The Crane Wife

THE CRANE WIFE

by Barbara Carlisle

Based on the Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife follows Kokuro, a poor villager, who stumbles upon an injured crane while in the forest. To repay his generosity, the crane returns to him in the form of a beautiful woman with a proposal to wed him. Although Kokuro does not realize that this mysterious woman is in fact his crane, their marriage receives its fair share of intrigue from the villagers. Fearful that he cannot suport his wife, he comes to her begging for help. Continuing to support her husband, the crane sacrifices portions of her feathers to weave an extraordinary cloth. As the cloth's fame spreads across the mountains, greed and gossip begin to consume Kokuro causing him to question the orgins of his wife and whether or not she is a demon in disguise.

The Crane Wife was produced in Project Spotlight's Spring One Act Festival at Theatre UCF.

Scenic Construction   Tori Oakes                                          Kokuro   Sean Dunphy

Prop Construction   Jason Gerhard                                      Crane Wife   Katie Fitzsimmons

Mask Design   Doug Johnson                                                Ensemble   Arnold Godoy 

Kimono Design   Cynthia Kirkland                                                             Margaret Hunsicker

                                                                                                                      Cherise James

                                                                                                                      Evelyn Reynoso

                                                                                                                     Jean Michele Rousseau