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John Proctor is the Villain
In present day Appalachian Georgia, a high school class explores the seminal American classic, The Crucible. As scandal swirls in their community and old heroes are unmasked, the English assignment becomes uncomfortably relevant for the students. The line between witch and heroine blurs in this post-Me Too examination of power, love, and sex education.
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First published January 1, 2017
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November 10, 2025
John Proctor is the Villain is my favorite modern play of all time. When I first read it, I called it the play of the century, but after my reread, I dare call it the play of the millennium. The brilliance of this play simply cannot be overstated. And I'm someone who loves a good play. No matter if it's Shakespeare, Beckett, Reza, Wilde, Dürrenmatt... I've read them all and I've loved them all. There's something so special to me about a story told, almost exclusively, in dialogue and that's usually finished within the span of two hours. It is exactly my cup of tea. And so when Carley (from the YT channel "Uncarley") recommended this play as one of her favorites, I immediately picked it up. And what can I say? I am obsessed. I've already read it twice now and I'm sure this will become one of my annual rereads. It's literally that good. [And if someone wants to fly me out to NYC so that I can see this play on Broadway, with the brilliant Sadie Sink starring as Shelby, feel free to hit me the fuck up, lmao.]
It's been quite some time since a work of art has emitted such visceral feelings from me. I was literally screaming, crying, throwing up whilst reading this. I wanted to scream into the void, cry with the girls, and throw up on Mr Smith. Let's be real. My annotations for this play are so unhinged because I was so in it. This play felt so real, and I felt so much for and with the girls, I wanted to protect them, I wanted to see justice served. I WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE IN PRISON!!! I wanted it all.
In the play, several girls (Beth, Nell, Raelynn) band together to form a feminism club, a proposal which is initially shot down by the administration until Mr. Smith, their English teacher, agrees to sponsor the club and a boy, Mason, is dragged in. As the students read The Crucible in Mr. Smith's class and hold club meetings, they realise that #MeToo is not just a theoretic discussion topic but closer to home than they would have thought and liked. Being a feminist and standing in solidarity with women and victims is much easier in theory than in practice, especially if you know (and love) the accused.
Throughout the play, Belflower beautifully captures the unique way teenage girls talk to each other when they are alone: the shared language, the gestures, the inside jokes, the intimacy, the laughing so hard it hurts. It is SO WELL DONE and honestly among the best and most authentic dialogue I ever read in a (modern) play. IT IS SOOO GOOD! The dialogue is, in parts, cringe and cheesy but that's exactly how teenage girls talk. And despite the heavy subject matter, this play is so fucking funny, ya'll.
There's even feminist commentary in her stage directions, for instance when Lee throws a chair near his ex-girlfriend Raelynn:"it’s just a moment of casual violence [...] it makes you think about that time in college acting class when a guy punched a hole through the wall right next to his female scene partner and your professor praised him for being “truthful”". Whew.
John Proctor is the Villain is a play about victim blaming vs believing victims (the moment where Raelynn acknowledges that she believes Shelby is SO FUCKING IMPORTANT!! I love these girls and their friendship so fucking much!) and about the different ways you can process trauma. Belflower does a fantastic job at showing that isolating oneself can never be the solution, the healing starts with overcoming shame and silence, speaking up, finding your community and support system etc. etc. There's this one stage direction about Raelynn and Shelby—"they love each other so much"—which always makes me tear up: "there are miles to go, but they’re testing the ground, inching toward fixing this beat" <33 The two also share this beautiful moment of laughter, which is part of their reconciliation and healing process:"they laugh for way, way longer than you think they should / they might hold hands, or lean a head against a shoulder, or something / the audience should absolutely get a little uncomfortable from how long they laugh if you think they’re laughing long enough, they almost definitely probably aren’t the laughter might turn a little manic in an edge-of-tears way / but still / they laugh" I mean???? "but still, they laugh"??? Put that on my tombstone, why dontcha. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
At the play's climax, Shelby and Raelynn do an interpretive dance to Lorde's song "Green Light—their performance is heart-wrenching, guttural, cathartic, and one of the most powerful dramatic finales in epic history.
