Yaga

Yaga Synopsis

The play behind the hotly anticipated Canadian TV series starring Hudson Williams, Ezra Franky and Carrie-Anne Moss.

She's more than just a wicked old witch. Baba Yaga is a legend, usually known as that elderly woman who lives alone in the woods and grinds the bones of the wicked. But what if she was actually a sexy, smart, modern woman operating off of morally ambiguous motives?

A detective finds himself in a small, isolated town asking, what does the disappearance of the young heir to a yoghurt empire have to do with some random lore about an old witch? Matched by an apprehensive local sheriff, a university professor with a taste for younger men, and a whole cast of curious characters, the Slavic myth of Baba Yaga twists into a new labyrinth of secret lives, ancient magic, and multiple suspects.

This genre-bending comedic fairy tale meets thrilling whodunit gives voice to an antihero of epic proportions while interrogating how her story has historically been told by men.

Kat Sandler's play Yaga was first staged at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto in 2019. It was later turned into a TV drama series for Canadian streaming service Crave, due for release in 2026.