Chicago Reader
- Highly Recommended
"...But the whole cast works in solid synchronicity with the tricky but compelling blend of witty social commentary and mournful human loss Silverman has woven together. A later scene with Winnifred and Elizabeth shows the limitations of their lives as poor women in a male-dominated world. Sometimes, the greatest act of hope is to wish for a clean slate. But that has its own price, too."
Stage and Cinema
- Highly Recommended
"...Director Libby Beyreis skillfully manages both these plot lines. The pace is assured, and the two hours just fly by. There are a couple of stunning fight sequences, impressively choreographed by Richard Gilbert and Vic Bayona; the latter sequence is intense enough that the entire audience flinched as one, multiple times. But where she excels is with her direction of the actors, who are uniformly excellent."
Around The Town Chicago
- Highly Recommended
"...Witches and devils and spells, oh, my! Jen Silverman's darkly humorous Witch, now playing at the Edge Off-Broadway, is a linguistic snap of the locker room towel (hitting right between the eyes) and is thematically current as the morning headlines. This is a generous show packed with many pleasures, challenging ideas, great storytelling, wit and humor, and solid acting and production. Throw in just enough feminist firepower and rage under the superb direction of Libby Beyreis, and we now have a 17th century story of our times, and one that is not to be missed."
The Fourth Walsh
- Highly Recommended
"...Elizabeth lives in bitter isolation. The village blames her for sickness, barren cows, and failed crops. They think she’s a witch. At the town tavern, a mysterious stranger shares drinks with rivals competing for the love and inheritance of Sir Arthur. He offers to help each secure their desire. The cost for that service is their soul. They know he’s the devil. When the devil meets Elizabeth, it isn’t the usual transactional encounter. She challenges him. He intrigues her. They both have some soul searching to do. Meanwhile back at the castle, Cuddy and Frank heatedly pursue Sir Arthur’s affection. And all hell breaks loose!"
Chicago On Stage
- Recommended
"...Jen Silverman’s clever is a twisty invocation of a Jacobean tale about a small village, an outcast woman whom the citizens have labeled a witch, and the arrival into the town of the devil himself, looking for souls to sign away in exchange for their deepest desires. It is also one of those plays in which, although we know the primary motivations of each character practically from their introductions, constantly ends up surprising us. This is almost entirely due to Silverman’s knack for honest, clear, and often unexpected dialogue, which director Libby Beyreis makes certain is delivered in ways that uncover truths about these people that they might not even know themselves and yet always make us understand them better."
BroadwayWorld
- Highly Recommended
"...“What do you want?” It’s the question at the heart of Witch, Idle Muse Theatre Company’s fall production. Adapted by playwright Jen Silverman from the Jacobean drama The Witch of Edmonton, the play transforms a centuries-old tale of ambition, jealousy, witchcraft, and desire into a provocative contemporary meditation on what people will risk to get what they want."
