Theater De Facto

08/10/2026

Primaries are tomorrow! Do you know where your polling place is?

08/09/2026

Your Republicans in Congress advanced Todd Blanche's nomination at 4 in the morning on a Sunday. Are you paying attention?

Primaries are Tuesday

VOTE

08/07/2026

Wow! Great turnout at our private performance at Seven Hills Senior Living in St. Paul yesterday! Our actors gave their all for "It Can't Happen Here...Again" and "Paul Revere Resists."

Don't miss our next show at Bryant Lake Bowl! On September 20th at 7 p.m., we'll present these important works that examine the past, the present, and how staying engaged in democracy secures our future.

We'll be donating $4 from every ticket to MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee!

Buy your tickets online or at the door on September 20!

https://www.bryantlakebowl.com/gift-cards-merch/p/no-kings

08/04/2026

NEXT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE SET! Bryant Lake Bowl, 10 W Lake St., Minneapolis!

We'll be presenting "It Can't Happen Here...Again" with a new (to us) work, "No Kings: Paul Revere Resists" at 7 p.m. on September 20th! Come see the connection between our past and our present and walk away inspired.

$4.00 of every ticket will be donated to MIRAC: Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.

Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm. Don't miss it! Get your tickets at the door or online at: https://www.bryantlakebowl.com/gift-cards-merch/p/no-kings

07/17/2026

More lies requires more fact checking. VOTE!

07/17/2026

We'll be presenting a private performance of "It Can't Happen Here" and "Paul Revere Resists" on August 6th to the democracy-minded folks at Seven Hills Retirement Homes. These good people put the "T" in TRUE PATRIOTS! 😏

If your organization wants to share these important works from the Writers for Democratic Action with your members, message us for details. Our performances are FREE and designed to get folks engaged in democracy and excited about VOTING!

07/03/2026

Wishing our fellow citizens a joyous Independence Day and hope for the future of America.

The Fourth of July, also called Independence Day or July 4th, has been a U.S. federal holiday since 1938. The traditi...

04/30/2026

CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM

How many do YOU see in this administration????

1. Powerful, often exclusionary, populist nationalism centered on cult of a redemptive, “infallible”
leader who never admits mistakes.
2. Political power derived from questioning reality, endorsing myth and rage, and promoting lies.
3. Fixation with perceived national decline, humiliation, or victimhood.
4. White Replacement “Theory” used to show that democratic ideals of freedom and equality are a threat.
Oppose any initiatives or institutions that are racially, ethnically, or religiously harmonious.
5. Disdain for human rights while seeking purity and cleansing for those they define as part of the nation.
6. Identification of “enemies”/scapegoats as a unifying cause. Imprison and/or murder opposition and minority
group leaders.
7. Supremacy of the military and embrace of paramilitarism in an uneasy, but effective
collaboration with traditional elites. Fascists arm people and justify and glorify violence as “redemptive”.
8. Rampant sexism.
9. Control of mass media and undermining “truth”.
10. Obsession with national security, crime and punishment, and fostering a sense of the nation under attack.
11. Religion and government are intertwined.
12. Corporate power is protected and labor power is suppressed.
13. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts not aligned with the fascist narrative.
14. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Loyalty to the leader is paramount and often more important than competence.
15. Fraudulent elections and creation of a one-party state.
16. Often seeking to expand territory through armed conflict