John Proctor is the Villain is now in performances on Broadway. Starring Sadie Sink, the new play’s opening night is set for April 14th, 2025, at the Booth Theatre. Watch Sink’s interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers where she chats about John Proctor is the Villain’s exciting performance in front of 750 high school kids on Broadway.
In addition to Sink as Shelby Holcomb, the cast features Nihar Duvvuri as Mason Adams, Tony Award winner Gabriel Ebert as Carter Smith, Molly Griggs as Bailey Gallagher, Maggie Kuntz as Ivy Watkins, Hagan Oliveras as Lee Turner, Morgan Scott as Nell Shaw, Fina Strazza as Beth Powell, and Amalia Yoo as Raelynn Nix.
At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into the American classic, the students begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero. With deep wells of passion and biting humor, John Proctor is the Villain is a new comedy from a major new American voice, capturing a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, and discovering that their future is not bound by the past.