John Proctor is the Villain will be reaching even wider audiences in the future! The Tony Award-nominated play, currently running at the Booth Theatre, will be adapted for the big screen by the show’s playwright Kimberly Belflower.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Tina Fey and Marc Platt will produce the film, set to be distributed by Universal. The show’s original star, Tony nominee Sadie Sink, will executive produce the film adaptation of the play.
Casting and a release date for the film have yet to be announced.
In John Proctor is the Villain, five young women – fueled by pop music, optimism, and fury – clash with their school, their Georgia town, and the stories they’ve been instructed to believe. As their class dissects The Crucible, they begin to question who we deem heroic, who we call a villain, and who gets burned in the process. With biting humor and a beating heart, this explosive new play – “one of the most anticipated of the season” (The New York Times) – shines a blazing spotlight on the eternal fight to claim your own narrative in a world that’s still stuck in the past.
John Proctor is the Villain runs at the Booth Theatre through Sunday, August 31, 2025.
