PORT HADLOCK — The West African trickster Anansi the Spider will be brought to life by the Oregon Shadow Theatre performing live children’s theater at Jefferson County Library on Wednesday.
Free shows will be at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the library at 620 Cedar Ave.
Based upon West African folklore, “Anansi the Spider” is a cross-cultural story about an extremely clever yet singularly foolish and greedy spider who loves to eat but hates to work.
In this story, Anansi meets a river goblin, fights a chimpanzee and plays a trick on his village.
As shadow puppeteer Deb Chase manipulates and gives voice to 60 puppets from behind the shadow screen, Mick Doherty acts as storyteller, providing the audience with music, voices and sound effects using marimba, Ghanaian hand drum and thumb piano.
Doherty studied with master drummer Obo Addy to train for the show. The colorful shadow puppets are based on African designs.
For more information, see www.jclibrary.info or call 360-385-6544.