The Story
Even Bog Hags need a Moms’ Night Out sometimes. This roughly 14-minute work is set at the reunion of some well-known witches, all of whom have daughters and worries about said daughters. The reunion provokes spirited conversation about mothering in general, and the expectations for bog hag mothers in particular.
Creative Team
Beth Wiemann's music appears on several recordings, including Why Performers Wear Black, on Albany Records, I Give You My Home on Navona Records, and indiviudal works on the New Focus, Ravello, Capstone, innova and Americus record labels. She teaches composition, clarinet, and music theory at the University of Maine. https://bethwiemann.com
Cecelia is an opera librettist and playwright from Santa Fe NM. As a queer, observantly Jewish artist, she's excited by fantastical stories that don't neatly fit into their dominant culture's boxes. Awards and productions include BUBBIE AND THE DEMON at the Washington National Opera / Kennedy Center, the Kennedy Center's Darrel Ayers TYA Playwriting Awards (1st place 2019 for WEBBED HANDS, 2nd place 2018 for LA LLORONA), the 2016 Princess Grace Award (runner up), the 2016 Kilroys List (honorable mention), and a 2017-2018 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. Her work has been developed and produced with Fresh Ink Theatre, Cohesion Theatre, Venus Theatre, the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, the Boston Theater Marathon, the Great Plains Theater Conference, the ART’s Loeb Ex, and a variety of other venues. MFA Michener Center for Writers/UT Austin, 2020. https://ceceliaraker.com/