Things are unsettled at Helen County High in rural Georgia—rumors are swirling around a student’s dad, another student blew up her life and left for Atlanta, and Mr. Smith’s junior English class has to make it through sex ed before they can finally start The Crucible. But what one man calls a witch hunt, a young woman calls the truth. When the teens start questioning what really happened in Salem, everything threatens to change. A new play from a major new voice, John Proctor Is the Villain captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on Taylor Swift, optimism, and fury, and writing their own coming of age story.

John Proctor Is the Villain contains sexist microaggressions, depictions of grooming and abusive relationship dynamics, and discussion of sexual assault and exploitation. It also contains mature language/cursing.