About the Show

Sadie Sink stars in a sharp, comedic reexamination of The Crucible set in a rural Georgia high school.

In a small Georgia town, high school students in an English class are supposed to be focused on The Crucible. Instead, they’re preoccupied with young love, sex ed, and the drama that unfolds within their school. As the class dives into the play, they begin to question its themes, particularly whether John Proctor truly is the hero they've always been taught to believe in.

Directed by Tony Award® winner Danya Taymor and featuring Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN is a fresh comedy by a rising American playwright. It captures a generation grappling with change, powered by pop music, optimism, and passion, while realizing that their future is shaped by their own choices, not the past.

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This production is recommended for ages 12+.

Critic Reviews (16)

Critic’s Pick: "Taymor’s production is entirely sympathetic — to the characters and to the text."
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"John Proctor excels, all the way through to an electric final classroom scene that morphs into a surreal, cathartic outpouring of repressed emotion."
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"4/5 Stars! Belflower’s first Broadway play is a galvanizing accomplishment."
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"Belflower’s 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."
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"The play has several reveals which raise the stakes and maintain the play’s lightning speed, but they all are well earned."
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"It’s a testament to the subtle brilliance of Kimberly Belflower’s writing and Danya Tamor’s direction that you can hardly feel the 105-minute, no-intermission runtime of John Proctor Is the Villain."
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"Playwright Kimberly Belflower’s often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy...falls into old classroom cliches"
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"John Proctor manages to weave together its serious subject matter into a thoroughly satisfying, endlessly charming, and adrenaline rush-inducing finale that will leave attendees dancing out of the theatre."
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