Witch
by Jen Silverman

Name: Witch
Brand: Jen Silverman
SKU: 9780573708237
Rating: 4.26 (462 reviews)

Highlights

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

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.

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.

Press Reviews

"If you’ve seen the bumper sticker ‘well-behaved women don’t make history,’ you’ll have a sense of what Silverman is shrewdly and passionately exploring here: If your unsold soul is so disrespected by your community, then why not give some handsome devil a try? It cannot, arguably, be worse."
— Chicago Tribune

"Jen Silverman’s exceedingly smart new comedy… casts an intoxicating spell. The playwright’s ear for patterns of speech, and the halting language of longing, is marvelous here."
— Chicago Sun Times

"Silverman’s dialogue accomplishes so much, so succinctly, that it establishes itself right away as the biggest star of the Geffen Playhouse’s starry production."
— LA Times

"Darkly humorous... thematically current... a spell worth casting."
— The Hollywood Reporter

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Scratch Man, twenties/early thirties, the devil.	—	—	Man, twenties/early thirties, the devil.
Sir Arthur Banks Man, fifties/sixties, a wealthy and powerful man.	—	—	Man, fifties/sixties, a wealthy and powerful man.
Cuddy Banks Man, twenties/early thirties, Sir Arthur’s son, painfully shy, a Morris dancer. He is secretly in love with Frank (and also in hate).	male	—	Man, twenties/early thirties, Sir Arthur’s son, painfully shy, a Morris dancer. He is secretly in love with Frank (and also in hate).
Frank Thorney Man, twenties/early thirties, a confident and successful young man, charming and ruthless. His ambition knows no bounds.	male	—	Man, twenties/early thirties, a confident and successful young man, charming and ruthless. His ambition knows no bounds.
Winnifred Woman, twenties/early thirties, Sir Arthur’s servant, resigned and pragmatic, secretly married to Frank. These characters can be played by actors of any ethnicity. Sir Arthur and his son Cuddy do not have to be played by actors of the same ethnicity. No faux-period accents, please.	female	—	Woman, twenties/early thirties, Sir Arthur’s servant, resigned and pragmatic, secretly married to Frank. These characters can be played by actors of any ethnicity. Sir Arthur and his son Cuddy do not have to be played by actors of the same ethnicity. No faux-period accents, please.
Elizabeth Sawyer Woman, forties/fifties/sixties, an outcast.	female	—	Woman, forties/fifties/sixties, an outcast.