Hyde Park Theatre presents

Title page of A Most Certain, Strange and True Discovery of a Witch (1643). It features a woodcut of an old woman on a raft with two black birds. The title reads “A MOST Certain, Strange, and true Diſcovery of a VVITCH.

WITCH

by JEN SILVERMAN

February 19 – MARCH 21, 2025

Wherever I go people are like “Oh there’s the witch of Edmonton”

they’re like “where are you going witch”

they’re like “my cow took sick, why’d you do that”

and then the whispering!

Say I’m in line at the well, with everybody else.

If I turn around, the whispering stops. Dead silence.

You don’t think I know what you’re saying about me?

The village thinks old Elizabeth is a witch. But when a charming, affable Devil arrives, only Elizabeth—not the rich young man devoted to Morris dancing (and another, secret thing); not his ruthlessly ambitious adopted brother; not the village girl he’s stringing along—only Elizabeth cannot be tempted . . . maybe.

And maybe that’s what the Devil can’t resist.

If you’ve ever looked around and thought, “I dunno, should we burn it all down?”—then this is the play for you.: Jen Silverman’s darkly funny and very modern take on the 1621 Jacobean play The Witch of Edmonton. Opening February 19, right after FronteraFest. Directed by Ken Webster.

All shows start at 8:00 PM and run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Tickets available soon!

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