Yale Repertory Theatre, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is one of the nation's leading homes for exciting new plays by remarkable playwrights. Win two vouchers to see a performance of their next play, "Safe in Hell."
It's 1961, and Salem has a problem. When a bad back prevents Reverend Increase Mather from presiding over the Witch Trials, he sends his son Cotton to defend the colonists from the subtleties of Hell. Amy Freed's contemporary satire casts a refreshing light on a dark era in American history, when famous sons strove for power and fundamentalism was a part of everyday life.