Like I said in the beginning of this review, John Proctor is the Villain demonstrates the power of feminine solidarity and rage. And right now, solidarity and rage sound like pretty good strategies for fighting back, or even just for coping. In many ways, this is a perfect play for our moment, an urgent response to the terrifying world girls and women find themselves in. Read this play. Read it. Just read. Brace yourself. But read it. If you are a woman, if you love and respect women. Read this fucking play.
It's been quite some time since a work of art has emitted such visceral feelings from me. I was literally screaming, crying, throwing up whilst reading this. I wanted to scream into the void, cry with the girls, and throw up on Mr Smith. Let's be real. My annotations for this play are so unhinged because I was so in it. This play felt so real, and I felt so much for and with the girls, I wanted to protect them, I wanted to see justice served. I WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE IN PRISON!!! I wanted it all.
it won’t matter that when you were sixteen and newly orphanedJohn Proctor is the Villain is a timely play in the context of the #MeToo movement. It asks the vital question of when a witch hunt becomes a witch hunt. Who gets declared a witch? Who are the hunters? AND WHO DESERVES TO BE HUNTED??? Kimberly Belflower explores all of these question, by turning Arthur Miller's The Crucible on its head, demonstrating the power of feminine solidarity and rage. This play truly is a feminist moment in and of itself. Like, you will never understand but this play and its message are so fucking powerful!!! The power of female friendship, the beauty (and terror) of girlhood, the fucking guts it takes to stand up in the face of oppression and the patriarchy.
a married man two decades older than you made promises he had no intention to keep and said things in the dark that made you feel like you were made of fire
it will matter that you took that fire and burned him down with it
because that same fire will spread
In the play, several girls (Beth, Nell, Raelynn) band together to form a feminism club, a proposal which is initially shot down by the administration until Mr. Smith, their English teacher, agrees to sponsor the club and a boy, Mason, is dragged in. As the students read The Crucible in Mr. Smith's class and hold club meetings, they realise that #MeToo is not just a theoretic discussion topic but closer to home than they would have thought and liked. Being a feminist and standing in solidarity with women and victims is much easier in theory than in practice, especially if you know (and love) the accused.
SHELBYThere are several reveals throughout the play which raise the stakes and maintain the play's lightning speed but let me tell you: I KNEW WHO THE F*CKING VILLAIN OF THIS PLAY WAS FROM THE BEGINNING! And this character and their actions HAD MY BLOOD BOILING. Like, kudos to Belflower for being such an exceptional writer BUT I WANTED TO KILL THIS MAN!!!! (Rereading the play was even wilder because his audacity becomes even more clear LIKEE—SOMEONE LOCK HIM UP!!!!!) Like, I love the finale of the play more than life itself, but the way I would've preferred for actual WITCHCRAFT to be performed by the end of this, so that this character could burn, I cannot put it into words. When Raelynn and Shelby come to class with the record player I was soooo ready for a full take down of this character with voice messages and all, but the we got something a lot more beautiful and empowering which, again, goes to show why Belflower is the award-winner writer and not me. ;) I would've just let his fucking head roll, lmao.
like that’s what names are
they’re fiction
but my body is a fact
I live inside of it
Throughout the play, Belflower beautifully captures the unique way teenage girls talk to each other when they are alone: the shared language, the gestures, the inside jokes, the intimacy, the laughing so hard it hurts. It is SO WELL DONE and honestly among the best and most authentic dialogue I ever read in a (modern) play. IT IS SOOO GOOD! The dialogue is, in parts, cringe and cheesy but that's exactly how teenage girls talk. And despite the heavy subject matter, this play is so fucking funny, ya'll.
IVYAnd because this is so fucking fun you get another example of Belflower's hilarious dialogue:
well
yeah they’re perfect
remember I did horse therapy that one summer
NELL
oh so you’re like rich
IVY
I love that that’s your takeaway
not like, “oh dang what did you need horse therapy for, are you okay?”
BETHEven Belflower's notes for the play are amazing. I mean, look at her character notes: "Beth Powell – student, 17, F. kind of like if Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller had a baby and raised her in the Deep South." and "Bailey Gallagher – counselor, 24, F. this is her first real job out of college. she's trying her best." HELLO?? The way you can IMMEDIATELY picture these characters. Holy shit. And look on her note on pace: "if it’s over 1:45 you’re going too slow. NO INTERMISSION!!!" She truly is one of us! I also love that Belflower stood on business when it came to the intersections of racism and sexism. She has several excellent notes on casting: "rural Georgia doesn’t mean all white. never has." PERIODTTT. "the case can be made for any of these girls to be a person of color, but certain combinations lead to stereotypes and/or commentary I'm not trying to make. as such: Lee and Mr. Smith are white. full stop." EXACTLYYYYYY. Stomp on their necks, bestie. You get it!!!!
