Production History
Public health is placed at odds with the town’s economic interests in this municipal drama, set during the 1918 global influenza pandemic in small-town Georgia. Based on Ibsen’s classic Enemy of the People, a dedicated widow doctor urges her brother, the mayor, to ban public gatherings– including the lucrative touring “medicine” show. But the charismatic Dr. Eggerton and his Miracle Medicine Show won’t go down without a fight!
October 2013
East 4th Street Theatre, New York, NY
Director Jessi D. Hill
Associate Director Kyle Metzger
Scenic Designer James H. Aitken
Lighting Designer Annie Wiegand
Costume Designer Moria Sine Clinton
Music Director John Wright
Choreographer Khalid Hill
Stage Manager Shayna O’Neill
Asst. Stage Manager Cady Knoll
Dramaturg Emma Halpern
Ensemble
Susan Louise O’Connor (Dr. Claudia Hill)
Jay Rhoderick (Dr. Arthur Eggerton)
John Wright (Ben Colquitt/Tiny TwoBits)
Khalid Hill (Roy Horster/Legs Benedict)
Timothy McCown Reynolds (Mayor Peter Stockman/Chief Tuk Tuk)
Post-show Talkback Discussants
Andrew Nemr (TED Fellow, Artistic Director at Cats Paying Dues, cofounder of the Tap Legacy Foundation)
Dr. Scott Hammer (Harold C. Neu Professor of Medicine, Columbia University)
Dr. Richard Besser (Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News)
Erika Karp (CEO of Cornerstone Capital, Former Managing Director and Head of Global Sector Research for UBS Investment Bank)
Dr. David Wegman (Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health)
Dr. Jim Marks (Senior Vice President and Director, Health Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Dr. Derek Yach (Senior Vice President of the Vitality Group, Executive Director of the Vitality Institute for Health Promotion)
Jesse Wegman (New York Times Editorial Board Supreme Court and legal affairs)
March 2013
The Secret Theatre, Long Island City, NY
Director Jessi D. Hill
Associate Director Kyle Metzger
Scenic Designer James H. Aitken
Lighting Designer Annie Wiegand
Costume Designer Moria Sine Clinton
Music Director John Wright
Add’l Music Help Sarah Engelke
Choreographer Khalid Hill
Stage Manager Kristen Torgrimson
Asst. Stage Manager Shayna O’Neill
Production Manager Kristen Torgrimson
Dramaturg Victor Holtcamp
Followspot Jesse Sheldon
Ensemble
Anne Troup (Dr. Claudia Hill)
Garrett Neergaard (Dr. Arthur Eggerton)
Jonathan Spivey (Ben Colquitt/Tiny TwoBits)
Calvin Booker (Roy Horster/Legs Benedict)
Timothy Reynolds (Mayor Peter Stockman/Chief Tuk Tuk)
May 2010
XFest Theatre Festival, S. Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
August 2009
The 14th Street Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
Director Adam Koplan
Scenic Designer James H. Aitken
Lighting Designer James H. Aitken
Costume Designer Erin Murphy
Graphic Designer Topher Payne
Music Director John Wright
Stage Manager Jennifer Brown
Production Assistant Emma Goidel
Dramaturg Victor Holtcamp
Ensemble
Jo Howarth (Dr. Claudia Hill)
Jay Allan (Dr. Arthur Eggerton)
John Wright (Ben Colquitt/Tiny TwoBits)
Khalid Hill (Roy Horster/Legs Benedict)
John Stephens (Mayor Peter Stockman/Chief Tuk Tuk)
January 2009
Emory University Workshop and Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia
Readers
Amy Boyce
Allen Hagler
Victor Holtcamp
Jo Howarth
Topher Payne
John Stephens
Post-show Talkback Discussants
Michael Evenden (Associate Professor of Theater Studies at Emory University)
Peter J. Brown (Professor of Anthropology and Global Health & Director, Center for Health, Culture and Society at Emory University)
Alan Hinman (Senior Public Health Scientist at The Task Force for Child Survival and Development)
Victor Holtcamp (Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of South Carolina) Stephen B. Thacker (Director, Office of Workforce and Career Development [OWCD] at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC])