"2026 Salem Witch Trial" - Hollywood Fringe at the Broadwater Theatre

Gretchen Wylder's darkly comedic one-woman show (Spookies Award for “Best Solo Show” at Edinburgh Fringe ‘25) is based on her lived experience of being a queer, professional tarot reader forced to leave her home due to creepy Christian neighbors likely in a cult. Set in present-day Salem, MA, this narrative explores witches as healers, the patriarchal systems that burned them, and the modern dangers of organised religion.

Living a double life – reading tarot in Salem's spooky season while living in an isolated cottage town run by zealots – her personal horror show becomes a fierce reclamation of spirituality. Wylder reinterprets Biblical women’s stories and exposes the ongoing persecution of the divine feminine, all while trying not to get burned at the stake.

Directed by Ryan Cunningham

Winner: "Best Solo Show" Spookies Award at Edinburgh Fringe '25

Sold out: NY Comedy Festival '25 performance

HOLLYWOOD FRINGE DATES/TIMES - all performances at The Broadwater Black Box Stage

Mon, June 8 @ 11pm (preview)
Fri, June 12 @ 5pm
Sun, June 14 @ 7:30pm
Wed, June 17 @ 9:30pm
Thurs, June 18 @ 5pm

Doors open 8:30, Show starts at 9pm

Runtime: 1 hour

More info at www.gretchenwylder.com/salemwitchtrials

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