Chicago Premiere

May 6 – June 7, 2026

An award-winning new take on the historic masterwork about citizens standing up to power. 

When a respected doctor in small-town Norway makes a deadly discovery that threatens the health of the entire village, he raises the alarm. But as local leaders—including his own brother, the mayor—scramble to protect their own interests, the truth becomes inconvenient, and the doctor finds himself the target of the very community he’s trying to protect. Winner of the 2024 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation, this vibrant new version of Ibsen’s thunderous masterwork asks: what happens when doing the right thing means losing everything? 

Hailed by The New York Times as “crackling and persuasive … a bitter satire of local politics that soon reveals itself as a slow-boil tragedy of human complacency,” Amy Herzog’s new Tony Award-nominated version of An Enemy of the People is “brilliant” (The Daily Beast) and “a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance” (The Guardian). 

An Enemy of the People had its premiere on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre in March 2024, in a star-studded and headline-grabbing production directed by Sam Gold and featuring Jeremy Strong (Succession) and Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), among others. 

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Cast

Production Team

Understudies

* Member of Actors Equity Association

# Member of United Scenic Artists

~ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

+ TimeLine Company Member

^ TimeLine Associate Artist

§ TimeLine Playwrights Collective

Discussions & Events

  • AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: PRE-Show Discussion
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6pm

    Join us for an informal sneak peek into this production with members of the production team.

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  • AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Post-Show Discussions
    Various Dates

    Join us for informal post-show discussions with members of the production team and cast.

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  • Open Captioned Performances of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
    Friday, May 29 at 7:30 pm & Saturday, May 30 at 2pm

    Featuring a text display of words and sounds heard during the performance.

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  • AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Sunday Scholars
    Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 4pm

    This one-hour post-show panel discussion features experts on the themes of the play.

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  • AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Company Member Discussion
    Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 9pm

    Join us for an informal chat with TimeLine’s Company Members after today’s performance.

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  • Audio Described Performance of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
    Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 2pm

    Featuring audio description of visuals during the performance via individual headset.

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