'It' Happens Here: Skagit Valley College drama

“It” – fascism – will never happen here. It can’t, not in FDR’s1936 or Donald Trump’s 2020. Right?

Well fascism wins on stage at the Philip Tarro Theatre at Skagit Valley College this Friday through Sunday. The cast offers a spirited and determined rendition of “It Can’t Happen Here,” Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel. Lewis and John Moffitt revised it for Broadway in 1936.

While the book was set for that election season, the play is placed in “very soon – or never.” This allows Director Damond Morris to blend smartphones alongside manual typewriters and to weave in references to Be...