Witch (Silverman)
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573708237
An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, Jen Silverman's sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Target Audience: Adult
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
REVIEWS:
"Raging, hopeful, weeping: No matter how you leave Witch, you won't leave unscathed."
Windy City Times
"The playwright’s ear for patterns of speech, and the halting language of longing, is marvelous here..."
Chicago Sun Times
"In her adaptation of this little-known Jacobean drama, Silverman’s brought new life to an old story from four centuries ago. With just a few twists, the elimination of several superfluous characters and by updating the language to today’s vernacular, the playwright has created a mesmerizing one-act drama that’s filled with unexpected humor and feels as contemporary in theme as today’s headlines."
Chicago Theatre Review
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
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A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed. |
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