Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 09, 2017
What if FDR has been defeated in 1936 and a fascist had been elected President of the United States? How would Americans react to the implementation of martial law, and the elimination of rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution? What would happen if a free press was muzzled? If citizens fled to Canada even as a resistance was formed -- and its leaders and members were rounded up and incarcerated or executed?
That's the intriguing and frightening premise of Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29 with this searing drama, which was newly adapted and staged by the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Tom Stevenson of Titusvlle, New Jerssey co-stars with Kyla Donnelly of Levittown, Pennsylvania. He portrays small-town newspaper editor Doremus Jessup, whose family are caught up in the political whirlwind. She plays outspoken widowed bar owner Lorinda Pike, whose political views align with Jessup's - and they are drawn into a romantic entanglement.
It Can't Happen Here co-stars (alphabetically) James "Jim" Cordingley of Lawrence Twp, NJ; John Helmke of Trenton, NJ; Gina Rose Hermans of Lawrenceville, NJ; Tim Irvine of Yardley, PA; Olivier Leroux of Pennington, NJ; Jessica Mousley of Langhorne, PA; Marco Newton of Yardley; Ed Patton of Fairless Hills, PA; Jack Petzko of Cranbury, NJ; R.O. Scott of Huntingdon Valley, PA; Daniel "D.J." Tomalin of Levittown, and Hayley Rubins-Topoleski of Trenton, NJ. Featuring (alphabetically) Francesca Arco of Morrisville; Sean Costello of Quakertown, PA; Joe Doyle of Morrisville; Dee Hamilton of Hamilton, NJ; Bonnie Kapenstein of Philadelphia, PA; Griffin Kemp of Morrisville; Katie Marra of Levittown; Rick J. Speer of Yardley, and Ellen Wisnosky of Morrisville.
Francesca Arco stage manages. Assistant stage manager is Katie Marra. Set and costume design is by ActorsNET Artistic Director Cheryl Doyle. Lighting design and operation is by Andrena Wishnie. Sound design is by the Doyles and the sound operator is Isaiah Davis of Levittown.
It Can't Happen Here performs weekends October 13 - 29 at The Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Avenue (Route 32), Morrisville, PA - across from the Calhoun Street Bridge. Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors, $15 for WHYY members and students, and $10 for children age 12 and younger. Due to its theme and staged violence, parental guidance is advised. To reserve, call 215-295-3694 or email actorsnet@aol.com. ActorsNET's website is www.actorsnetbucks.org.
At a family picnic, newspaper editor Doremus Jessup is told by his son, Philip, that his youngest daughter has attracted the romantic interest of his surly handyman - unaware that his employee’s lust will lead to harrowing events. Tom Stevenson (left) costars with Olivier Leroux (right) in a scene from the ActorsNET production of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE.
They may seem innocently in love, but this couple has become romantically entangled in the midst of organizing a resistance movement against the government. Tom Stevenson (right) and Kyla Donnelly costar in the ActorsNET production of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE.
After his tipsy daughter (portrayed by Jessica Mousley, left) finds him meeting with 'the other woman,' newspaper editor Doremus Jessup (played by Tom Stevenson) has a tense drive home with her in the ActorsNET production of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE.
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