The Midwest Trust Center welcomes you to a funny, touching, poignant, and completely unique theatrical performance. Created and performed by StoneLion Puppet Theatre, see 1,000 Cranes and the Tree of Wishes May 14-16 in Polsky Theatre.
Based on the ancient belief that if you fold 1,000 origami birds, your wish will come true, this choose-your-own adventure featuring intricate puppets, invites each audience to pick which cranes to let fly from the Tree of Wishes. No single performance will be the same.
At each performance, the audience will be shown how to make their hands into cranes to fly as the wishes are brought to life in interactive fun and to reinforce the idea that our actions can make a difference, especially as part of a community. Audience members are encouraged to leave their wish for the world to be added to the show.
StoneLion Puppet Theatre (SPT) is a professional, nonprofit theater company in Kansas City dedicated to the mission of expanding the horizons of the young—and young-at-heart—through the art of puppetry, in an interdisciplinary community of ethnic and cultural diversity with a focus on environmental sustainability.
Purchase tickets to 1,000 Cranes and the Tree of Wishes at jccc.edu/MTC or call 913-469-4445 Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
