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All’s Fair in Love and War

Throughout the centuries the likenesses of love and war have proved intriguing. In literature, the idea that love and war belong to a distinctive sphere beyond regular rules of fairness is first attributed to poet…

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Patrick Holt’s Brilliant Renderings and Costume Concepts Come to Life

Patrick Holt is renowned for his stunning, detailed costume renderings, as pictured below. His costume designs for An Enemy of the People encapsulate the 1950s era…

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Cohesive Contrasts: A Closer Look at McKay Coble’s Scenic Design for An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People takes place in a Norwegian town circa 1950. McKay Coble‘s scenic design puts the audience directly in this specific setting by utilizing contrasts between a stark, industrial water feature and an inviting family home.

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Director Tom Quaintance on creating a true “Enemy of the People”

Although An Enemy of the People was written by Henrik Ibsen in 1882 and adapted by Arthur Miller in the 1950s, director Tom Quaintance believes it is as relevant today as it was for those eras…

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Patriot Acts: Ibsen, Miller, and Other (Un-) Reasonable Men – Part 2

In 1950, Arthur Miller was commissioned to adapt Ibsen’s play by the actor-director Robert Lewis, a prominent member of the seminal Group Theatre…

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Patriot Acts: Ibsen, Miller, and Other (Un-) Reasonable Men – Part 1

Like its steadfast protagonist, Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People is itself a play which refuses to give way. One hundred and thirty-three years after its premiere…

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Karen Perry’s Midcentury Fashion for Trouble in Mind

Given Trouble in Mind‘s relevance to current issues today, its points prove more striking when we are reminded that it was written, and takes place in, the 1950s. Perhaps no element conveys the mid-century period…

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Kathy A. Perkins: Shining a Light on Trouble in Mind

We’ve been very excited about our production of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind, but perhaps none more so than company member Kathy A. Perkins…

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Trouble in Mind: Dress Rehearsal

The cast of Trouble in Mind performed their final dress rehearsal last night! Here’s a peek below. The show is in previews now and will be running at PlayMakers through Feb 8…