Based on the true story of a lesbian witch whose Christian neighbors go cult mode. Winner of "Best Solo Show" & "Fierce Artist" AwardsAbout this Event
Join us at The Witchery for an intimate night featuring an unbelievable story of a modern day witch trial. 2026 Salem Witch Trial is a darkly comedic solo show written and performed by Telly-Award winning artist Gretchen Wylder about her harrowing lived experience.
Based on the true story of a tarot-reading lesbian forced from her home by Christian neighbors likely in a cult, Gretchen Wylder's darkly comedic one-woman show 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 while living in a creepy 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.
Winner at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25 ("Best Solo Show” Spookies Award Winner) and fresh off another award-winning, sold-out run at Hollywood Fringe Festival '26 ("Fierce Artist Award" Winner), Gretchen is bringing the heat back to where the witch trials all started 333 years ago in 1692, and where modern day witch trials are still happening in 2026... Salem, Massachusetts.
Directed by Ryan Cunningham
Doors open at 7:45, Show starts at 8pm
Runtime: 1 hour
More info at www.gretchenwylder.com/salemwitchtrials
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Event venue
The Witchery's Event Space, 61 Wharf Street, Salem, United States
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