What would you do if the devil offered you a deal? This summer at The Garage Theatre, unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and characters must decide what their souls are worth when a smooth-talking devil arrives offering to fulfill people’s darkest desires. But this devil might have met his match in the person he thinks would be the easiest mark: Elizabeth, the town outcast branded a witch. Mischief is afoot and the fates are at stake when Alexandria McGinness & Eric Hamme co-direct Witch, by Jen Silverman. This smart, subversive play is loosely based on the 1621 English play, The Witch of Edmonton, by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford, which itself was inspired by the real-life story of Elizabeth Sawyer who was executed for witchcraft on April 19, 1621. Silverman breathes new life into the Jacobean play with an inventive modern retelling that explores themes of exclusion, masculinity, queerness, ambition, and desire.
Witch at The Garage Theatre Schedule
Bobby Zelsdorf, Spencer Karlak, Paul Knox, and Rob Young in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Rob Young as Frank Thorney and Spencer Karlak as Winnifred, in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Collette Rutherford as Elizabeth Sawyer, in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Collette Rutherford as Elizabeth Sawyer, in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Bobby Zelsdorf as Cuddy Banks and Rob Young as Frank Thorney, in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Bobby Zelsdorf, Spencer Karlak, Paul Knox, and Rob Young in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Bobby Zelsdorf, Spencer Karlak, Paul Knox, and Rob Young in Witch at the The Garage Theatre Photo Credit: Diana Kaufmann
Cast and Creative team for Witch at The Garage Theatre
Cast
Rory Cowan
Scratch
Spencer Karlak
Winnifred
Paul Knox
Sir Arthur Banks
Collete Rutherford
Elizabeth Sawyer
Rob Young
Frank Thorney
Bobby Zelsdorf
Cuddy Banks
Creative Team
Alexandria McGinness
Director
Eric Hamme
Director
Tori McAfee
Stage Manager
Matt Vincent Julian
Production Manager
Matari 2600
Sound Designer
Yuri Okahana-Benson
Set Designer
McLeod Benson
Lighting Designer
Diana Kaufmann
Costume Designer
Alyssa Felix Garcia
Intimacy Director
Jeff Budner
Fight Choreographer
Jen Shetland
Dance Choreographer
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