Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri

Narrated by: Amanda Friday, Isabelle Friday, Jeff Moon, Anna Grace, Tyler Hyrchuk, Sara Morsey, Nancy Peterson

Heidi by Johanna Spyri presented by The Online Stage.

Heidi, a five-year-old orphan girl, is sent to live with her grandfather up in the mountains of Dorfli after her Aunt Dete receives a job offer in the city. Enchanted by the old man and his jaded attitude towards the villagers and God, Heidi wins him over with her enthusiasm and love. When her aunt returns, she insists Heidi go to live with a wealthy family in Frankfurt. Disappointed to leave her grandfather and her friend, Peter, Heidi reluctantly agrees. There she meets Clara Sesemann, a young girl who cannot walk, and the two girls strike up an immediate friendship. But Heidi misses her grandfather and cannot wait to return once again up the mountain.

Cast:

Narrator - Amanda Friday

Heidi - Isabelle Friday

Grandfather - Jeff Moon

Clara - Anna Grace

Peter/Sebastian - Tyler Hyrchuk

Grandmother - Sara Morsey

Frau Sesemann/Barbel - Nancy Peterson

Herr Sesemann - Max Gallo

Doctor/Pastor - Josh Innerst

Fraulein Rottenmeier - Elizabeth Klett

Brigitta/Tinette - Erin Grassie

Dete - Sydnee Fullmer

Boy - Jonah VanderLugt

Public Domain (P)2023 The Online Stage

Appreciate the voices, but narrator is too fast

Iistening to this with my kids. When the narrator says a lot, I have to play at 0.8x speed but then the other voices drag. So I have to switch to normal speed when there's a lot of dialog.

Other than the speeding narrator, we really enjoyed it. Now listening to it the 2nd time round and we don't mind the breakneck narration anymore since we know what's happening and we can just enjoy the dialogue.