Hip Hop Anansi

Hip Hop Anansi by Eisa Davis

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Productions (11)
Comedy for young audiences
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50 - 60 minutes
1 W, 1 M, 4 Any (6 actors possible: 1-3 W, 1-3 M)
Set: Flexible, with turntables providing live sound.

The story of Anansi and his trickster family is put into a sleek, urban hip hop context in this modern adaptation of an Ashanti folktale. Anansi wants the Golden Fly Pie Award for Tricksterism and is not above outwitting his own children to win it. But his rhyming, break dancing, graffiti-ing children are ready to claim the prize in their own right. Who's fly? Who deserves the pie?

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Min. Performance Fee* $55
Standard Edition $11.99
Stage Manager Edition $24.99

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Play Details

The story of Anansi and his trickster family is put into a sleek, urban hip hop context in this modern adaptation of an Ashanti folktale. Anansi wants the Golden Fly Pie Award for Tricksterism and is not above outwitting his own children to win it. But his rhyming, break dancing, graffiti-ing children are ready to claim the prize in their own right. Who's fly? Who deserves the pie?

  • Comedy for young audiences
  • |
  • 50 - 60 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 4 Any (6 actors possible: 1-3 W, 1-3 M)
  • Set: Flexible, with turntables providing live sound.
  • Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-592-6

Published Reviews

"...Conveys the excitement of a culture that has given a proud voice to young people for several generations."

Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times

Production History

APR 18, 2025 - APR 27, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD United States
University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD United States
APR 18, 2025 - APR 27, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD United States
University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD United States
MAR 09, 2023 - MAR 10, 2023
McComb School District
McComb, MS United States
McComb School DistrictMcComb, MS United States
MAR 22, 2019 - MAR 22, 2019
Uplift Hampton Prepatory High School
Dallas, TX United States
Uplift Hampton Prepatory High SchoolDallas, TX United States
JAN 19, 2019 - JAN 19, 2019
Biloxi High School
Meridian, MS United States
Biloxi High SchoolMeridian, MS United States
OCT 01, 2018 - JUN 12, 2022
JT Williams Secondary Montessori
CHARLOTTE, NC United States
JT Williams Secondary MontessoriCHARLOTTE, NC United States
MAR 02, 2015 - MAR 02, 2015
Success Academy Harlem Central
New York, NY United States
Success Academy Harlem CentralNew York, NY United States
MAR 05, 2014 - MAR 05, 2014
South Park Middle School
Corpus Christi, TX United States
South Park Middle SchoolCorpus Christi, TX United States
JUL 26, 2013 - JUL 26, 2013
West End Community Empowerment Project Of Lexington, Inc
Lexington, KY United States
West End Community Empowerment Project Of Lexington, IncLexington, KY United States
JUN 24, 2011 - JUN 25, 2011
South Jackson Civic Center
Tullahoma, TN United States
South Jackson Civic CenterTullahoma, TN United States
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APR 18, 2025 - APR 27, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD United States
University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD United States
APR 18, 2025 - APR 27, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD United States
University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD United States
FEB 01, 2006 - APR 30, 2006
Imagination Stage
Bethesda, MD United States
Imagination StageBethesda, MD United States

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