An Enemy of the People at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

An Enemy of the People

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles

Director Bart DeLorenzo rips Ibsen’s classic powerhouse of a play out of the 19th century and thrusts it into 2026. A century and a quarter since its premiere, this lean and urgent reimagining honors Ibsen’s original through highlighting its contemporary likeness – a likeness too uncanny to ignore. Enemy of the People holds up a mirror that flatters no one, a searing staging of a society in freefall. Can you look away? Should you?

Thru - Sep 27, 2026

Fri, Sep 11: 8:00pm

Sat, Sep 12: 8:00pm

Sun, Sep 13: 3:00pm

Wed, Sep 16: 8:00pm

Fri, Sep 18: 8:00pm

Sat, Sep 19: 8:00pm

Sun, Sep 20: 3:00pm

Fri, Sep 25: 8:00pm

Sat, Sep 26: 8:00pm

Sun, Sep 27: 3:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 310-477-2055

www.odysseytheatre.com

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An Enemy of the People Reviews

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Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Tests that reveal contaminated water in the local hot springs pose an existential threat to townspeople whose livelihoods depend on tourist dollars in Bart DeLorenzo’s electrifying contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ahead-of-its-times 1882 shocker Enemy Of The People."

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- Steven Stanley

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Three years after Ibsen wrote A Doll’s House, he completed Enemy of the People, currently being performed in a new adaptation written and directed by Bart DeLorenzo, and playing at the Odyssey Theatre. This is another story of defiance, this time by a doctor named Thomas Stockman (Jay Paulson), hired by his brother, Peter Stockman (Jason McBeth), the mayor of a provincial tourist burg, to work with the local spa that’s the town’s financial lifeline."

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- Steven Leigh Morris

Larchmont Buzz - Highly Recommended

"...At the intersection between science and politics is truth. To wit: we are living in a time when doctors’ expertise is derided by those without medical degrees. Simultaneously, political leaders place the ever-mighty dollar above human interests. What does it mean for our world when experts are crucified for both saving lives and trying to save lives? What is the difference between a situation that is literally life-and-death vs. one that is figuratively life-and-death? And what happens when money becomes the controlling factor when it comes to facets of the truth?"

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- Carol M. Becker

An Enemy of the People at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble