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Continuing the oral storytelling traditions of her lineage blended with theatre, Jenna Baer traces threads connecting generations. As the last Spider Witch, she weaves stories of five generations of her family: Appalachian healers, midwives, regular women and rebels who pass along their survival and power through folklore and folk medicine. Like a spider's web, inheritance doesn't move in straight lines. Knowledge skips generations, spirals, back, tangles and repairs itself. What do we inherit from those who came before us? What must we untangle to set ourselves free?
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Spider Witches of Appalachia is by Jenna Baer / PBH's Free Fringe, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at PBH's Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 12a Broughton St Lane, EH1 3LY, 8 August to 30 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Entry is free.