Summer Library Program: Grumbling Gryphons present Ananzi the Trickster Spider

Description

The Grumbling Gryphons present Anansi the Trickster Spider
Wednesday July 6, 6:30pm
Pre-performance workshop 4:30-5:30, sign up at the Cambridge Public Library

This original dramatic adaptation of the well-known folktale of Anansi - The Trickster Spider tells how Anansi, with the aid of the children in the audience, tricks the various animals of the jungle and retrieves the stolen stories of the world from Nyame, the greedy Sky God. During the show, children take part by acting, singing, chanting and playing such roles as spiders, hippos, bees, monkeys and various jungle animals. 

During the pre-performance workshop, Director Leslie Elias and her cast will train young actors in such roles as elephants, hippos, bees, spiders, monkeys and villagers. The children will learn songs and chants and practice their parts for their special participation in the 6:30 performance.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library
and the Stewarts Corporation, Hosted by Hubbard Hall

Free tickets are available for pick up at the Cambridge Public Library located at
21 West Main Street in Cambridge, New York. 
For more information about this program, please call the library at 677-2443.

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