“ John Proctor is the Villain understands that young women are intelligent, multifaceted, and worthy of complex characterization. It tackles difficult topics like sex education, religion, sexism, and sexual assault elegantly and honestly. Theatre as a whole is grappling with how to approach material and systems that are standard/classic/canon which contain limited and often problematic points of view. How do we talk about it? This play isn't afraid to ask those necessary questions. Also, the joy and liberation in the last moment of the play? Young people dancing wildly to a Lorde song? I'm desperate for it. ”

“ Belflower's play is a high school drama which excellently describes the familiar manner in which woman is still pitted against woman in American society, a society still haunted by its Puritanic roots, for the continued domination by men. The cracks are beginning to show, though the light shining through them remains dim. This is a hopeful story, but also realistic. There's so much work left to be done.

This script is tense, taut, humorous, dramatic, powerful, poetic, and devstating, and high schools everywhere should be producing this. Highly recommended! ”

“ Not only a fabulous play but a fantastic answer to the question of what do we do about these old plays (especially "classics" and "canon") that don't quite hold up to our modern, progressive standards? (Answer: we use them as fodder for new plays that update and question the old narrative.) So great. ”

“ How did she write this play so fast? It is so of our moment and so well-built. I used to teach high school English, and hated teaching The Crucible -- wish I'd had this play to teach instead. ”