A multimedia "rock and roll history show" about one of the most troubling peacetime years in the history of the United States. This all original production debuted in front of a packed house at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI. It's now coming to Milwaukee for one night only. Featuring Little Blue Crunchy Things members Ken Fitzsimmons, Bill Backes, and Bryan Elliott.

"You will hang on every word and image."
--Samara Kalk Derby, Wisconsin State Journal

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.

"Breathingtaking theatre from start to finish."
--Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, Public Historian, Ebling Library of Health Sciences (Retired)

""Ken Fitzsimmons is fast becoming my favorite people's historian."
--John Nichols, Executive Editor, The Nation

"Packed with rollicking incisive poetic songs, stunning visuals, and authentic voices conjuring 1919, a momentous year with striking parallels to the present. A Wisco-centric rival of Brecht & Weill's visionary fusion of music, art, political history, and stagecraft.”

--Professor James Leary, Co-founder, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures

Support provided by:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Veteran Museum
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
Vanguard Milwaukee
Antishadows Theatrical Design
Hinckley Productions
Brainstormer Studios

ABOUT MOBILIZE THE POETS
Mobilize the Poets is a cross-discipline troupe of musicians, historians, and theatre artists dedicated to honoring the lives of everyday people who have lived through extraordinary times. We bring history and music together in powerful multimedia productions. We call them “rock and roll history shows.”

www.mobilizethepoets.com/after-the-war-1919