The play is set in 1692 in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusett. Fear of witchcraft runs rife in the community, so when a group of young girls is found dancing naked in the forest and performing cult rituals, the town goes into uproar. The girls claim they were possessed by the Devil, and proceed to accuse various town members of being bound to Satan. This was, in Puritan communities at the time, a hanging offense. The accused include John Proctor, upstanding member of the Community who refuses on moral grounds to provide the confession of witchcraft that would save him from the noose. The mounting hysteria of the Salem witch trials is an allegory for the McCarthy-era crackdown on Communism in 1950s America.
I auditioned for and received the part of Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor's wife. We have started rehearsals, although it has been a little interrupted due to SAISA basketball. I am enjoying the challenge of a more serious piece of theatre - all other productions I have been in have been muscials or small pieces written and performed by the group in acting workshops.
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