Cast Announced for John Proctor Is the Villain's Chicago Premiere

The Goodman’s Chicago premiere of Kimberly Belflower’s Tony Award-nominated play John Proctor Is the Villain—the country’s most-produced production this season—will run January 23, 2027-February 21, 2027, with an opening night on February 1, in the Albert Theatre.

Marti Lyons returns to direct the play, a co-production with Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, after helming its 2022 world premiere at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC.

The cast includes Mea Allen as Shelby Holcomb, Kason Chesky as Mason Adams, Isabella Star LaBlanc as Bailey Gallagher, Jack Lancaster as Lee Turner, Katherine Mallen Kupferer as Beth Powell, Felicia Oduh as Nell Shaw, Audrey Parker as Raelynn Nix, Daniel Petzold as Carter Smith, and Ani Tonoyan as Ivy Watkins. Understudies will be announced at a later date.

The creative team includes Erin Kilmurray (choreographer), Samantha Kaufman (intimacy and violence), Shadana Patterson (voice and dialect), Melanie Chen Cole (sound designer), Lex Liang (set designer), Jason Lynch (lighting designer), Jessica Pabst (costume designer), Nikki Blue (production stage manager), and Sarah Slight (dramaturg, with dramaturgical support by Anna Rogelio Joaquin).