Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?

Click your heels and step into The Witch Project--a spellbinding theatrical ritual tracing one queer man's journey through the legacy of the Wicked Witch of the West. Drawing connections between centuries of persecution and resilience—from the witch trials to the AIDS crisis—the play explores how stories of outsiders continue to shape our understanding of identity, community, and survival.

Part performance art, part personal memoir, part concert featuring the music of queer icons, The Witch Project invites you into a world where memory and magic collide. Amidst the darkness we’re living through, will spells save us? Is art enough?

Written + Performed by Alex Benjamin

Executive Produced by Maggie Meiners + Matt Meiners

Running time: Approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes with no intermission

Developed in part during residency at Ragdale Foundation. Influenced in its original production by core collaborators Sarah Skaggs, Lucy Wirtz, and Derek Elliott.

Poster design by Emily Bieniek, inspired by Silence = Death and the AIDS activist movement. Image not for resale.

Used by permission of ACT UP New York (actupny.com).

Proceeds benefit AIDS Foundation Chicago and ACT UP.

ONE NIGHT ONLY

October 3 + 7:30PM + Winnetka Chapel

Photo by Elliot Mandel Photography