strength continues to inspire young people around the world to work for peace. <br /> Eckerd Theater Company <br /> A Thousand <br /> Eckerd Theater Company(ETC)is a touring company of professional artists,educators <br /> and administrators under the umbrella of The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts <br /> Cranes Institute,the education center for Ruth Eckerd Hall at the Richard B. Baumgardner <br /> by Center for the Performing Arts in Clearwater, FL. ETC seeks to provide the finest in <br /> performance and arts education experiences to family audiences of all ages.Since its <br /> Kathryn Schulz inception in 1988, Eckerd Theater Company has performed for more than one million <br /> Miller young people and their families throughout the state of Florida and in venues as far <br /> north as Canada and as far west as the Mississippi River. <br /> From eight local performances of its first production in 1988 through 125 performances <br /> in the 2010-2011 season, ETC has been a proud ambassador of Ruth Eckerd Hall, <br /> creating professional productions of original works, adaptations of classic literature, <br /> and the finest published scripts for the theater. ETC productions entertain while they <br /> ■ explore such themes as diversity, multiculturalism,self-worth, loyalty and tolerance. <br /> I'ill� ETC began touring the state of Florida in 1991 and national touring began in 1993. <br /> Since 1996,the Company has been on the Florida Arts on Tour roster,a state program <br /> providing funds to allow productions to travel to remote and underserved parts of the <br /> state. <br /> In 1998,Julia Flood took the reins as ETC Artistic Director. In 1999, a State of Florida <br /> Challenge Grant provided funds for The Florida Project, a collaborative process bringing <br /> national and Florida theater artists and educators together to develop a new theater-for- <br /> young-audiences piece about the South. ETC has been featured in showcases at both <br /> the Southern Arts Exchange(now Performing Arts Exchange),and at annual IPAY <br /> conferences (International Performing Arts for Youth). <br /> UTH ECKEKD HALL Since February 2003, Eckerd Theater Company has made its home in the 182-seat <br /> VCHARD CRM"T419"wrAPS Murray Studio Theater in The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute. <br /> The Marcia P.Hoffman Performing Arts Institute,All Rights Reserved 2011 <br />