02/27/26 – Madison, WI
February 27, 2026 – Madison, WI
Presented by Mobilize the Poets | In Partnership with Four Seasons Theatre
After the War: 1919
1919: the forgotten year after the forgotten war. It’s one of the most troubling peacetime years in the history of the United States. The post-war, post-pandemic country is reckoning with the fundamental rights of its citizens.
Americans have just fought a war “to make the world safe for democracy” and now are fighting to preserve that very democracy at home. Strikes, race riots, women’s suffrage, mass deportations, the Red Scare, and Prohibition dominate the headlines and people’s lives.
This show reflects on the lives of everyday people who lived during this extraordinary time, the meaning of peace, and Wisconsin’s role in it all.
February 27, 2026
Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI
Part of
Presented by Mobilize the Poets | In Partnership with Four Seasons Theatre
After the War: 1919
1919: the forgotten year after the forgotten war. It’s one of the most troubling peacetime years in the history of the United States. The post-war, post-pandemic country is reckoning with the fundamental rights of its citizens.
Americans have just fought a war “to make the world safe for democracy” and now are fighting to preserve that very democracy at home. Strikes, race riots, women’s suffrage, mass deportations, the Red Scare, and Prohibition dominate the headlines and people’s lives.
This show reflects on the lives of everyday people who lived during this extraordinary time, the meaning of peace, and Wisconsin’s role in it all.
February 27, 2026
Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI
Part of
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