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THE CORCORAN SCHOOL OF THEATER ARTS
The Corcoran School of Theater Arts offers children of diverse backgrounds the chance to express themselves, to explore big ideas and little ones, to work and play hard for the sake of making art, to fulfill a commitment to themselves and others, to experience the rich rewards of sustained effort, to gain valuable life skills and hone specific skills for performance. At The Corcoran School professional theater artists and technicians work side by side with students to
make great works of theater that just happen to be executed by children.
Past performances
May 2008
1000 Paper Cranes, a drama inspired by the true story of Sadako Sasaki, and the novel for young readers by Eleanor Coerr, is performed by The Corcoran School Of Theater Arts Performance Ensemble class. Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Like thousands of other children Sadako remained healthy for many years. However, at the age of ten she developed leukemia (the atom bomb) disease. She fought the disease and throughout her long hospitalization, folded origami cranes, believing in the Japanese legend that if a sick person folds 1000 paper cranes they will become well again. Before the onset of her disease Sadako was an avid and unusually fast runner. She was admired by her school mates for her discipline and determination as an athlete. Sadako succumbed to leukemia but her classmates refused to let her story die. They continued to fold cranes and tell her story. They collected money for a monument to her and it was erected in Hiroshima peace Park and still stands today a representation of all the children killed by the atom bomb. Every year children from Japan and around the world pile millions of paper cranes at the foot of her monument. Sadako has become a reminder of the horror of war and the necessity for the pursuit of peace. Since her death the crane has become an international symbol of peace and her story has been told and retold in song, poetry, drama and prose.
The Footlights class spent the Winter/ Spring session developing original mask characters and making their own masks out of plaster casting. The result is a an allegorical rhyming story poem of the boundless imagination, funny and tragic.
Sept. 2007 Rhino Festival
A Break with Charity
In this fast-paced, thrilling adaptation by Jeff-nominated director KellyAnn Corcoran, eight young women tell the story of one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history: the witch madness in Salem. This exciting 45-minute escape to the past is a show designed for families and is a unique opportunity for young people to witness history through the eyes of one of their own. A Break With Charity, written and directed by Corcoran, is based on a young adult novel of the same name written by Ann Rinaldi and is the premiere production of the Corcoran School of Theater Arts established in January of 2007, by the acclaimed off-loop director, writer, performer Corcoran.
- July 2007 Theater walk at Garfield Park Conservatory
Cirque De Saint-Phalle - Students performed short plays in and about the Niki de Saint-Phalle sculptures!
-May 2007 PeeWees acted out a story and The Peanut Butter Band by Barrie Cole performed by the Drama Class.
- May 2007 A Break With Charity is story of the Salem Witch Trials from the point of view of a teenage girl of that era. The play is based on the Ann Rinaldi novel for young readers, A Break With Charity.
- December 2006
“While under the auspices of Mudlark Theater Company.” www.mudlarktheater.org
An adaptation of the Slavic folk tale, Baba Yaga.
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