St. Charles East play more than timely

Daily Herald report

St. Charles East High School will present “An Enemy of the People” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, and Saturday, Feb. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles. For tickets and details, call (630) 377-4754.

What would happen if your water source was polluted? Changes would have to be made, so people would not get sick. Imagine that the community leaders and media did not want to make any changes due to cost. How far would you go to tell the truth? Would you sacrifice security, or career, or family?

In Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's “An Enemy of the People,” Dr. Stockmann (played by Trevor Marchuk) struggles to tell the truth about the village's spa being polluted. Since the spa is the town's main source of income, the mayor (Jeremy Martens) and the media (Riley Jones, Jacob Groth and Shayne Dwyer) refuse to tell the public the truth in fear of losing income.

Written in 1882, the play parallels current events. The play questions our political values and moral values.

The cast includes: Alex Adams, Dan Blackwell, Ben Bollero, James Bundy, Nathan Chesterfield, Kevin Chlapecka, Shayne Dwyer, Taylor Gaffney, Jacob Groth, Riley Jones, Mitch Karmis, Molly Knight, Trevor Marchuk, Dan Marino, Jeremy Martens, Jessica Meyer, Brooke Rinker, Kevin Tierney, Kate Vargulich, Jacob Werner and Brittany William.

It is directed by Teresa Bundy and stage managed by Nicole Economou. The technical director will be John Mizanin, with production assistants Gabby Marzetta and Cameron Sherrill, props chief Erin Gautille and publicity coordinator Ellen Dillenburg.