WITCH

by JEN SILVERMAN

October 23 - November 9, 2025

Virginia Repertory Theatre’s Theatre Gym, 114 West Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220

“It’s hard to be you — would you like to be a witch?”

A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed. An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.

Reviews:

“Witch is utterly spellbinding... superb... intelligent.” – LA Daily News

“If you’ve seen the bumper sticker ‘well-behaved women don’t make history,’ you’ll have a sense of what Silverman is shrewdly and passionately exploring here: If your unsold soul is so disrespected by your community, then why not give some handsome devil a try? It cannot, arguably, be worse.” – Chicago Tribune

“Jen Silverman’s exceedingly smart new comedy… casts an intoxicating spell. The playwright’s ear for patterns of speech, and the halting language of longing, is marvelous here.” – Chicago Sun Times

“Silverman’s dialogue accomplishes so much, so succinctly, that it establishes itself right away as the biggest star of the Geffen Playhouse’s starry production.” – LA Times

“Darkly humorous... thematically current... a spell worth casting.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Witch is utterly spellbinding... Superb... Intelligent.” – LA Daily News