Berkeley Rep intends for this project to encourage dialogue and motivate citizens to exercise their civic power and vote. Visit www.vote411.org ----------- SHOW PROGRAM & STUDY GUIDE: bit.ly/ICHHprogram ----------- SCRIPT IS AVAILABLE for people with hearing loss To request a script, please email ICHHCC@berkeleyrep.org ----------- IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE An audio drama presented by Berkeley Rep Made available for free October 13, 2020 – November 8, 2020 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. ----------- 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 ----------- Y4WZLXRZSQ2K0RNG