About
What history tells us.
What art shows us.
What community makes possible.
Many Americans are sitting with a feeling they can't quite name. It's not quite fear. Not quite anger. It's something closer to disorientation — the sense that the country you thought you understood is becoming something you don't recognize.
That feeling has a history. And art has been documenting it for a century.
How The F Did We Get Here? is a series of theatre productions, film screenings, books, and community events, each one a lens through which to look at where we are and how we got here. These are stories written in other eras, about other places, that turn out to have a great deal to say about this one.
None of it is partisan. That's not the point. The point is to understand the patterns — the ones history keeps repeating, and the ones art helps us see before they complete themselves.
These events are co-produced with Tulsa's theatre community, paired with events from local arts and cultural organizations, and designed to be experienced in community. The antidote to anxious isolation isn't more scrolling. It's a room full of people, a story that matters, and the conversation that follows.
These times are not eternal. Nor are they inevitable.
What this is
Art that illuminates real-world experiences
Understanding of the forces reshaping American life
A community conversation (not a political rally)
Theatre, film, books, and more — art coming together to create a once-in-a-lifetime event
What this is not
Propaganda for any party or candidate
Anti-Trump programming (too simple, too divisive)
A lecture; these are live multimedia events and performances
A one-off event; this is a multi-year commitment from the Tulsa arts community
But Most of All...
This will be a patriotic experience.
Each one is designed to inform our community where we now stand as a nation, and what is at stake in our shared American future.