Sapphire Butterfly Blue

MTYP’s Summer Studio—MTYP – Mainstage

Sapphire Butterfly Blue by Melissa Major is a challenging journey into the mind of Bridget Bishop, the first victim of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Her last eight chaotic days are explored through voice and movement and presented by a cast of 16 young, multi-talented actors. Their performances are intelligent and nuanced and the demanding choreography is tight, tough and beautiful. Although the actors range in age from 13 – 18, this is not by any stretch a children’s show. The play has much to teach about injustice, false assumptions, and mob violence; the Company of Summer Studio has delivered a powerful and important message – one that I am still processing as a dark butterfly just fluttered past me.

Barbara Fawcett