Photo Flash: Get a Look at SALTONSTALL at Essex Community College

An original play "Saltonstall: One man's stand against Salem witch trials" debuted on November 1-4, at the Chester Hawrylciw Theater on the campus of Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Mass.

Check out photos from the production below!

The play tells the true, courageous story of Nathaniel Saltonstall who was appointed to the panel of judges tasked with trying dozens of witchcraft cases as fear gripped the region. It was an honor to be appointed, yet after only one trial Saltonstall resigned in disgust. He became one of the earliest voices against the hysteria despite knowing it would threaten his career, his family, and even his life.

New Hampshire author Michael Cormier wrote the original story and the play is by Cormier and Director Myriam Cyr. Cormier grew up in Haverhill and the bulk of the research was done at The Buttonwoods Museum that was once the Saltonstall estate. Along with capturing the hysteria of the time in Salem the play beautifully incorporates the local setting overlooking the Merrimack River.

The cast included experienced actors from Portsmouth, N.H. to Sharon, Mass. The creative development team includes Myriam Cyr, Patricia Jamison, Robert Kerrigan, and Cat Stramer.