The Plague Bearer

Words by Aiden Kim Feltkamp

Music by Stefanie Lubkowski

Coming in Spring of 2022, Strange Trace is excited to bring to the stage a newly commissioned work by Stefanie Lubkowski and Aiden Kim Feltkamp based on the Slavic folktale of the Plague Maiden.

After the death of his mother from a mysterious ailment, local blacksmith Mikolaj must team up with the oft-maligned village midwife to save their town.

Our narrative takes obvious inspiration from the COVID-19 pandemic, but reaches deeper into what such circumstances reveal about our definitions of community and the way we treat each other.

The Plague Bearer work will be presented in Boston as part of our second annual Stencils Festival in 2022 before a regional tour and recording release.