Anansi Storytime

Anansi Storytime

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Anansi Storytime episodes

  • S2: Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs

    Culture: Akan

    Based on a story by: Farida Salifu
    Summary: A story about a spider whose eyes are too big for his stomach and his legs.

    Production:

    • Writer - Thomas Sixten
    • Director - Hank Romanesco
    • Engineer - DJ Drummond
    • Engineer - David Allen

      • Players:

      • Boston Moss - Hog
      • Killian Saylor (Credited as David Saylor) - Child Monkey
      • Don Davenport - Father Monkey
      • Kjatar Tavishen - Anansi
      • LJ Donnell - Rabbit
      • Thomas Sixten - Narrator

        • Special Guests: Boston Moss, DJ Drummond, David Allen, Don Davenport, Hank Romanesco, Killian Saylor, Kjatar Tavishen, LJ Donnell, and Thomas Sixten.

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        4 min
      • S2E03 - Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs
        Culture: Akan
        Based on a story by: Farida Salifu
        Sources: http://africa.mrdonn.org/anansi.html
        http://www.worldstories.org.uk/stories/story/73-why-anansi-has-eight-skinny-legs
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        A story about a spider whose eyes are too big for his stomach and his legs.
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        NARRATOR - Thomas Sixten
        ANANSI - Kjatar Tavishen
        RABBIT - LJ Donnell
        FATHER MONKEY - Don Davenport
        CHILD MONKEY - David Saylor
        HOG - Boston Moss
        4 min
      • S2: Maui Snares The Sun

        Culture: Polynesian

        Based on a story by: W.D. Westervelt
        Summary: A story of when Maui unlocked the underworld’s door to the heavens, he thought he was doing a great good for his people. But when the sun, a thoughtless creature of heat and light, brings calamity to his people, Maui finds his work is far from finished.

        Production:

        • Writer - LJ Donnell
        • Director - Hank Romanesco
        • Engineer - DJ Drummond

          • Players:

          • Chris G. - Mother
          • Greg Zumbrook - Villager 3
          • Lisa Watson - Vatea, Villager 1
          • LJ Donnell - Sun
          • Matt "Olaf" Hinton - Maui
          • Max Baskin - Tonga-Iti, Villager 2, Grandmother
          • Thierry Barston - Narrator
          • Thomas Sixten - MoeMoe

            • Special Guests: Chris G, DJ Drummond, Hank Romanesco, LJ Donnell, Lisa Watson, Matt "Olaf" Hinton, Max Baskin, Thierry Barston, and Thomas Sixten.

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            13 min
          • S2E02 - Maui Snares the Sun
            When Maui unlocked the underworld’s door to the heavens, he thought he was doing a great good for his people. But when the sun, a thoughtless creature of heat and light, brings calamity to his people, Maui finds his work is far from finished.
            Culture(s): Polynesian
            Based on a story by: Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt
            Editor: LJ Donnell
            Narrator: Thierry Barston
            Players:
            Vatea - Lisa Watson
            Tonga-Iti - Max Baskin
            Maui - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
            Mother - Chris G.
            Villager 1 - Lisa Watson
            Villager 2 - Max Baskin
            Villager 3 - Greg Zumbrook
            MoeMoe - Thomas Sixten
            Grandmother - Max Baskin
            Sun - LJ Donnell
            13 min
          • S2: The Golden Apple of Discord

            Culture: Greek

            Based on a story by: Ovid
            Summary: A story about the troubles caused by a slighted goddess who uses a golden apple to avenge herself when she was kept out of a feast.

            Production:

            • Writer - Thierry Barston
            • Director - Hank Romanesco
            • Engineer - DJ Drummond

              • Players:

              • Andrew Whitby - Narrator
              • Chris G - Paris
              • Don Davenport - Agelaus
              • Kjatar Tavishen - Zeus, Aesacus
              • LJ Donnell - Aphrodite
              • Matt "Olaf" Hinton - King Menelaus, Priam
              • Morgan Hazelwood - Eris
              • Thierry Barston - Hera
              • Sara Davenport - Athena
              • Scooter - Hermes, Ares
              • Thierry Barston - Hecuba

                • Special Guests: Andrew Whitby, Chris G, DJ Drummond, Don Davenport, Hank Romanesco, Kjatar Tavishen, LJ Donnell, Matt "Olaf" Hinton, Morgan Hazelwood, Sara Davenport, and Thierry Barston.

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                9 min
              • S2E01 - The Golden Apple of Discord
                Culture(s): Greek
                Based on a story by: Ovid
                Editor: Thierry Barston
                Narrator: Andrew Whitby
                Players:
                PRIAM - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
                HECUBA - Thierry Barston
                AESACUS - Kjatar Tavishen
                AGELAUS - Don Davenport
                ERIS - Morgan Hazelwood
                PARIS - Chris G
                ARES - Scooter
                APHRODITE - LJ Donnell
                ATHENA - Sara Davenport
                HERA - Thierry Barston
                ZEUS - Kjatar Tavishen
                HERMES - Scooter
                KING MENELAUS - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
                9 min
              • S1: Journey For The Golden Tower (Bonus)

                Summary: A story about a boy who leaves home for fame and glory and returns with what really matters.

                Production:

                • Writer - Anansi Storytime
                • Director - Hank Romanesco
                • Engineer - DJ Drummond

                  • Players:

                  • Don Davenport - Wind
                  • Matt "Olaf" Hinton - Boy
                  • Max Baskin - Wisewoman
                  • Sara Davenport - Narrator

                    • Special Guests: DJ Drummond, Don Davenport, Hank Romanesco, Matt "Olaf" Hinton, Max Baskin, and Sara Davenport.

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                    5 min
                  • Bonus1 - Journey For The Golden Tower
                    A story about a boy who leaves home for fame and glory and returns with what really matters.
                    Sources: This is an original story, written by the creative team of Anansi Storytime.
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                    Characters:
                    NARRATOR - Sara Davenport
                    BOY - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
                    WISEWOMAN - Max Baskin
                    WIND - Don Davenport
                    5 min
                  • S1E07 - The Story Of Hassebu
                    Culture(s): Swahili
                    Based on a story by: Andrew Lang (Violet Fairy Book - 1901)
                    Editor: LJ Donnell
                    NARRATOR: Will Burghart
                    Players:
                    MOTHER: - LJ Donnell
                    HASSEBU - George Neff
                    WOODCUTTER 1 - Don Davenport
                    WOODCUTTER 2 - John Donnell
                    SOLDIER 1 - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
                    SOLDIER 2 - LJ Donnell
                    KING OF SNAKES - Andrew Whitby
                    WISE MAN - Thierry Barston
                    VIZIR - Matt "Olaf" Hinton
                    13 min
                  • S1E04 - Goonur, the Woman Doctor
                    Culture(s): Aboriginal
                    Based on a story by: Unknown
                    Rating: PG-13
                    Editor: John Donnell
                    Narrator - Don Davenport
                    Players:
                    Goonur - Thierry Barston
                    Goonur’s Son - Matt “Olaf” Hinton
                    Guddah - Morgan Hazelwood
                    Beereun - Sara Davenport
                    10 min

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                  Telling Fairy Tales and Folklore from cultures all over the world as audio plays. This show is part of the Story Forge Network.