John Proctor is the Villain
The Calderwood/BCA
February 8 - March 10, 2024
By Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Margot Bordelon
The Huntington
@ Calderwood/BCA
527 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116
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Approximate run time: 100 minutes with no intermission.
Content Advisories: Please note this production contains theatrical haze. Please click here for a content advisory that addresses thematic elements.
Notable Dates:
Opening Night: 2/16 at 7:00 pm
Open Caption Performances: 2/20 at 7:30 pm
Audio Described Performance: 3/9 at 2 pm
Synopsis:
At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens explore The Crucible while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. With a contemporary lens on the American classic, the young women begin to discover their power and agency, finding a way to hold both the classic text and their community to account – with a profound sense of rage, authenticity, and hope. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, writing their own coming of age story.
Cast & Crew
Japhet Balaban
Carter Smith
Japhet Balaban
Japhet Balaban Broadway: Leopoldstadt. Regional: Graveyard Shift (Goodman Theatre); Women Laughing Alone with Salad (Theatre Wit); Ideation (Jackalope Theatre); You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites); Posh (Steep Theatre); Never the Sinner (Victory Gardens); Balm in Gilead (Griffin Theatre). Film: The Thing About Harry, Bitter Melons. TV: Fargo, Empire, The Chi, Hot Date, Chicago Med, Chicago PD.
Isabel Van Natta
Shelby Holcomb
Isabel Van Natta
Isabel Van Natta Off Broadway: Laure (workshopped at NYTW and The Tank); Suicide Bridge (The American Theatre of Actors). Regional: RX Machina, Lorena (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Medusa: Reclaimed (Central Square Theatre); The Nether (Area Stage Company). Education: BFA (Boston University ‘22). @isabelvannatta
Jules Talbot
Beth Powell
Jules Talbot
Jules Talbot Regional: Coriolanus (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Alice, Pippi Longstocking, The Miracle Worker (Wheelock Family Theatre); Party Bots, Made You Look (Lyric Back Stage at Lyric Stage); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Greater Boston Stage Company); Wild Swimming (Apollinaire Theatre Company); The Nether (Flat Earth Theatre). Education: BA (NYU). @jules_talbot julestalbot.com
Victoria Omoregie
Nell Shaw
Victoria Omoregie
Victoria Omoregie The Huntington: Fat Ham (with Front Porch Arts Collective). Regional: acts of faith (American Stage); FAIRVIEW (SpeakEasy Stage); The Bomb-Itty of Errors (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); LORENA: A Tabloid Epic (Boston Playwrights Theatre); The Legend of Georgia McBride, In The Red and Brown Water, Othello, Are You Ready To Smash White Things (Boston University).
Brianna Martinez
Ivy Watkins
Brianna Martinez
Brianna Martinez Regional: A Man for All Seasons, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); Maddie & Eleanor, Goosebumps: The Musical, Boogie (The Growing Stage); Premiere Stages. Film / TV: Allswell, In a Time of Jewels, Betty. University: Anna in the Tropics, Blood Wedding. Education: BFA in Theatre Performance (Kean University); also, has studied Acting for the Camera at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. briannamartinez.net
Haley Wong
Raelynn Nix
Haley Wong
Haley Wong is a New York-based actor from Hong Kong. Off Broadway: Mary Gets Hers (The Playwrights Realm/MCC); Events (The Hearth/The Brick); Button Lake Band Camp (Clubbed Thumb Winterworks). She has also helped develop work at Atlantic Theater Company, Studio Theater, New York City Center, and Ojai Playwrights Conference, among others. Education: BA (Brown University). haleywong.com
Maanav Aryan Goyal
Mason Adams
Maanav Aryan Goyal
Maanav Aryan Goyal South Asian American actor and creative based in the NYC and DMV areas. Graduate from NYU Tisch, BFA in Drama. Training from the New Studio on Broadway, Lee Strasberg Institute of Theatre and Film, and Stonestreet Studios Residency Program. @maanavlink
Benjamin Izaak
Lee Turner
Benjamin Izaak
Benjamin Izaak Regional: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Nevada Conservatory Theatre); The Music Man (Berkshire Theatre Festival); A Christmas Carol, Beauty and the Beast (BTF). Film and TV: Pretty Little Liars (HBO); Fallout (Amazon). Education: BFA in Acting (PACE University). benjaminizaak.com
Olivia Hebert
Bailey Gallagher
Olivia Hebert
Olivia Hebert Off Broadway: The Hard Problem (Lincoln Center Theater); Boy Gets Violent (Ars Nova). Regional: Laughs in Spanish (Denver Center of the Performing Arts); Holiday (Arena Stage); The Importance of Being Earnest (Cape Playhouse); Rat Jaw (Stomping Ground); Nothing Can Stop What is Coming (GreenHouse Theatre Project).
