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Berkeley Rep's IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: Live Talkback 10.13.20

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Berkeley Rep's audio drama IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE creators Tony Taccone, Bennett S. Cohen, and Lisa Peterson come together for a live, post show talkback with Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and moderated by Resident Dramaturg and Director, The Ground Floor Madeleine Oldham.

The livestream will begin at 7:15pm PT following the conclusion of the audio drama debut at 5pm PT on Tuesday, October 13th. The complete YouTube Playlist of all four episodes can found at http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

Berkeley Rep intends for this project to encourage dialogue and motivate citizens to exercise their civic power and vote. Visit https://www.vote411.org
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It Can’t Happen Here

An audio drama presented by Berkeley Rep
Made available for free October 13, 2020 – November 8, 2020 
https://berkeleyrep.org/season/2021/itcanthappenhere.asp

By Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen, adapted from the novel by Sinclair Lewis
Sound design and music by Paul James Prendergast
Directed by Lisa Peterson

Written in 1935 during the rise of fascism in Europe, Lewis’ darkly satirical 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. In 2016, Berkeley Rep unveiled a new stage adaptation of Lewis’ prescient novel, one week after that production ended, the presidential election roiled our nation. Now, Berkeley Rep reprises that production with the same director, but this time as a radio play in four episodes, just in time for the 2020 presidential election. We’re delighted to welcome back much of the original cast including David Kelly as the candidate Buzz Windrip, and to have Academy Award nominee David Strathairn join us as the liberal protagonist Doremus Jessup.

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CAST: 
Elijah Alexander (General Edgeways/Bishop Prang)
Danforth Comins (Philip Jessup)
Scott Coopwood (Shad Ledue)
William Thomas Hodgson (Dr. Fowler Greenhill)
Anna Ishida (Mary Jessup Greenhill)
David Kelly (Buzz Windrip)
Sharon Lockwood (Emma Jessup/Adelaide Tarr Gimmitch)
Eddie Lopez (David Greenhill/Mr. Dimick)
Alex Lydon (Julian Falck)
Tom Nelis (Buck Titus)
Greta Oglesby (Lorinda Pike)
Charles Shaw Robinson (Frank Tasbrough/Effingham Swan)
Gerardo Rodriguez (Karl Pascal)
Carolina Sanchez (Sissy Jessup)
Mark Kenneth Smaltz (R.C. Crowley/John Pollikop)
David Strathairn (Doremus Jessup)

STAGE MANAGER: 
Chris Waters
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