How bad timing turned Pioneer Theatre’s new play into a COVID-19 metaphor

The main cast of Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Jeff Talbott's "The Messenger," from left: Meredith Holzman, Barzin Akhavan, Ora Jones and Mark H. Dold. The play, adapting the Henrik Ibsen classic "An Enemy of the People," runs Jan. 14-29, 2022.Jeff Talbott wasn’t intending to write a metaphor for the COVID-19 pandemic. But, as his play “The Messenger” was being developed, it worked out that way.

Dr. Theresa Stockman tells her brother, Peter — who's also the mayor of their town — about a health danger that could affect the town's economy, in Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Jeff Talbott's play "The Messenger." The play, adapting the Henrik Ibsen classic "An Enemy of the People," runs Jan. 14-29, 2022.

Now, nearly two years later, Talbott and Grantom are able to put “The Messenger” onstage. Again, the virus is intruding, as the surge of cases prompted by the omicron variant is making case counts spike and taxing health care workers to the limit. The play, Talbott and Grantom said, is about more than the current moment. The production centers on society’s relationship with the press, the art of conversation and why we do — or don’t — talk to each other.

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