The Charter Arts Theatre Department continues its season of Mystery & Mayhem with Matt Cox’s Inventive New Play, Witches!?, In Salem?! This spellbinding blend of comedy and history is told through the eyes of an imaginative 8th grader captivated by The Crucible. The show runs November 12-16 in the Charter Arts Black Box Theater.
This darkly comic, yet historically grounded take on the Salem Witch Trials is told through the eyes of an imaginative 8th grader who becomes consumed by a lesson on The Crucible.
For this production, the department welcomes guest director, Chris Egging, to lead an exceptional student cast through a spellbinding whirlwind of humor, hysteria and history, where the lines between past and present blur revealing the timeless power of fear, rumor and belief.
Producer, Diane Wagner describes the department’s enthusiasm in selecting this piece. “We’re always on the lookout for new works that will be of interest to our students. When we came across Witches!? In Salem?! it immediately resonated with the faculty. The connections to American history, The Crucible, and the ensemble nature of the production seemed a perfect fit for us.
Wagner adds: “Matt Cox uses actual facts about the Salem Witch Trials which over time have been inextricably connected to Arthur Miller’s play, and turned it on its head by framing it as a live presentation commandeered by an 8th grader. The show is sometimes zany, sometimes disturbing because of the nature of what actually happened, and at all times entertaining. If this is a topic that interests you, you won’t want to miss Witches!? In Salem?!.”
Recommended – PG 13. This play is based on The Salem Witch Trials and the creative depiction of those events in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. As such, it contains triggers related to violence and executions.
Tickets are $8-$14 General Admission and can be purchased HERE.
Some shows are SOLD OUT, please check ticket line before arriving.
Witches!? In Salem?! is presented by special arrangement with Uproar Theatrics (www.Uproar Theatrics.com).