Jen Silverman’s
WITCH
adapted from The Witch of Edmonton by John Ford and Thomas Dekker
Directed by Maura Krause
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 her neighbors – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed. An inventive retelling of a Jacobean tragicomedy, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
September 30 to October 25, 2026
CAST
Elizabeth Sawyer. The Outcast. Suli Holum*
Scratch. The Devil. Frank Jimenez
Sir Arthur Banks Steven Rishard*
Cuddy Banks Trevor William Fayle
Frank Thorney Abdul Sesay*
Winnifred Imani Lee Williams
*Member of Actors Equity Association
CREATIVE
Director Maura Krause
Choreographer Thomas Choinacky
Costume Designer Kelly Myers
Lighting Designer Joseph Glodek
Scenic Designer Isy Kessler
Props Designer Liz McDonald
Stage Manager Randi Hickey
Assistant Stage Manager Emmie Parker
Run Crew Juxi Knickerbocker
Costume Assistant Kristen Scites
Wardrobe Supervisor Zycara Jones
Intimacy Director Bess Rowen
Fight Director Sean Bradley
Dramaturg Rowan Joyce
Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Plays include: The Roommate (Broadway: The Booth Theatre; Regionally: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Steppenwolf, South Coast Repertory Theatre, etc.); Highway Patrol (The Goodman); Spain (Second Stage Theater); Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties (Woolly Mammoth, MCC, Southwark Playhouse London); The Moors (Yale Repertory Theatre, The Playwrights Realm) and Witch (Writer’s Theatre, The Geffen, The Huntington). Books include: the debut novel We Play Ourselves, story collection The Island Dwellers and novel There’s Going to be Trouble from Random House. Silverman also wrote the bestselling narrative podcast The Miranda Obsession for Audible, starring Rachel Brosnahan.
Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. They write for TV and film, including Tales of the City (Netflix) and Tokyo Vice (Max). Their OSCAR® qualifying short film Troy screened at 70 festivals internationally, including the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and is featured online in The New Yorker’s Screening Room. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim. More info at www.jensilverman.com.
