One night only! Join us at The Bank at The Little Book for Iowa Stage’s first Scriptease of the season.

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.

Directed by Resident Artist John Robinson, featuring Resident Artists and more!

520 Euclid Ave #103

Des Moines, IA.

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