We kick off our anthology series with a version of the German folk take “The Street Musicians” by Andrew Lang, “The Owl and the Pussycat” by English artist Edward Lear, and two fables from Greek storyteller Aesop.

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Unless you think robbers don’t deserve some animal-related karma or are allergic to runcible spoons, you should be fine.

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A version of an Estonian fairy tale taken from the Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and featuring a peasant, his daughter, and the strange and mysterious forest of Tontlawald.

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains cruelty and oddity with stepmothers, doppelgangers, consequences, and transmogrification.

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A version of the classic European fairy tale of a cursed daughter, a valiant prince, and taking “sleeping in” a bit too far.

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains ogres, attempts to eat children, and karmic justice.

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The celebrated Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains arbitrary and capricious prejudice, depression, ducks being shot, darkness, cold, but, also, a joyous discover of self.

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A Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and the basis for the film “Frozen.”

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains a hobgoblin who’s into Olympic-level mischief, mirror shards, roses, good witches, and very chatty crows.

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The conclusion of a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and the basis for the film "Frozen."

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains robbers who kill secondary characters, threaten murder of the primary characters, and mysterious aging, which we’re pretty sure is symbolic in a Joseph Campbell kind of way.

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The classic German fairy tale of a brother, a sister, and a witch's house in the deep, dark woods.

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains a fearfully evil stepmother, arguably prejudiced ideas about witches and their eyesight, and lots of candy whose cleanliness is debatable since it’s being used a building materials.

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The English fairy tale of an enterprising young boy, a castle in the clouds, and some giants. It’s perhaps the best known of a series of “Jack Tales.”

Rated AD-G for general audiences

Contains a cruel and murderous giant, a conspiratorial and duplicitous giantess, and broken necks, which arguably might be the audio theater equivalent of villains falling from a great height.

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