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IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE (a play reading)by Sinclair Lewis
Adapted by Tony Taccone & Bennett S. Cohen
Directed by Lola Bond
A cautionary dark satire about the fragility of democracy and how fascism can take hold even in the land of liberty, IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE follows the ascent of a demagogue who becomes president of the United States by promising to return the country to greatness. Witnessing the new president’s tyranny from the sidelines is a liberal, middle-class newspaper editor from Vermont who trusts the system will fix itself—until he ends up in a prison camp. Sinclair Lewis’ eerily prescient 1935 novel gets a fresh update in this adaptation that examines what brings a citizenry to the point of sacrificing its own freedom and how a courageous few can prevail to overcome the fall.
Sponsored by the Social Democracy Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville. Reserved Seating at www.actorswarehouse.org. Suggested Donations at the door: $25-$15
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4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, FL 32605-1422, United States
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