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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Written By: Adapted from Ibsen’s 1882 masterpiece by Melissa Reeves
Creative Team: Erik Strauts
Dr. Katherine Stockman lives in a tight-knit rural community – she’s woven into the town’s fabric and is viewed as a local hero after advocating for the popular local baths. One day she makes a disturbing discovery: the spa water for which the town is famed is severely polluted. The baths attract visitors and are central to the community’s prosperity, but this prosperity has been built on poison and the truth must be told. Katherine believes it is her duty to alert the public. However, this decision quickly backfires. To her horror, people refuse to believe that there is a problem and argue that the economic well-being of the community must come first. What does she do? Does she fight for the truth if it means the loss of income, family, community, identity? Stockmann’s struggle unfolds as a powerful indictment of the hypocrisy that often surrounds public sentiment.
The play is set in Australia. The time is now.
Information Session:
Audition Information: https://www.trybooking.com/DFAIP
| Audition Information #:1 | |
| Date: | 28/09/2025 |
| Time From – Time to: | 13:00 – 16:00 |
| Character Descriptions #:1 | |
| Role Name: | Peter |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 40 |
| Role Information: | Peter (on 40%). Katherine’s brother and the town mayor. A significant investor in the spa who doesn’t want to lose out on money. Uncomfortably contemptuous of his sister and is soon manipulating the town’s media and leadership to shout her down. |
| Character Descriptions #:2 | |
| Role Name: | Billing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 40 |
| Role Information: | Billing (on 35%). A sensation-seeking and ambitious reporter for the local newspaper. Initially sympathises with Dr Stockman but is pathetically easily persuaded to switch sides and join the ranks of town officials who decry her. |
| Character Descriptions #:3 | |
| Role Name: | Aslaksen |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | 40 |
| Role Information: | Aslaksen (on 30%). A local businessman with his finger in a lot of pies. Crooked, repugnant and undesirable. Also President of the Small Business Owners Association and member of Rotary and the local Golf Club. Looks after number one. |
More Information at: Season: 29 April to 9 May 2026
Rehearsals: from 15 February, Tue & Thu evenings and Sun afternoons/evenings.
Contact: Erik Strauts
strauts@bigpond.net.au
0438 275 814
