Witch

Witch By Jen Silverman

Show Details

Dates:
Oct. 22 - Nov. 12
Preview Oct 20* & 21
* Pay-What-You-Choose Performance.  See Special Events for details.

Directed By:
Suzan Fete

Featuring:
Marti Gobel*
Neil Brookshire*
Reese Madigan*
James Carrington*
Joe Picchetti
Eva Nimmer*

Approximate Run Time:
105 minutes with no intermission

This Show is Sponsored by:
Sherry & Rick Lundell
Sandy Zingler

*Member of Actors' Equity Association

Audience Guide, Sensory Guide, Accessibility Guide and Playbill

About WITCH by Jen Silverman


A fiendishly funny new play by Jen Silverman (The Moors, The Roommate). A charming devil arrives in town to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. This sharp, subversive fable arrives just in time for halloween.

“Silverman’s exceedingly smart new comedy casts an intoxicating spell."
Chicago Sun Times

“WITCH Is utterly spell-binding…superb…intelligent…”
LA Daily News

More Plays By Jen Silverman

COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES
THE MOORS
PHOEBE IN WINTER
THE ROOMMATE*
WINK
*THE ROOMMATE was produced by RTW in 2019

The Artists

DIRECTOR .......................................... Suzan Fete
PRODUCTION & STAGE MANAGER. Bailey Wegner*
ASST. STAGE MANAGER ................... Beck Trumbull
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ..................... Anthony Lyons
COSTUME DESIGN ............................ Amy Horst
LIGHTING DESIGN ............................ Noele Stollmack**
PROP DESIGN ................................... Olivia Bastien
ASST. PROPS ..................................... Angeline Holtzman-Forbes
SCENIC DESIGN ................................ Jeff Kmiec**
SOUND DESIGN ............................... Josh Schmidt**
MOVEMENT DESIGN ....................... Jayne Pink
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY ................. Jamie Cheatham
INTIMACY DIRECTION ..................... Jen Dobby 
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR ............... Shelby Kashian
DECK SUPERVISOR  ......................... Nat Goeller
MASTER ELECTRICIAN ..................... Katie Anderson
BOARD OPERATOR .......................... Faith Lensmith
SCENERY CONSTRUCTION ............ Anthony Lyons, Timothy Linn
SCENIC PAINTING ............................ Carri Dahl

*Member of Actors' Equity Association
** Member of the United Scenic Artists of America

PRESS

REVIEW

Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The devil is working overtime in Renaissance's dark comedy 'Witch'

The slick devil buying up human souls in "Witch" has never encountered anyone like Elizabeth Sawyer...

REVIEW

Russ Bickerstaff, The Small Stage

The Devil is in the Comedy

Neil Brookshire is the devil. (Kind of.) He’s actually a demon...

REVIEW

Ryan Jay, Ryan Jay Reviews

The dark comedy “WITCH...”

The dark comedy “WITCH” opens Renaissance Theaterworks 31st season...

REVIEW

Jeff Grygny, PlayOnMKE.com

The Devil You Say

In a little town near London, Elizabeth Sawyer was accused...

REVIEW

Mary Boyle, Ozaukee Living Local

Renaissance Theaterworks Presents: WITCH

Halloween is an excellent time to tell a story about a WITCH, and Renaissance Theaterworks has one to tell. 

PREVIEW

Molly Snyder, OnMilwaukee.com

"Witch" humorously asks hard questions, features a real ritual

Renaissance Theaterworks will produce "Witch" from Oct. 22-Nov. 12. 

PREVIEW

Elizabeth Lintonen, Shepherd Express

‘Witch,’ A Devilishly Fun Dark Comedy, Comes to Renaissance Theaterworks

Witch is a new dark comedy that comes just in time for the fall season. The latest from the company is witty, darkly funny and full of magic.

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