Opening the Odyssey’s 2026 season
Enemy of the People
Bart DeLorenzo’s reimagining of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen
At first glance, Enemy of the People is a classic Ibsen drama, a pocket of rural town realism explored through the finite lens of the 1800’s. But a deeper look unearths a warning, a mirror image of today and the lingering issues which pervade.
In this zippy and urgent adaptation, Tom Stockmann discovers that his town’s prized spa is insanitary. The scientific evidence is clear. It’s enough to save a population. Yet instead of well-earned praise, Stockman meets backlash. Gaslighting in the name of greed. Misinformation spreads like wildfire until finally, a more tragic truth commandeers. Perhaps the spa…no matter how obviously contaminated stands little fighting chance against the contamination of power. We’re all left to wonder, what’s more polluted? The water system or the hierarchies which built it?
Opens January 2026
Dance at the Odyssey
Curated by Barbara Müller-Wittmann
Now in its 9th year, Dance at the Odyssey brings the many different movements of Los Angeles across two of our stages for a celebration of dance performance and community.
January 9 – February 15, 2026