Sadie Sink stars inJohn Proctor is the Villain, a Broadway comedy that upends the classic drama.
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Like many students before her,Sadie Sinkwas forced to readThe Cruciblein school.
She found it incredibly boring.
She was also watching the fallout over Harvey Weinsteins sexual-assault allegations from her family farm in Appalachia.
I was like,Oh.
That wasnt a weird thing that happened at a party, that was assault, Belflower says.
Then Woody Allen called Me Too a witch hunt in an interview.
In Millers play, Proctor is the tragic hero whose affair sets the witchcraft accusations in motion.
Belflower says she thought to herself,Wait, has John Proctor been a stealth villain this entire time?
Belflower showed director Danya Taymor a draft in 2019, but the timing didnt align.
I sort of made peace with it, Taymor recalls.
They soon all talked about doing another production.
Thats where we become the people who we are.
It helps that she really resonated with the material.
These girls are still trying to figure out what feminism is and whats the right thing to do.
She believes the current political climate only gives the play new relevance.
Its relevancy isnt lost on us.
In previews March 20 at the Booth Theatre.
Correction: Stacy Schiffs bookThe Witchesis a historical account, not a novel.
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