I think about that part all the time
I cannot wait to shine like fireworks over this sad empty town
RAELYNN
I kind of hope she murders john mayer one day
BETH
what??
RAELYNN
but like
in a very very sneaky way like no one will know it’s her
but I’ll know
he’ll just turn up dead one day from like “natural causes” and I’ll be like
yeah girl
yes
you did it
There's even feminist commentary in her stage directions, for instance when Lee throws a chair near his ex-girlfriend Raelynn:"it’s just a moment of casual violence [...] it makes you think about that time in college acting class when a guy punched a hole through the wall right next to his female scene partner and your professor praised him for being “truthful”". Whew.
John Proctor is the Villain is a play about victim blaming vs believing victims (the moment where Raelynn acknowledges that she believes Shelby is SO FUCKING IMPORTANT!! I love these girls and their friendship so fucking much!) and about the different ways you can process trauma. Belflower does a fantastic job at showing that isolating oneself can never be the solution, the healing starts with overcoming shame and silence, speaking up, finding your community and support system etc. etc. There's this one stage direction about Raelynn and Shelby—"they love each other so much"—which always makes me tear up: "there are miles to go, but they’re testing the ground, inching toward fixing this beat" <33 The two also share this beautiful moment of laughter, which is part of their reconciliation and healing process:"they laugh for way, way longer than you think they should / they might hold hands, or lean a head against a shoulder, or something / the audience should absolutely get a little uncomfortable from how long they laugh if you think they’re laughing long enough, they almost definitely probably aren’t the laughter might turn a little manic in an edge-of-tears way / but still / they laugh" I mean???? "but still, they laugh"??? Put that on my tombstone, why dontcha. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
At the play's climax, Shelby and Raelynn do an interpretive dance to Lorde's song "Green Light—their performance is heart-wrenching, guttural, cathartic, and one of the most powerful dramatic finales in epic history.
during the first verse, they perform a series of precise, synchronized movements it might be hard for Shelby to fully commit for the first part of the danceThat song ("I'M WAITING FOR IT, THAT GREEN LIGHT, I WANT IT!!!!!!!!") has literally become an all-time favorite of mine. Like, I'm blasting it each night dancing in my room. It makes so much sense within the context of the play and I'll never be able to listen to it without thinking of Shelby and Raelynn and how fucking brave they were, and of Beth maybe dancing, too. ("then, when the song starts to go into that slower moment at the end: Beth stands up / she looks a little surprised at herself / the other girls see her / we see them see her / she takes a step toward them is she going to dance too? she might / she just might / blackout" — babes, I tell you I CRYYY every time I read these lines, even now writing this fucking review. Ugh.) As it's impossible to find a bootleg of the Broadway show (boo, tomatoes tomatoes) I have to be content with watching snippets of high school performances of the play on YT, and let me tell you, whenever I watch the finale, and see the different choreos the girls come up with, I literally tear up. Like, it is THAT deep. You will never understand!!!
she might even have to stop once or twice —
I mean, Mr. Smith is Right There
but she’s so fucking brave and she keeps going because Raelynn’s Right There too
they’re doing this together
that’s all Shelby needs
Like I said in the beginning of this review, John Proctor is the Villain demonstrates the power of feminine solidarity and rage. And right now, solidarity and rage sound like pretty good strategies for fighting back, or even just for coping. In many ways, this is a perfect play for our moment, an urgent response to the terrifying world girls and women find themselves in. Read this play. Read it. Just read. Brace yourself. But read it. If you are a woman, if you love and respect women. Read this fucking play.
December 19, 2019
The amount of sheer joy I experienced at the end of this play knocked me over. If it's the last thing I do, I will find a way to direct this at the university where I teach.
January 5, 2023
why on earth is this not getting produced everywhere, constantly
October 13, 2024
Why are we still doing The Crucible when this exists?
