{"id":274750,"date":"2026-08-29T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/274750\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T16:38:11","slug":"actors-circle-to-present-an-enemy-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/274750\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors Circle to present \u2018An Enemy of the People\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON \u2014 Actors Circle will present Henrik Ibsen\u2019s \u201cAn Enemy of the People\u201d at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Sept. 24-27 and Oct. 2-4. Thursday, Friday, and and Saturday performances begin at 7 p.m. and Sunday shows start at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Paul Kantor, this timeless play considers the power of the elected elite over the lives of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>When Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers that the town\u2019s source of tourist money, the mineral baths, are contaminated, the mayor and his acolytes work to squelch this information and paint the doctor as \u201can enemy of the people.\u201d The welfare of the people is not a concern of those in power, even though they hold elected positions. Dr. Stockman remains the one person who fights for the truth to be known.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets range from $10-$15, with all Thursday, Sept. 24 tickets discounted at $10. They can be purchased with cash at the door or online. For information, call 570-342-9707, visit the group\u2019s Facebook page, or go to <a href=\"https:\/\/actorscirclescranton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">actorscirclescranton.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; SCRANTON \u2014 Actors Circle will present Henrik Ibsen\u2019s \u201cAn Enemy of the People\u201d at Providence Playhouse, 1256&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-274750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}