Grateful Crane Ensemble

Grateful Crane Ensemble

Infobox Theatre_Group
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name = Grateful Crane Ensemble


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formed = July, 2001
location = Southern California
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notable = Soji Kashiwagi, Executive Producer, Playwright
homepage = [http://www.gratefulcrane.com www.gratefulcrane.com]
genre = musical theatre

The Grateful Crane Ensemble is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Asian American theatre company based in Southern California, established in July, 2001.

Mission

The Grateful Crane Ensemble's mission is to create and present meaningful and entertaining bilingual programs for Japanese American seniors in appreciation of the many sacrifices they have made so the generations that followed could live a better life in America.

Profile

The Grateful Crane Ensemble has been performing nostalgic programs in Japanese and English, for senior citizens at the Keiro Retirement Home, in East Los Angeles, and those throughout the Japanese American community. Through music, song and storytelling, the Ensemble honors, pays tribute to and remembers the "Issei", "Nisei" and "Kibei" elders, as a way of "giving something back."

Productions

The Grateful Crane Ensemble produced the touring show, "The Camp Dance: The Music and the Memories", a tribute to those who endured the U.S. concentration camps for Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II, and how music, song and dances help internees face the hardships of "relocation."

In 2003 the Ensemble received a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program to allow their program, "The Camp Dance", to tour eight cities in California. [ [http://www.library.ca.gov/cclpep/recipients2003.cfm www.library.ca.gov/cclpep - 2003] ] A second CCLPEP grant in 2004 allowed for additional performances, and for the show to be recorded on CD. [ [http://www.library.ca.gov/cclpep/recipients2004.cfm www.library.ca.gov/cclpep - 2004] ]

In 2006, The Grateful Crane Ensemble premiered "Nihonmachi: The Place To Be - A Musical Journey" at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of San Francisco's Japantown. [ [http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1281 "Nihonmachi" feature on discovernikkei.org] 7/25/06 (pdf)]

Awards

*Ruby Yoshino Schaar Playwright Award (to Soji Kashiwagi) for "The Camp Dance: The Music and the Memories" – presented by the New York/National JACL [ [http://www.milehijacl.org/clientimages/40795/newsletters-august2006.pdf National JACL Convention report in Mile-Hi Chapter newsletter; p. 6 (pdf)] by Dr. F. Sakamoto and J. Yoshimura - 8/06]

References

External links

* [http://www.gratefulcrane.com Grateful Crane Ensemble website]
* [http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/1564 playwright Kashiwagi writes about "Nihonmachi" on DiscoverNikkei.org]


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