There is no time for doubt in Jen Silverman’s Witch. When the Devil appears, one must accept that he is real and be ready to bargain—because your future is at stake and you might not get another chance.

The playwright’s inventive rework of a classic 17th century English drama taps into the urgency of moment we find ourselves in America, not with obvious stand-ins for contemporary political figures or events, but with the universal struggle people feel for hope in dark times.

Scratch (Joshua J. Weinstein), his name pseudonymous for the Devil, has arrived in the rural town of Edmonton eager to claim souls in exchange for granting people’s darkest desires. He immediately sets his sights on the rivals Cuddy Banks (Charles Grant), the aristocratic son of Sir Arthur Banks (George Mount), and F

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