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CREATING THE PROJECT

THE MONUMENT

The Crane Fable Project was inspired by this statue in the center of the Japanese American Memorial. Perched atop an obelisk, two cranes lean back to back, pulling at the barbed wire that is twisted around them, trying to escape. Their battle embodies the struggle of the Japanese Americans during WWII as they fought for acceptance in American society and provides a perfectly fitting backdrop for our story.

MASK DESIGNS

With most of the characters being both animals and representations of the lives of historical groups of people, we have chosen to stay relatively realistic for the actor's clothing and to create the animals in the story using a combination of movement and masks. Here, you can see the early design drawings for the masks to be worn by the crane family, including the main character, Yori.

THOUGHT...

Actor Phil Reid ponders the experience of those relocated to Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho.

DANCE...

Actor Ruthie Rado experiments with dance and bird-like movement at the Japanese American Memorial site.

DONATE VIA INDIEGOGO!

This production is prsented as a part of the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival, a program of the Washington, DC non-profit Capital Fringe

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Imagination Stage  *  National Japanese American Memorial Foundation

National Park Service  *  Source Theatre  *  Theatre J  *  Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

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