Trickster Tales

Mark Shepard Tells A DrumSongStory with the help of a young audience volunteer

Mark Shepard Tells A DrumSongStory with the help of a young audience volunteer

Drums, Songs & Stories Exploring The Trickster Archetype In Many Cultures

Of course this is the funniest program I do. It is after all, stories celebrating tricksters: Fox, Coyote, Rabbit, Anansi the Spider, Monkey, Crow, Turtle…all of these non-human characters have much to teach us about ourselves. Almost always the trickster gets tricked. Coyote always gets bested by roadrunner. But some tricksters like Bugs Bunny always seem to come out on top.

  • “Monkey & Leopard” (Africa)

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  • “All Stories Are Anansi’s” (Africa)
  • “Coyote & Cicada” (N. America)
  • “Coyote & Turtle” (N. America)
  • “The Lying Contest” (Armenia)
  • “Anansi & The Talking Drum” (Africa)
  • “The Pointing Finger” (China)
  • “Djuha Borrows A Pot” (Syria)
  • “Fox, Crow and the Piece of Cheese” (Aesop)
  • “For Sale: The Eiffel Tower -Tale Of A Modern Trickster” and more…

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