Jenji Kohan, creator of the popular TV series Orange Is the New Black and Weeds, has added a new project to her repertoire. The writer and show creator is developing a Salem witch period drama at HBO.

The Hollywood Reporter called the show a " provocative period drama" that "explores the circumstances surrounding one of the most compelling chapters in American history, when intolerance and repression set neighbor against neighbor and led a town to mass hysteria."

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in early 1690s Massachusetts.

According to THR, Kohan will write the script with Bruce Miller and Tracy Miller. Kohan and Bruce Miller will executive produce, and Tracy Miller will receive a supervising producer credit.

More information about the show and its storyline have yet to be released.

In addition to creating Orange is the New Black and Weeds, Kohan created the 2004 series The Stones, as well as the TV movies Tough Trade and Ronna & Beverly. She has writing credits on numerous television episodes, including Will and Grace, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

In a recent article published by The Los Angeles Times, Kohan was interviewed about her experience with the successful Netflix original, Orange is the New Black, which has been renewed for a second season. The reporter asked Kohan if she tries to keep her finger on the pulse of current issues as they arise, considering Orange is "airing at a time when problems with the prison-industrial complex are coming to the fore."

In response, Kohan said, "I've always used my shows to express a certain agenda, and I don't hide that, but if I become didactic as opposed to entertaining, then I'm not doing my job. Mainly, I'm doing my thing, and I hope people like it. I don't say, 'I'm going to write something radical and hope it reverberates throughout society.' The goal is to write a solid, entertaining, engaging show."

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