February 18, 2024
thank you, lorde!
January 30, 2024
um. hey. holy shit????? being a girl is so messy and strange and complicated and that was encapsulated so well. loved the commentary in the stage directions, loved peeling back the layers of every character, i literally couldn’t stop reading even if i wanted to. incredible work
September 28, 2024
i need to see this translated into several languages and performed at high schools and colleges everywhere. this play examines sexual assault (allegations) in the post-me too era through the lens of 16-year-old students discussing arthur miller’s the crucible in class. what is their reading of the play in a time where you turn on the news and you keep hearing people mention witch hunts? although i found some lines to be pretty cringeworthy in an attempt to appeal to younger audiences, i loved the exploration of girlhood, and i had full on chills during the last scene (cue that one meme of the elderly woman wiping away a tear while saying, "wow, that was so powerful"). in terms of progressiveness, john proctor is the villain offers a kind of feminism 101 lesson, much like greta gerwig’s barbie. i could see how it doesn’t have enough depth for some people, however, i think that this type of feminism is still very much needed today.
May 7, 2025
literally a genius work of art (green light by lorde is currently playing on a loop in the background)
July 15, 2025
cried again just reading it 😭
September 10, 2025
“A name doesn’t mean anything if it doesn’t have a body to be attached to”
There is truly nothing like live theater and I’m so thankful to have seen this production
There is truly nothing like live theater and I’m so thankful to have seen this production
January 23, 2020
A moving and energizing play, John Proctor Is the Villain manages to be optimistic about the future of gender relationship without sugarcoating the insidiousness of current power and ideological dynamics. The play also offers positive role models to young adults, whether they identify as masculine or feminine.
I cannot wait to teach this alongside The Crucible!
I cannot wait to teach this alongside The Crucible!
October 22, 2023
My dream would be to produce this in rep with The Crucible. Have colleges and high school classes attend both. Ugh. Academic dream.
September 23, 2025
Page 114! The gasp I gusped. 😱
I’ve never seen this play before. It’s one of my brother’s favorites and he dropped the screenplay off in my mailbox for me to read. Thus, I didn’t know where this play was going, and on page 114 I was clutching my invisible pearls.
This play is poignant, and I’d imagine viewing the final scene from the audience would have a lasting and profound impact. I know I was able to feel moved simply by reading the scene from my recliner.
I’ve never seen this play before. It’s one of my brother’s favorites and he dropped the screenplay off in my mailbox for me to read. Thus, I didn’t know where this play was going, and on page 114 I was clutching my invisible pearls.
This play is poignant, and I’d imagine viewing the final scene from the audience would have a lasting and profound impact. I know I was able to feel moved simply by reading the scene from my recliner.
June 2, 2025
i am feeling so many things right now. i absolutely loved this and will need to read it 382430984 times and need to see it so bad
June 3, 2025
Very much “baby’s first feminist play” while also falling victim to not knowing how gen z actually talks. I hope the current Broadway production is as amazing as everyone says, but to quote another play with just as many Tony nominations: “I have such doubts.” Because 7??? 7 nominations??? Okay 🙃
June 21, 2024
This is intertextuality at its finest. So good.
March 25, 2025
i always hated john proctor
May 18, 2025
I had read Belflower's previous play. Lost Girl, and didn't think much of it, but since this has gotten such acclaim - including, heaven help us, a Tony nom for Best Play, I was hopeful. Sadly, the text suffers from much of the same foibles; a terrific idea hampered by uneven execution; a 'shocking revelation' that if one doesn't see it coming by the end of the first scene, means you've been living your entire life under a rock ; and dialogue that comes off as just a wee bit artificial (do contemporary high schoolers really put 'like' into every friggin sentence?). This is SUPPOSED to be an AP English class, and maybe it would be in its rural Georgia setting- but these students sound more in need of remedial help.
Apparently director Danya Taymor has mitigated these faults for its Bway production -but I certainly didn't get the hoopla from just reading the script. Yes, it has important things to say about the #MeToo movement and women's consent in general - I wish it just didn't do it in such clunky fashion. Mazel to anything that is getting youngsters interested and excited by theatre, however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngLnR...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/th...
https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/r...
https://www.vulture.com/article/theat...
https://nyunews.com/arts/performance/...
https://nyunews.com/arts/performance/...
Apparently director Danya Taymor has mitigated these faults for its Bway production -but I certainly didn't get the hoopla from just reading the script. Yes, it has important things to say about the #MeToo movement and women's consent in general - I wish it just didn't do it in such clunky fashion. Mazel to anything that is getting youngsters interested and excited by theatre, however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngLnR...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/th...
https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/r...
https://www.vulture.com/article/theat...
https://nyunews.com/arts/performance/...
https://nyunews.com/arts/performance/...
July 28, 2025
female rage, the play. honestly this is a must read/watch.
August 21, 2025
I would love to be in a production of this
August 4, 2025
it starts to look less like a dance and more like an exorcism
maybe we see the moon
maybe we see fire
maybe not
maybe we see the moon
maybe we see fire
maybe not
September 7, 2025
This play is closing today on Broadway and wanted to read the script in honor of that <3
Since there’s no Broadway reviewing app (yet), I’ll say it here that this show was one of the most impactful shows I’ve ever seen. It’s culturally relevant and still funny and grounded and lovable. I cried at the end, not because of sadness like I thought I would but because of how I understood this play at its core and how Belflower wrote this play that understood me back. If I had been given the chance, I too would’ve wanted to perform an interpretive dance to “Green Light” by Lorde in my high school English class. I would’ve wanted to start a feminist club! These characters reflect everything I felt as a teenager as I was learning about who I was and what the world around me was like as I left high school.
I am absolutely so excited to see this turned into a film and I look forward to making everyone I know watch it when it comes out in the future. I hope I get to see another production of this too one day. Kimberly Belflower, I thank you for your service 🫡
Since there’s no Broadway reviewing app (yet), I’ll say it here that this show was one of the most impactful shows I’ve ever seen. It’s culturally relevant and still funny and grounded and lovable. I cried at the end, not because of sadness like I thought I would but because of how I understood this play at its core and how Belflower wrote this play that understood me back. If I had been given the chance, I too would’ve wanted to perform an interpretive dance to “Green Light” by Lorde in my high school English class. I would’ve wanted to start a feminist club! These characters reflect everything I felt as a teenager as I was learning about who I was and what the world around me was like as I left high school.
I am absolutely so excited to see this turned into a film and I look forward to making everyone I know watch it when it comes out in the future. I hope I get to see another production of this too one day. Kimberly Belflower, I thank you for your service 🫡
June 26, 2025
I read this on a weekday afternoon while drinking a glass of chilled white wine under a hanging fern on my friend's shaded front porch, so it's possible that the charming environment is coloring my perspective, but I LOVED this play.
As a high school English teacher who has taught The Crucible many times (and has always loooooved John Proctor, despite myself), it's impossible to read any of it without part of my brain racing to figure out how to fit it into my curriculum, and I still haven't figured it out, but ahhhh! I want to! I guess I could see high school kids thinking it's a little corny, but so are Taylor Swift lyrics, and they love those, so.
The stage directions are brilliant. Such personality! Like, of course, I would love to see this play performed, but the text is worth reading as its own piece of art so that you don't miss out on Belflower's direction. She talks to you about what's going on on the stage like you're an old friend. Beautifully done.
As a high school English teacher who has taught The Crucible many times (and has always loooooved John Proctor, despite myself), it's impossible to read any of it without part of my brain racing to figure out how to fit it into my curriculum, and I still haven't figured it out, but ahhhh! I want to! I guess I could see high school kids thinking it's a little corny, but so are Taylor Swift lyrics, and they love those, so.
The stage directions are brilliant. Such personality! Like, of course, I would love to see this play performed, but the text is worth reading as its own piece of art so that you don't miss out on Belflower's direction. She talks to you about what's going on on the stage like you're an old friend. Beautifully done.
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November 20, 2025just unfathomably and astoundingly good. SO funny and so good at capturing the sometimes rambling nonsense that is conversations among teenagers (and among girls who are long-time friends) but also so incredible at tackling the subject matter it tries to examine.
September 12, 2025
I don’t even have the words to express how important this piece of work is. Mandatory read/watch for literally everyone (I was going to say for teens but, no, this is for all).
