Overview
It’s Salem, 1691. Nine year-old Betty Parris and eleven year-old Abigail Williams’ churn butter, play with poppets, and whisper at night while strange noises emanate from The Woods in the darkness. As fourteen-year-old Mercy Lewis declares, “Satan is everywhere.” When Abigail starts working for a local farmer, John Proctor, the children’s world is turned upside down…THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR reimagines the year leading up to the infamous Salem Witch Trials through the eyes of the girls at the center of it all.
Casting & Production
Casting
BETTY PARRIS — Age 9.5
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS — Age 11
MERCY LEWIS — Age 14
MARY WARREN — Age 18
Note on Casting:
All roles should be played by adults over the age of 18. The actors should embody the spirit of children, but they should not be actual children.
All characters should be played by AFAB actors. The character of Abigail is specifically nonbinary and should be played by a nonbinary performer.
Setting
Place: Salem, Massachusetts
Time: 1691, later 1706
