Now in performances on Broadway.
THE STORY: At a high school in a one-stoplight town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As the students delve into the American classic, they begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero. With deep wells of passion and biting humor, this comedy captures a generation mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, discovering that their future is not bound by the past and that they have the power to change it all.
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“Critic’s Pick! A vital, hilarious, thrilling, urgently necessary new play.”
—The New York Times.
“A heart-wrenching, guttural, cathartic masterpiece. This is a perfect play
for our moment, an urgent response to a time of crisis and a battlecry in
the face of a terrifying world.” —Variety.
“JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN not only serves as a modern day
recontextualization of the original play, but also a laugh-out-loud funny
and deeply affecting examination of girlhood, feminism, the #MeToo
movement, and the unstoppable power of female friendship. It is pure,
heartbreaking perfection.” —Entertainment Weekly.
“Full of zing, zest and heartbreak, this play hits as hard as it does because
at its heart, fighting their way through one hell of a junior year, are the
kind of heroes we actually need.” —New York Magazine.
