Come join us as we premiere yet another major new work by Mark Scarpelli and Dan Kehde. A huge set, incredible voices and an outstanding new score is sure to make this an evening of theater that you won’t soon forget!

8 pm September 28-30, October 5-7

2 pm October 1

West Virginia State University Capitol Center Theater

123 Summer Street, Charleston.

$8.00 Student/Senior  $15.00 Adult

     The people of Salem Village blame witchcraft and devilry for the fall from grace that led to Indian attacks, starvation and illness. In a charged atmosphere fueled by religious fervor and puritan intolerance, Mercy Lewis, a teenager scarred by the memory of the torture and death of her parents at the hands of the Wabanaki tribesmen, lures the children of Salem into her tangled web of lies and hallucinations. Suspicions of witchcraft bloom into accusations, investigations and, finally, condemnations as mass hysteria envelops the town and no one, no one except Mercy and the children, is safe from the hangman’s noose.

     A large, very talented, multi- generational cast under the direction of librettist Dan Kehde, become members of this troubled community. A ten piece orchestra under the direction of composer Mark Scarpelli accompanies, with additional orchestral arrangements by Eli Chambers. Nationally renown dancer and choreographer Rob Royce choreographs.