Jaime Jose Hernandez
U/S Mason Adam
Jaime Jose Hernandez
Jaime Jose Hernandez Regional: Tall Tales From Blackburn Tavern (Gloucester Stage Company); As You Like It (Actors Shakespeare Project); The House of Ramon Iglesia (Moonbox Productions); Sweat (Gamm Theatre); Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (Lyric Stage); Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Arboretum Experience (ART); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Hub Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (Apollinaire Theatre Company); Vicuña (Zeitgeist Stage Company).
Patrick O'Konis
U/S Carter Smith
Patrick O'Konis
Patrick O’Konis Off Broadway: A Chain Around the World (Sperenza Theater); Act A Lady (Connolly Theater); A Map of Virtue (Irondale Center); Weasel Festival (The Public Theater). Regional: Indecent (Wilbury Theatre Group); Escape to Margaritaville (Cumberland Theater); Like the Last (Ivoryton Playhouse).
Valyn Lyric Turner
U/S Nell Shaw, U/S Shelby Holcomb
Valyn Lyric Turner
Valyn Lyric Turner Regional: A Raisin in the Sun (New Repertory Theatre); Diaspora! (New Repertory Theatre); Seven Guitars (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); LORENA: A Tabloid Epic (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Walking the Tightrope (Wheelock Family Theatre). Educational: Little Row Boat, or Conjecture (Boston University School of Theatre).
Jack Greenberg
U/S Lee Turner
Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Soldier’s Tale (Aston Magna Festival); 9 to 5 (Barn Dinner Theater). Education: Boston University, University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Katherine Callaway
U/S Ivy Watkins, U/S Raelynn Nix
Katherine Callaway
Katherine Callaway Regional: Rooted, Be Here Now (Lyric Stage Company); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Boston Theater Company). University: What Remains Hidden (Is Still Known) a devised play with Rinde Eckert, Who Donut, Hamlet (Emerson College). Katherine is a teaching artist and administrator, currently co-producing with Plays in Place. She holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College and is a West Virginia native. katherinecallaway.com
Zehava Younger
U/S Beth Powell
Zehava Younger
Zehava Younger Regional: The Diary of Anne Frank (Boston Center for the Arts); A Christmas Carol, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty (North Shore Music Theatre); The Lightning Thief (Firehouse Center for the Arts). TV/Film: Hubie Halloween (Netflix); Invitation to a Bonfire (AMC). Awards: Elliot Norton Award and Independent Reviewers of New England Award winner (The Diary of Anne Frank).
Jessica Golden
U/S Bailey Gallaghe
Jessica Golden
Jessica Golden Regional: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Nothing But Victory! (Plays in Place); The Book Of Will, Into the Breeches! (Hub Theatre Company). Education: BFA in Drama (NYU / Tisch).
Kimberly Belflower
Playwright
Kimberly Belflower
Kimberly Belflower is a playwright and educator originally from a small town in Appalachian Georgia. Her plays include: John Proctor Is The Villain (2024 The Huntington, 2022 world premiere at Studio Theatre, 2019 Kilroys List, 2019 Ojai Playwrights Conference, multiple Helen Hayes awards, upcoming publication through Dramatists/Broadway Licensing); Lost Girl (2018 world premiere at Milwaukee Rep, Kennedy Center Darrell Ayers National Playwriting Award, published by Samuel French/Concord Theatricals); Saint Pigtail (commissioned and developed by Studio Theatre, 2023 O’Neill Finalist).
Margot Bordelon
Director
Margot Bordelon
Margot Bordelon is a New York based director who specializes in new work. Off Broadway: …what the end will be, Something Clean, Too Heavy For Your Pocket (Roundabout); Let’s Call Her Patty, Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (LCT3); peerless (Primary Stages; and Cherry Lane); Wives (Playwrights Horizons); Do You Feel Anger? (Vineyard); Eddie and Dave (Atlantic); The Pen (Premieres NYC); A Delicate Ship (Playwrights Realm); Wilder Gone (Clubbed Thumb); The Last Class: A Jazzercize Play (DODO).
Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
Assistant Director
Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
Carla Mirabal Rodríguez is a director, actor, and producer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Recent directing credits include El voicenote tiene que ser menos de 1 minuto (Dream Boston powered by The Huntington), Things You Should Know When Setting Up an Ofrenda (Huntington Theatre at Boston Theatre Marathon), In the Time of the Butterflies I(Newton Theatre Company), Temporary (Teatro Chelsea’s A-Típico New Play Festival), Romeo + Juliet (Asst. Director, Teatro Chelsea), and Sonia Se Fue (Asst. Director, Teatro Chelsea).
Victoria Lynn Awkward
Choreographer
Victoria Lynn Awkward
Victoria Lynn Awkward is a multi-hyphenate creator, administrator, educator and the Director of VLA DANCE. Regional: The Boy Who Kissed the Sky (Company One); Bluebeard’s Castle (Boston Lyric Opera); Romeo and Juliet (Boston Lyric Opera and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company).
Lauren Halvorsen
Dramaturg
Lauren Halvorsen
Lauren Halvorsen is a dramaturg and writer based in Washington, DC. Regional: Jennifer Who Is Leaving (Round House Theatre); over 30 productions at Studio Theatre, including Pass Over, Pipeline, PYG or The Mis-Educamacation of Dorian Belle, Admissions, Kings, Vietgone, The Wolves, Skeleton Crew, Three Sisters, Hand to God, The Aliens, The Big Meal, Bachelorette, and The Wolfe Twins; Pygmalion, August: Osage County, Peter Pan, Our Town, et al (The Alley Theatre).
Kristen Robinson
Scenic Designer
Kristen Robinson
Kristen Robinson is an award-winning designer, artist, and educator. Her work ranges from experimental opera to regional theatre and everything in between. Select design credits include: Drinking in America (Audible Theater), Don Giovanni, (Wolftrap Opera), Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), In the Green (LCT3), Heart of Darkness (Baryshnikov Arts Center), Minor Character (Under the Radar Festival), Everybody Black, The Thin Place (Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville), graveyard shift (Goodman Theatre), Familiar (Steppenwolf Theatre), Ethel (Alliance Theatre).
Zoë Sundra
Costume Designer
Zoë Sundra
Zoë Sundra The Huntington: assisted on designs for Fat Ham, The Art of Burning, Witch. Regional: Chicken and Biscuits (Front Porch Arts Collective); But Not Buddy, The Addams Family (Wheelock Family Theatre at BU); Bombitty of Errors, Bright Half Life (Actors’ Shakespeare Project). Zoë is also a fiber artist and creates work under the name She Said Embroidery. She lives in Watertown with her spouse and fur children.
Aja M. Jackson
Lighting Designer
Aja M. Jackson
Aja M. Jackson The Huntington: The Band’s Visit, The Art of Burning. Broadway: Fat Ham. Off Broadway: A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, Rock and Roll Man. Regional: Hear Word (ART / The Public Theater Under the Radar Festival); Lost In Yonkers, The Art of Burning, Pride and Prejudice, Simona’s Search [coming soon] (Hartford Stage); A Doll’s House, Harvey, World Goes Round, Behold, A Negress (Everyman Theatre); Fences (Shakespeare and Company); World Goes Round (Olney Theatre); Pimpinone and Ino (Boston Early Music Festival); Goddess (Berkeley Rep).
Sinan Refik
Sound Designer
Sinan Refik
Sinan Refik is an award-winning Sound Designer and Composer from NYC. Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. National Tours: Constitution; What To Send Up… Off Broadway: Letters From Max (Signature Theatre); Which Way To The Stage; All The Natalie Portmans (MCC Theater); To My Girls (Second Stage); The Vagrant Trilogy, Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater), Wish You Were Here, What To Send Up When It Goes Down (Playwrights Horizons); English [Obie Award], Shhhh (Atlantic Theater Company); Constitution (NYTW); Montag (Soho Rep); and more.
