An Enemy of the People Reviews
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."
LA Theatrix- Highly Recommended
"...In DeLorenzo’s “Enemy of the People,” a town’s spring-water literally is poisoned, and possibly even its tap water, according to its highest-ranking doctor, Tom Stockmann (Jay Paulson). Fortunately, Tom is the kind of guy who wants to do something about it, namely sound the alarm publicly."
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."
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?"