Mare Nostrum Elements, The Schoolhouse Theater and Theater 808 present a rare Off-Broadway revival of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Arthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE at The Arclight Theatre. THE CRUCIBLE, a historical play based on events of the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, is a powerful and timeless depiction of how intolerance and mass hysteria can tear a community apart.
The story centers on a farmer, John Proctor, whose wife Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams, a former servant of the Proctors. In the wake of Abigail's charges, Reverend Parris begins hearing accusations and counter-accusations from allsides of the community, so he brings in a judge to determine who is guilty.