1K Cranes

A work in Development - Available JUne 2026

Based on the ancient belief that if you can fold one thousand origami cranes your wish will come true.

Imagine a world….just imagine. “I am Root, the beginning of every story, but you, you are the end.” So says The keeper of the Tree of Wishes. Journey along the ‘root’ system with StoneLion Puppet Theatre as their intricate puppets bring to life real wishes gathered in our community and across the world.

A choose your own adventure of what your wish for the world could be. Each audience will choose which cranes to let fly from the tree of wishes and no single performance will be the same. Funny, touching and poignant.

• What would happen if unicorns were real?

• What good is the smallest of us?  More important than you think, as we learn what a microbe is.

• Perhaps the wish for hunger to end is chosen.

• What if your shoes could talk?

At each performance the audience will be shown how to make their hands into cranes to fly as the wishes are brought to life as interactive fun, and to reinforce the idea that our wishes and actions can actually 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.

Show Information

• Written by: Heather Nisbett-Loewenstein

• A collaboration with Dr. Ha Houng and literally hundreds of children from Vietnam to Kansas City MO, Kenya to Overland Park, Iceland to Lee’s Summit and along so many more longitude and latitude lines. 

• Run Time: 45 mins

• Target Age:  All Ages

• Maximum Audience: 1000

• Curriculum: Environmental education through art from biodiversity, pfas, non-source point pollution, weather patterns and soil conservation with a new twist. Social Studies, Art, Drama, Music 

What We Need

• Staging:  20’ w x 20’ D

• Electrical: Access to one 110 electrical outlet

  
  
  

  Pricing

Pricing depends on number of performances, season and travel expenses. Please contact us for more information and booking specials.