Event The Cost of Truth: A 2021 Reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's an Enemy of The People
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DescriptionThe town in which the play is set has built a huge bathing complex that is crucial to the town's economy. Dr. Stockmann has just discovered that the baths' drainage system is seriously contaminated. He alerts several members of the community, including Hovstad and Aslaksen, and receives generous support and thanks for making his discovery in time to save the town. The next morning, however, his brother, who is also the town's mayor, tells him that he must retract his statements, for the necessary repairs would be too expensive; additionally, the mayor is not convinced by Dr. Stockmann's findings. The brothers have a fierce argument, but Dr. Stockmann hopes that at least Hovstad's newspaper will support him. However, the mayor convinces Hovstad and Aslaksen to oppose Dr. Stockmann. The doctor holds a town meeting to give a lecture on the baths, but Aslaksen and the mayor try to keep him from speaking. Dr. Stockmann then begins a long tirade in which he condemns the foundations of the town and the tyranny of the majority. The artists use their bodies, languages, dialects and accents to build a multi-language, experimental, hybrid theatrical performance celebrating diversity, theater, and investigating the central themes of the play: education and democracy. They explore the ways Ibsen’s play resonates in our time, reimagining and reexamining the text and its staging through 21st Century lenses of race, gender, culture, and more
VenueHb Studio, 120 Bank Street, New York, Ny 10014, New York, United States Of America
First Date30th June 2021
Last Date30th June 2021
StatusProfessional
Primary GenreTheatre
Secondary Genre
    • Multimedia
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Contributors
_CONTRIBIDSORT_NameName_contfunctIONIDFunctionCharacterNotes
527982Blocker, DemetriusDemetrius Blocker379ActorDr. Thomas Stockmann
527984Dang, RichieRichie Dang379ActorPeter Stockmann
527985Kuzma, MarikaMarika Kuzma379ActorMrs. Katherine Stockmann
527981Owen, DanDan Owen379ActorDr. Thomas Stockmann
527987Ozden, ZeynepZeynep Ozden379ActorAslaksen
527986Ptaszek, DorotaDorota Ptaszek379ActorPetra
527983Tanenbaum, RichardRichard Tanenbaum379ActorPeter Stockmann
527988Torres, NicolásNicolás Torres379ActorCaptain Horster
527988Torres, NicolásNicolás Torres397Assistant Director
527980Andrade, PabloPablo Andrade375Director
426902Ibsen, Henrik JohanHenrik Johan Ibsen386Playwright
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Production NationalityUnited States of America
Performance languageEnglish
Event Identifier101930
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