The MAC Theater is pleased to present Sarah Ruhl’s Becky Nurse of Salem, a dark comedy, directed by Brie Riccio. Show dates are October 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater, located at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion. Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 pm, and Sunday shows start at 2:00 pm.
Out of work and out of love, Becky Nurse is an ordinary but strong-willed grandmother just trying to get by in post-Obama America. She’s also the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was infamously executed for witchcraft in 1692 – but things have changed for women since then, haven’t they? Desperate to raise her troubled teenaged granddaughter right (and hoping to hook up with an old flame), Becky visits a local witch for help. But those spells and potions don’t work out exactly as planned.
The cast includes Sarah Morse, Bethany Lamoureux, Lucy Bly, Kiah Allair, Honey Puder, Thomas Conway and Brennan McKiernan. Donn Tyler is stage manager, with sound and lighting by Steve McManus, set construction by Chris Podrecca, costumes by Bethany Lamoureux, with Jess Wilson as intimacy coordinator. Tickets, just $20 for MAC members and $23 for nonmembers, can be purchased at marionartcenter.org/events. The MAC is also a participant in Mass Cultural Council’s card to culture program. Learn more on the online ticket page.