October 25, 2025
WOW WHAT A PLAY. Read this @sarah rich
March 24, 2025
“it will matter that you took that fire and burned him down with it because that same fire will spread it will scorch the earth to make room for the new world we deserve”
ohhh now this… yeahhhhhhhh she did that. seriously this is such a brilliant concept of reexamining the crucible through a modern perspective along with the metoo movement. the writing feels real and authentic to how actual teenagers speak and not how someone thinks teenagers talk. and yes baby justice for my girl abigail williams. i knew back in high school when i read the crucible that abigail wasn’t really the villain of that story. overall the show does a good job of tackling a lot of difficult conversations without feeling too forced or like a soapbox. also i just have to say that last scene… full body chills because i too have danced around to green light by lorde as a form of catharsis and let me tell you that shit is soooooooo freeing. green light truly is one of the best songs ever written so thank you lorde you never let me down.
ohhh now this… yeahhhhhhhh she did that. seriously this is such a brilliant concept of reexamining the crucible through a modern perspective along with the metoo movement. the writing feels real and authentic to how actual teenagers speak and not how someone thinks teenagers talk. and yes baby justice for my girl abigail williams. i knew back in high school when i read the crucible that abigail wasn’t really the villain of that story. overall the show does a good job of tackling a lot of difficult conversations without feeling too forced or like a soapbox. also i just have to say that last scene… full body chills because i too have danced around to green light by lorde as a form of catharsis and let me tell you that shit is soooooooo freeing. green light truly is one of the best songs ever written so thank you lorde you never let me down.
June 16, 2025
2025 reread
I read a play and was reminded of how much I loved this play so I reread it and all my sentiments stay this is so good !! i wish i could see it live!!
2024 review
This was such a joy to read!! It had been so long since I read a play and it was lovely to be reminded that i am a theatre kid at heart.
It’s funny and heartfelt, I think it brings out very nuanced and complicated themes regarding sexual assault in a way that feels balanced with the lightheartedness of the tone of the play. I like that it isn’t afraid to lean in to being a little cringey, since everyone in this is 15-17. Of course they’re a little silly.
It has all the elements that make me love theatre and the final scene, as the reviews promised, truly delivers I almost cried.
I wish i was rich so i could go see it on broadway!!!
I read a play and was reminded of how much I loved this play so I reread it and all my sentiments stay this is so good !! i wish i could see it live!!
2024 review
This was such a joy to read!! It had been so long since I read a play and it was lovely to be reminded that i am a theatre kid at heart.
It’s funny and heartfelt, I think it brings out very nuanced and complicated themes regarding sexual assault in a way that feels balanced with the lightheartedness of the tone of the play. I like that it isn’t afraid to lean in to being a little cringey, since everyone in this is 15-17. Of course they’re a little silly.
It has all the elements that make me love theatre and the final scene, as the reviews promised, truly delivers I almost cried.
I wish i was rich so i could go see it on broadway!!!
October 26, 2023
THAT GREEN LIGHT I WANT IT
June 1, 2025
just saw this on broadway. gonna dump my feelings here.
this is one of the few pieces of art that i’ve seen that portrays the aftermath of sexual abuse with such raw honesty and accuracy. along with sadie sink's incredible and honest performance, this show just gets it. all the complicated feelings, semi reasonable crashouts, and things that you shouldn't really be laughing at are represented perfectly here. shelby is one of my new favorite theatre characters and i related to her journey a lot. even before you fully know what happened to her there are little details (both in the script and sink's electrifying performance) that felt all to real to me. when i broke down crying at the end if you've seen the show you know exactly the scene im talking about) i was overcome with a mixture of catharsis and rage. i will never listen to melodrama by lorde the same way again.
this is one of the few pieces of art that i’ve seen that portrays the aftermath of sexual abuse with such raw honesty and accuracy. along with sadie sink's incredible and honest performance, this show just gets it. all the complicated feelings, semi reasonable crashouts, and things that you shouldn't really be laughing at are represented perfectly here. shelby is one of my new favorite theatre characters and i related to her journey a lot. even before you fully know what happened to her there are little details (both in the script and sink's electrifying performance) that felt all to real to me. when i broke down crying at the end if you've seen the show you know exactly the scene im talking about) i was overcome with a mixture of catharsis and rage. i will never listen to melodrama by lorde the same way again.
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