Tales Of Trickery
by Kim Alan Wheetley

Mythical beasts, colorful costumes, rhythmic music and Balinese masks weave an exotic spell in this fanciful blend of three comic Indonesian folktales.

In The Widow and the Wealthy Neighbor, a single actor portrays a poor widow, a bumbling servant and a miserly neighbor in a comic tale of greed.

A scheming monkey plays its mischief on a legendary beast, long of hair but short of patience, in The Monkey and the Barong.

The Buffalo and the Bell pits three notorious cheats against a simple-minded farmer, his water buffalo and a magic bell.

Bare stage w/props.

Approximate running time: 60 minutes.