Hyde Park Theatre presents
Chase Brewer and Katherine Catmull in Witch at HPT. Photo by Bret Brookshire.
WITCH
by JEN SILVERMAN
February 21 – MARCH 21, 2026
The devil?
Blah blah blah your soul etc.
MY soul?
Ripe for the picking.
Why mine?
Everybody says you’re a witch. You’re not, of course. But! would you like to be?
I was warned about you.
Everybody is warned about me, it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. Mind if I sit down?
Amara (Mars) Johnson in Witch at HPT. Photo by Bret Brookshire.
Witch has a lovely Arts Eclectic piece running on KUT right now—give it a listen and/or read! We were also recommended by the Austin Chronicle!
And we have a lovely review in Broadway World Austin:
Sharp, funny, and quietly ferocious. . . . .Razor-smart . . . Director Ken Webster preserves a light, playful tone, letting the humor come through while darker questions simmer below the surface. The production entertains with gusto, even as it asks what we are willing to trade for security, status, approval, and love. . . Highly recommend you pay a visit to the charming Devil and the wise Witch at Hyde Park Theatre.
And another in Central Texas Live Theatre:
An instantly comic effect is that these characters all talk twentieth-century American English. That brings right up to the present moment the sell-your-soul plotline . . . The playwright serves up some sparkling surprises. . . . And there's a rousing, lengthy combat late in the action that'll bring you to the edge of your seat.
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, “Maybe it’s time to burn it all down and start fresh”—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.
The HPT production features Chase Brewer, Katherine Catmull, Jon Edward Cook, Steve Guntli, Amara (Mars) Johnson, and Rupert Reyes. Directed by Ken Webster.
All shows start at 8:00 PM and run Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturday,s February 21 - March 21. Tickets start at $25 on Thursday and Friday, $28 on Saturday. Prices go up the last two weeks to $28 on Thursday and Friday, $30 on Saturday. Tickets on sale now!
Every Thursday is Pay What You Can Night. Write hydeparktheatre@gmail.com or call 512-479-PLAY (7529) to make a reservation, then pay what you can at the door. Or just show up and take your chances!
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