{"product_id":"becky-nurse-of-salem-tcg-edition-or-after-the-witches-a-comedy-about-a-tragedy-9781559369879","title":"Becky Nurse of Salem (Tcg Edition): (Or: After the Witches, a Comedy about a Tragedy)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wry, innovative reckoning with the legacy of the Salem witch trials from one of America's foremost playwrights.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecky Nurse is an outspoken, sharp-witted tour guide at the Salem Museum of Witchcraft who's just trying to get by in post-Obama America. She's also the descendant of Rebecca Nurse, who was infamously executed for witchcraft in\u003cbr\u003e1692--but things have changed for women since then...haven't they? After losing her job for calling out \u003cem\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/em\u003e in front of schoolkids, Becky visits a local witch for help. One spell leads to another, and then everything really goes off the rails. A darkly comic play about a woman coming to terms with her family's legacy and finding her voice in the \"lock her up\" era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecky Nurse of Salem \u003c\/em\u003ereceived its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in December 2019, in a production directed by Anne Kauffman. The play will receive its New York premiere at Lincoln Center Theater in the fall of 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559369879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Sarah Ruhl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42870601187509,"sku":"9781559369879","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d5a70420-8c08-4b12-b5fc-70bd56cb10f5.jpg?v=1684270354","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/becky-nurse-of-salem-tcg-edition-or-after-the-witches-a-comedy-about-a-tragedy-9781559369879","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}