In January 2019, I attended a Carol McManus directed dramatic reading of Lee Roscoe's play HERE!
This was on the main stage of Cotuit Center for the Arts. The single performance by 1 women, and 7 men actors, was riveting as we see the present through the eyes of 8 living persons who know and benefit from the history of the rise of the Third Reich!
The Wehrmacht Republic or "defence force" were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1946. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force).
With the longest Government Shutdown, Our Homeland Security to get a border wall feels somewhat prescient of Lee's words! Q&A followed with actors, director and playwright!
Who would believe that this could happen again HERE!
After the play I felt numb and sick to think that past many book and playwrights, from the past and have revealed presciently, what we see hear, feel on stage what is happening HERE!
"Do not go gentle into that good night"!
Thought provoking evening which reminded me of Our Town for the awakened and still living! Do we have time to rage against tyrants? You know the answer!
Lee Roscoe's well worked play HERE! -inspired us to consider another lower cape production by invitation only, of the next live dramatic reading by eight men and one women dramatic reading.
When: Wednesday, February 19th at the Cape Cod Community Media Studios- Time? TBA
Where:
17 Shad Hole Rd. Dennis Port, MA 02639
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"HERE! is part satire, part serious. It explores what happens when hyperbole becomes reality and Amerikka turns fascist. " Inspired by the works of Sinclair Lewis!
Future Production Ideas -
So this production can be funded by offering:
So this production can be funded by offering:
GoFundMe Etc!
Poster propaganda and tee shirt sales, created and produced by local artist and friends of Lee.
Wanting Sponsors: individual union members or retired members, unions, WOMR, local progressive businesses, individual sponsors.
Poster propaganda and tee shirt sales, created and produced by local artist and friends of Lee.
Wanting Sponsors: individual union members or retired members, unions, WOMR, local progressive businesses, individual sponsors.
Producers:
John and Gail Bangert have lived in Harwich for almost a half century, they have raised two daughters HERE!
John has been a community organizer, organized the Cape Sanctuary Project in the early 1980's, helping Central Americans fleeing from death squads, and with being a member of the Brewster UU church, sponsored Witness for Peace trips, and sponsored International Brigades to go to Nicaragua from Cape Cod for journalist, writers, unions, to see for ourselves before the dawn of international communication or the internet could have shared this story!
John obtained a teaching position and taught at Nauset Regional High School with the ALG Alternative Learning Group, took students to "March Against the Klan", in Sun Down Town of Cumming, a sundown town located in Forsyth County, Georgia in January 1987!
John & Gail housed AKA Bernaar Calisuma (Jose Mejia), a 15 year old refugee from the war torn El Salvador, who stayed with the Bangert's until he was able to move along the "new underground railroad" to live in Canada! He was later murdered in Toronto by the Death Squads after returning to El Salvador to visit his family after years of being absent! Jose's toured the world as a member of Children of War!
In the early 80's John returned to UMass to earn is teaching certification and BA, and did his student teaching in Harwich, Cape Cod Tech, Chatham and finally Nauset Regional HS, while Gail operated one of the earliest Family Daycare Centers, certificated by the Office for Children in Harwich.
John & Gail Bangert
508-514-0143
