An Enemy of he People 06-07

Spurred by his maddening experiences with censorship, Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People to depict how society deliberately and ruthlessly ostracizes its truth-tellers. When Dr. Stockmann discovers that his city’s baths are contaminated, he immediately sets out to warn his fellow citizens. Terrified of losing the baths’ tourist dollars, the citizens refuse to accept Dr. Stockmann’s claims. Ibsen captures the courage of one man fighting the tyranny of the majority in a play that remains inescapably modern. Kjetil Bang-Hansen makes his Shakespeare Theatre Company debut directing a translation by Rick Davis and Brian Johnston. Bang-Hansen is the former artistic director of Den Nationale Scene, one of Norway’s three national theatres and where Ibsen served as writer-in-residence from 1851 to 1857.

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Joseph Urla*
Dr. Thomas Stockmann

Caitlin O’Connell*
Mrs. Stockwell

Samantha Soule*
Petra

Ben Schiffbauer*
Eilif

Connor Aikin
Morten

Philip Goodwin*
Peter Stockman

Robin Gammell*
Morten Kiil

Derek Lucci*
Hovstad

Tyrone Mitchell Henderson*
Billing

Peter Rini*
Captain Horster

Rick Foucheux*
Aslaksen

Nick Vienna
Ensemble

Sean McCoy
Eilif (in selected performances)

Sam Zarcone
Morten (in selected performances)

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Kjetil Bang-Hansen
Director

Timian Alsaker
Set and Costume Designer

Charlie Morrison
Lighting Designer

Martin Desjardins
Sound Designer

Gary Logan
Vocal Coach

Stephen Fried
Resident Assistant Director

Akiva Fox
Literary Associate

Amber Wedin*
Stage Manager

Cary Louise Gillett*
Assistant Stage Manager

Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Paul Hardt
Casting

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