BarnArts Presents
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis
Fall Staged Reading Tour
Sept 26-Oct 25

Directed by Maureen Hennigan
Starring: Erin Bennett, Andy Carmichael, Larry Fuller, Aaron Michael Hodge, Joanna Pejouhy Kell, D. Gene Kraus, Amy Leavitt, Will Moore, Daniel Naranjo, Daniel Patterson, Chris Peirce, Jim Schley, Yael Taylor, Jeff Tolbert, Linda Treash

Performances:
Sat Sept 26 - Fable Farm Orchard, Barnard - 2pm
Sun Sept 27 - East End Park, Woodstock - 2pm
Sun Oct 4 - Factory Point Town Green, Manchester - 2pm
Sat Oct 10 - State House Lawn, Montpelier - 2pm
Sun Oct 11 - City Park Venue (TBA), Burlington - 2pm
Sat Oct 17 - Chandler Arts at Farr's Hill, Randolph - 2pm
Sun Oct 18 - Rotary Theater at Living Memorial Park, Brattleboro - 2pm
Sun, Oct 25 - Lyman Point Park in WRJ - 2pm

Sliding-Scale Donation: $5-25

Sinclair Lewis's satirical novel, written in Barnard in 1935, is adapted for the stage and performed "radio drama" style in an appropriately distanced but fully live version by a BarnArts touring ensemble. The populist buffoon Buzz Windrip unexpectedly defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt for the 1936 Democratic nomination. Windrip wins the election, declares martial law, and begins eliminating his adversaries. The story's hero is Doremus Jessup, an battle-worn Vermont newspaper editor who decides to take a stand and use the press to fight tyranny, getting him locked up in a military prison. The story takes place in Vermont and is full of local Vermont characters: humble and egotistical revolutionaries of all types to fit the 1930's class turmoil. A daring "What if?" that examines risks to American democracy, relevant 85 years ago and relevant today.

Go to barnarts.org for info and reservations.

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