Sadie Sink’s ‘Stranger Issues’ Costars Present Up for Broadway Opening

Sadie Sink had some very particular buddies within the viewers of John Proctor Is the Villain on Monday, April 14, as the brand new Broadway play celebrated its official opening evening.

Among the many stars seated at New York Metropolis’s Sales space Theatre for the milestone had been Sink’s Stranger Issues costars Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke, Gaten Matarazzo and Finn Wolfhard.

Photographers captured the bunch as they walked the crimson carpet earlier than the present.

Different well-known faces in attendance included F Murray Abraham, Will Brill, John Cardoza, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Wilson Cruz, Jennifer Damiano, Micaela Diamond, Richard Form, Marisa Tomei and Constance Wu (amongst others).

Talking to PEOPLE earlier than the present, Sink, 22, defined what drew her to the venture.

“Kimberly’s writing is so sensible and actually captures youngsters and such an genuine mild and offers with some uncomfortable subjects, however in such a digestible, trustworthy approach,” Sink defined. “So I am extremely extra pleased with our workforce and the message that this present has”

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John Proctor Is the Villain is written by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor. It is the primary Broadway credit score for Belflower, a younger playwright who has had her work commissioned, produced and developed regionally to nice acclaim.

Set in a Georgia highschool, the play follows a gaggle of scholars learning Arthur Miller’s basic play, The Crucible, of their English class — although “younger love, intercourse ed and some faculty scandals” are preoccupying their minds, in line with an official synopsis. Nonetheless, “as they delve into the American basic, the scholars start to query the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the present’s hero.”

Sink stars within the play as ‘Shelby Holcomb’. She is joined by Nihar Duvvuri (Romeo + Juliet) as ‘Mason Adams,’ Tony winner Gabriel Ebert (Matilda) as ‘Carter Smith,’ Molly Griggs (Hiya, Dolly!) as ‘Bailey Gallagher,’ Maggie Kuntz (The Outsiders) as ‘Ivy Watkins,’ Hagan Oliveras (Our City) as ‘Lee Turner,’ Morgan Scott (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) as ‘Nell Shaw,’ Fina Strazza (Matilda) as ‘Beth Powell’ and Amalia Yoo (No Laborious Emotions) as ‘Raelynn Nix.’

Understudies are Noah Pacht, Fiona Robberson, Shian Tomlinson, Garrett Younger and Victoria Vourkoutiotis.

That is Sink’s third Broadway credit score, however the first time she’s main a Broadway play. She beforehand starred within the 2012 revival of Annie, and was another for Younger Elizabeth in 2015’s Helen Mirren-led play, The Viewers.

Stranger Issues helped catapult Sink into being a family title. Her character, Max Mayfield, was a significant focus of season 4, and led to Sink’s roles in The Whale and Taylor Swift’s brief movie, All Too Properly.

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Again in January, Sink opened up in regards to the finish of her time on the Netflix present, which not too long ago wrapped taking pictures on its fifth and closing season.

“It was actually exhausting, actually tough to say goodbye,” she informed host Jimmy Fallon throughout an look on The Tonight Present. “I believe 10 years for the entire present. However I do not know, we grew up on it, grew up with one another, like our viewers grew up watching us, and I do not know.”

When Fallon requested if she took something from set, Sink admitted she “took loads,” joking that her house is turning into a “little museum” of Stranger Issues memorabilia.

“Properly, similar to the necessities, you already know,” she shared. “I wanted Max’s skateboard, which that was really gifted to me, the skateboard, cool. I’ve obtained some Walkmans, some Kate Bush cassette sand some vans and stuff. Like, each shoe that she’s worn.”

Tickets for John Proctor Is the Villain are actually on sale.