Sadie Sink to star in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ on Broadway

The Stranger Things star will return to the New York stage in the critically acclaimed play by Kimberly Belflower, which begins performances this spring.

Sadie Sink will star in John Proctor Is the Villain, a Broadway-premiere play by Kimberly Belflower, in spring 2025. Performances begin on March 20 ahead of an April 14 opening night at the Booth Theatre.

Sink is best known for her screen roles as Max Mayfield in Netflix's Stranger Things, Ellie Sarsfield in the Oscar-winning Darren Aronofsky film The Whale, opposite Brendan Fraser, and a lead role in Taylor Swift's music video for "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)." She previously appeared on Broadway in Annie and The Audience.

Additional casting for John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway has yet to be announced.

Set at a rural Georgia high school, John Proctor Is the Villain is a coming-of-age tale focused on a group of students studying Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in class. The girls notice parallels between the young, female characters in the play and their own experiences of teenage girlhood — including finding their voices and fighting to be heard when they use them — which allows them to transform as they come of age and navigate love, sex, and scandal.

The play marks Belflower’s Broadway debut. Earlier, John Proctor Is the Villain made its world premiere at D.C.’s Studio Theatre in 2022 and ran at Huntington Theatre in Boston in early 2024. The show received critical acclaim both times; a review in the Boston Globe called the 2024 production “vibrant, with first-rate performances across the board.”

Danya Taymor, a 2024 Tony Award nominee for directing The Outsiders, will direct John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway. The show also features scenic design by AMP featuring Teresa Williams, costume design by Sarah Laux, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Palmer Hefferan, projection design by Hannah Wasileski, movement direction by Tilly Evans-Krueger, intimacy coordination by Ann James, and voice and dialect coaching by Gigi Buffington.

Check back for information on John Proctor Is the Villain tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

Photo credit: Sadie Sink.