Writers and theatre groups across the country are creating works in response to crackdowns on their communities<\/p>\n
On a cool winter night in Los Angeles, dozens gathered to protest the Trump administration\u2019s attacks on the arts and the recent federal immigration raids in southern California. But these protestors didn\u2019t carry signs or chant in front of a government building \u2013 they recited poems such as Antifa Tea Party and Love in Times of Fascism. They performed anti-fascist improv to a small but lively crowd at The Glendale Room, a library-themed theater, as part of the monthly show Unquiet: A Night of Creative Resistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019ve got talent or skills as a communicator, you can move people,\u201d Chris Kessler, a writer and poet, said after performing at Unquiet. \u201cI really believe that we need to be moving people toward a stronger sense of collectivism in the face of fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n
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