Michael Socrates Moran

“Exodus to Eden” may not be your happy-go-lucky slice of theater, but it deserves applause for braving creative risk. It doesn’t pretend to solve the problems it addresses; it simply puts them out there for the audience to pay attention to.

Rather than treating “The Crucible” as a static piece of literature, director Michael Socrates Moran leans into its adaptability, reframing questions of good, evil and the paradoxical pursuit of purity.

With each new Shakespeare adaptation attempting to bring something new to these familiar stories, there comes the challenge of introducing original elements while preserving the essence of the Bard.

The play follows six strangers from different time periods and backgrounds, each seeking to free themselves from personal demons — ranging from socially unacceptable desires to the harsh realities of racism — in a pool that supposedly heals all.