Reverend Hale

in this room that could shut-

Hale is there saying-

...

the whole thing down

It's just-

Mm-hmm

... choosing, "Well, she said it," and Hale going, "Yeah, but she's making it up."

Yes.

Oh, yeah.

Um, I feel like, do you recall, I felt like watching it, they have the character of Reverend Hale, who first comes to town to investigate, like, the witches, and then by the end he's, like, completely believes that Abigail and the girls are, like, driving this and kind of making it up, and that the court is, like, using sham powers to, you know, and bad logic to kill people, basically.

Yeah.

And so he's the one who's trying to get John Proctor to confess, 'cause if you confess, then you don't get hanged.

Yeah, fair.

Yeah.

Jonathan Bailey I feel like would be, like, Reverend Hale.

That...

Faith tells Joseph that she loves him, but their love must be, as she puts it, joyful in the eyes of God.

Joseph tells Faith to run away with him, noting that Reverend Hale will know what to do.

Of course, we never get to learn about Reverend Hale.

We see Hope watching and shaking her head in frustration as Faith and Joseph are talking.

Joseph tells Faith that they need to clear their heads so they don't do something they regret, and he takes off.

Thomas makes a speech in the middle of the town imploring everyone to look inward for the cause.

This is also so Crucible, 'cause there's a line where Reverend Hale is imploring people to look inward for the cause of this witchcraft outbreak, and John Proctor is obviously thinking about the fact that he had an affair.

But here it's Thomas imploring people to look inward, and of course, again we see Sarah questioning whether her relationship with Hannah really is the cause of all of this terrible, terrible news.

So Sarah, in fact, goes to confide in Solomon Goode.

Just like in D&D, I have to put myself into the shoes of the characters and imagine how they'd react to the turmoil and chaos happening all around them.

On stage, I'm reading for the part of Reverend Hale.

I stand in my baggy jeans and my long collared shirt.

I like him because he's genuinely one of the good hearts in this story.

Now I'm just scared.

I look up, begin scanning the list, and immediately see that I've landed the part.

I'm playing Reverend Hale as a sophomore.

Going to rehearsals, I start to feel a similar rush as leading a D&D campaign in my bedroom.