00:00the residences molly griggs feels like joan of arc in her powerful broadway opening night look exclusive griggs exclusively takes parade behind the scenes at opening night of john proctor is the villain on broadway
00:15molly griggs is having a moment the 31 year old actress who stars as the president's social secretary lily schumacher in the popular netflix series the residents opened broadway's john proctor is the villain on monday april 14th and did it in style two days before her opening night at new york city's booth theater griggs exclusively told parade it's been really special to have these two projects happening at the same time
00:43john proctor is the villain is particularly exciting for griggs given it's her first time opening a show on the great white way following her time as a replacement in the broadway revival of hello dolly
00:55i'm wearing this amazing silver beaded situation from kukuleli shaheen that's unbelievable griggs said of her opening night ensemble it's so gorgeous and has these amazing cut-outs at the hip
01:07we put it on and we were just like this it immediately reminded me of joan of arc it kind of looks like this beautiful chainmail armor it's actually really heavy i don't know how much it weighs but it just made me feel very powerful and feminine and cool
01:23i love it for her first broadway opening night griggs worked with stylist andrew gelwix to pick out her look i talked to him on the phone and we were kind of bouncing around different ideas she explained then i showed up for the fitting and he had so many beautiful options
01:41it was really just an embarrassment of riches but there was something about this one that we kept coming back to i just felt very powerful in it and i'd never seen something like it it feels like it's a unique piece
01:53the new broadway play by kimberly bellflower in which griggs stars alongside stranger things actress sadie sink takes place in a georgia high school in 2018 during the isher quas me too movement the class is reading arthur miller's the crucible in which john proctor is sentenced to death for witchcraft and griggs plays a young guidance counselor named bailey gallagher she's like 24 it's her first job out of college
02:21and she's doing her best but she's in a little over her head with all of the challenges that she's facing and that her students are facing and she's trying to do right by them
02:30griggs explains of her character sometimes she succeeds and sometimes she doesn't and it's been really amazing to be working with a character like that who is so complex and has this really big arc and journey
02:42given the play's themes griggs felt drawn to her look inspired by joan of arc a woman who sort of challenged gender roles
02:50she says that felt very fitting for this play and for this moment in time attending opening night to cheer her on griggs has husband sam french in the audience as well as some of her closest friends from college
03:03it's very sweet because this play is so much about friendship and weathering big moments in your life when you're a teenager griggs said
03:11and these are those people for me who i have this long history with and who have been through thick and thin
03:17with me and i think getting to experience this play with them and get to celebrate this moment with them
03:23is going to be really special when griggs learned that she would be originating her first broadway role
03:29it was the day after donald trump was elected president of the united states it was a very complicated day
03:36she explained then i got that call and i was just like whoa there was this joy and there was grief and
03:43there was excitement and there was fear it was all the things that were very present for me on that day
03:48and i think for a lot of us and then working on this play was just also such a rich emotional experience
03:55with so many different feelings griggs is also particularly thrilled to be working with the show's star
04:01sync who is best known for playing max mayfield in netflix's stranger things she has the mentality of
04:08like an elite athlete she said of sync she's very diligent and intelligent about the questions she asks
04:15she's really brave i find her work in this to be really special and i hope that she's as proud of
04:21herself as we all are of her because i think she's really putting herself out there and doing really
04:26risky emotional work as to whether griggs herself was nervous for her big opening night on broadway
04:32she said i would say i am 80 excited 20 nervous i don't know how anybody can't be a little bit nervous
04:41but i feel very confident in the work that we've done and i feel like whenever i feel any sort of
04:47spooky feelings i can really lean on my cast they are just so amazing and i'm not afraid when i'm next to them
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