Cherri Coleman Story, Heritage, and Performing Arts
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” - Albert Einstein
Rhodopis
Originally performed for the Frist Center of the Visual Arts,
this romantic Egyptian tale, set down by Herodotus, is considered one of the oldest Cinderella stories.
The Ravens
a mysterious German tale of a heroic young girl who must undergo terrible hardship to save her brothers from an evil curse.
Young Jack
The adventures of Jack and his beanstalk with the Celtic fairy lore restored.
The Road to Xibalba
Walk with the Hero Twins of Mayan myth into the Underworld where they battle the Lords of the Dead in a high steaks ballgame.
The Noble Heart
A Middle Eastern hero
quest complete with fairies, genies, magical items and lots of twists and turns.
Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn
A rip-roarin’ Tennessee tall tale based on true weather events of the early 19th century.