Jessica Scout Malone
Fight and Intimacy Consultant
Jessica Scout Malone
Jessica Scout Malone is a New York-based choreographer and dramaturg. Whether working with playwrights, actors, or creative teams, her focus is always on building confidence and fostering joy. Her work can be seen with companies like Anthem Theatre, Brown/Trinity Rep, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Company One, and Sparkhaven Theatre. She is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), and holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. jessicascoutmalone.com
Christine Hamel
Voice and Dialect Coach
Christine Hamel
Christine Hamel The Huntington: Witch, Hurricane Diane, The Who and The What, Awake and Sing, Chatal, and Murmur Rock, and as an actor in a workshop production of Tongue Tied Tight, and Delivered. Broadway: Fish in the Dark. Off Broadway: The Possibilities, After-Dinner Joke (PTP/NYC). Regional: Olney Theatre Center, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, New Rep, Lyric Stage, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and others.
Rachel Padula-Shufelt
Hair and Wig Design
Rachel Padula-Shufelt
Rachel Padula-Shufelt The Huntington: The Band’s Visit, The Heart Sellers, Joy and Pandemic, The Colored Museum. Broadway: Glass Menagerie, Waitress. ART credits: Life of Pi, Macbeth in Stride, Moby Dick (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Black Clown, Waitress, Fingersmith (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Elliot Norton award winner- Best Design), Marie Antoinette, and Crossing.
Dale Brown, CSA
Casting Director
Dale Brown, CSA
Dale Brown, CSA The Huntington: The Heart Sellers. Broadway: Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot; A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys & Dolls (w/ Tara Rubin Casting). Off Broadway: Gorgeous Nothings (upcoming – Life Jacket Theater), Our Brother’s Son, America Is Hard to See, Daddy Long Legs (Drama Desk nomination), Old Jews Telling Jokes.
Emily F. McMullen
Production Stage Manager
Emily F. McMullen
Emily F. McMullen has stage managed over 30 shows over the past nine seasons at The Huntington, including John Proctor is the Villain, The Band’s Visit, The Lehman Trilogy, Clyde’s, The Art of Burning, Common Ground Revisited, Hurricane Diane, Sweat, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Indecent, Romeo and Juliet, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Man in the Ring, The Niceties, Top Girls, Bad Dates, Tartuffe, and Merrily We Roll Along.
Lucas Bryce Dixon
Stage Manager
Lucas Bryce Dixon
Lucas Dixon The Huntington: John Proctor is the Villain, The Band’s Visit, Fat Ham, The Lehman Trilogy, Clyde’s, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Common Ground Revisited, The Bluest Eye, Hurricane Diane, Yerma.
Ashley Pitchford
Stage Manager
Ashley Pitchford
Ashley Pitchford The Huntington: The Heart Sellers, Fat Ham, Joy and Pandemic, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Teenage Dick, Witch, We All Fall Down, Man in the Ring.
Kevin Schlagle
Line Producer
Kevin Schlagle
Kevin Schlagle is the Resident Producer and has worked on over 40 productions in 14 seasons with The Huntington, many times as a stage manager, including The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic, Joy and Pandemic, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Witch, The Purists, Yerma, Merrily We Roll Along, Ripcord, Topdog/Underdog, Sunday in the Park with George, Milk Like Sugar, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, Smart People, Our Town, and Prelude to a Kiss.
Additional Staff for John Proctor is the Villain
Assistant Director……………………Carla Mirabal Rodríguez Choreographer………………………………Victoria L. Awkward
Fight and Intimacy Consultant…….Jessica Scout Malone
Voice and Dialect Coach………………………..Christine Hamel
Production Assistants…………………………….Kendyl Trott, Winnie Chiang Carpenters……………………………………………Diego Farrell, Michelle Walker, Nick Robinette, Max Rocca, Frida Swallow, Joe Ellard, Rachel Schladenhauffen
Scenic Artist……………………………………………Sam Galvao
Props Run……………………………………………….Corey Roberts
Props Artisan………………………………………Steven Doucette
Costume Shop Associate ………………………….Becca Jewett
Wardrobe Run………………………………………..Jennie Fuchs
Wig Run……………………………………………….Kiara Escalera
Wig/Wardrobe cover………………………………Ellie DeLucia Electricians…………………………………………Kevin Barnett, Zach Connell, Dean Covert, Sam O’Dea, Bill O’Donnell, Violet Gayzagian, Makenna Harnden, Nick Robinette
Brighter Boston interns…………………………Ezra Torres, James Hoang
Audio Run (A2) ……………………………..Madonna McGuire
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