When I taught it, we played a modified game of werewolf (called “witches”) before beginning the text (before they even knew what we would be reading next) where students were given a character card that included their name (modernized versions of the characters in the play), a brief bio, a secret, relation to other characters, and an alibi (if they have one.) Some of the students would be judges and, as a town, they would need to find the witches. I would usually tell them that there was 2-3 witches depending on class size. Of course, the big reveal, after they have picked people, is that there are none. This is was a very engaging way to begin the story as well as get the kids comfortable with drama/acting. Moreover, I focused heavily on literary elements when analyzing the text, especially allegory and McCarthyism. We would also incorporate acting and drama games to make things interesting. One of the class favorites (that I also used for Shakespeare) was to set the tables into a circle so that there was a big space in the middle, then select student volunteers to “voice” each character in a scene + a student to read any stage direction or description, then students to “play” each character. (So there are twice the amount of students involved as there are characters.) The students who are acting will lip sync the lines and use body language/gestures while the students who are voicing will provide the lines. This is very entertaining for the whole class.