the medicine showdown

a play in two acts

inspired by henrik ibsen's enemy of the people

co-authored with adam koplan

with additional songs by john wright

1 f/4 m

Set in small-town Georgia during the 1918 global influenza pandemic, public health is placed at odds with the town’s economic interests as a concerned doctor urges the mayor to shut down all public gatherings – including the popular and lucrative local medicine show. Interwoven with the realistic play are scenes from a period medicine show, complete with tap dance, old time melodrama, country music, and vaudevillian comedy.