SYNOPSIS

In the Puritan community of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls is found dancing in the woods, after which they immediately fall ill. When no earthly cause can be determined, the citizens of Salem suspect that a sinister force may be at hand. As long-held grudges turn to violent disputes, humiliating secrets are exposed and disseminated, and the line between truth and pretense becomes increasingly blurry, the citizens’ dogged determination to root out evil becomes more dangerous than any evil itself. Everyone becomes a suspect and no one is safe. The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s remarkable 1963 play, is as relevant as ever.