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IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE PLAY
ATTENTION: Due to the predicted severe weather, Encore Theatre has been forced to reschedule their children’s theatre from this weekend to next weekend. As a result, our performance of “It Can’t Happen Here” has been postponed to a later date, to be announced.  Your receipt for your ticket  purchased at our headquarters or through ActBlue donation will hold your ticket for the rescheduled performance. You will be notified when the play is rescheduled.  Please accept our regrets from our dedicated volunteers who are anxious to bring this to our community.  If you have questions or prefer a refund, please respond to this email and we will be happy to accommodate. Thank you!

The Allen County Democratic PartyThe Allen County Democratic Party will present a Reader’s Theater style production of It Can’t Happen Here, a play by Tony Taccone & Bennett S. Cohen. It will be performed on Sun. Feb. 1 at 2:00pm at Encore Theater.  It is a dark, satirical cautionary play about how American democracy can succumb to fascism through a charismatic demagogue who rises to power promising to restore greatness, only to establish a dictatorship, suppress liberties, and imprison critics. It highlights the fragility of freedom and the danger of public apathy. It shows how tyranny takes hold gradually until it’s too late, often while waving flags and using patriotic rhetoric.
It Can’t Happen Here is a play based upon the 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis. It will be  directed by Alice Donahue & Kim Lane. It was originally staged in 1936 and was Commissioned and Originally Produced by Berkeley Repertory Theater in Sept. 2016. This play is sponsored by Brenda Rizor in memory of Paul Rizor with all proceeds to The Allen County Democratic Party.
Tickets are available for purchase securely through Act Blue. Tickets are $20 each or $10 each for Seniors & students. Tickets are available for purchase at Allen Dems HQ during open hours or by mail to The Allen County Democratic Party 1209 Allentown Rd. Lima, OH 45805. Limited tickets may be available at the door on event night. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/it_cant_happen_here

MONTHLY ALLEN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING
The next Executive Committee meeting will be Tues. Feb. 10, 2026 at Allen Dems HQ 1209 Allentown Rd. Lima at 6:30pm with social time at 6:00pm.

DONUTS WITH DEMS
Join us for coffee, donuts and conversation at our HQ (1209 Allentown Rd. Lima) on Sat. Feb. 14 from 10am-12pm.

LUNCH & LEARN
Lunch & Learns will be paused until March 2026.

 Allen County Democratic Party Women’s Club Meeting: The second Thursday of the Month at Western Sizzlin’ 2721 Elida Rd., Lima. Starts at 11:30am.