It Happened Here 2024
IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future".
Adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel
Directed by Joe Cacaci
Starring Edie Falco, Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro,
Inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ dystopian novel, It Can’t Happen Here, Dresser offers a glimpse of what could happen after the 2024 election if fascism creeps into the USA. Told through the voices of a fragmenting American family, It Happened Here 2024 describes a country that still has Netflix and free two-day delivery, where the only thing lost is freedom.
The cast includes Molly Babos, Molly Carden, four-time Emmy Award winner Edie Falco, Tony Award winner Santino Fontana, Luke Kirby, Tom Pecinka, Marianne Rendon, Tony Award winner and five-time Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub, and Emmy Award winner John Turturro.
Senior Producer: Jess Hackel
Casting Director: Jack Doulin
Original Music composed by Jared Paul
Engineering, mixing and sound design by Justin Kaupp and Bob Pomann
Digital Strategy by Michael Zhao
Show Art by Eleni Tzaneros
Executive Producers: Joe Cacaci, Jack Doulin, Richard Dresser, Elliott Forrest. Evangeline Morphos and John Whalan.
It Happened Here 2024 was recorded at Pomann Sound Studios
The first episode will be available on Wednesday, October 2nd on WNYC’s ON THE MEDIA podcast feed.
New episodes air every Wednesday between October 2nd and October 30th wherever you get your podcasts.
It Happened Here 2024
Episode 2
Mounting pressures cause Paul and Ruth to separate. Paul moves into a rooming house and Ruth falls in love with Anjelica. Kate and Isaac play their music at an environmental protest that turns violent. A campus building is blown up and Garret is convinced that Paul and Ruth’s son Mickey was involved. Ella’s secret relationship with Bobby deepens and takes a tragic turn.
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IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future"
Adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel.
Directed by Joe Cacaci
Starring Edie Falco, Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro,
The first episode premieres on Wednesday, October 2nd on WNYC’s ON THE MEDIA podcast feed. New episodes air every Wednesday between October 2nd and October 30th wherever you get your podcasts
CAST - FAMILY TREE
The General and his wife (deceased) had two sons, Paul and Garrett.
Paul's Family
Paul - Tony Shalhoub
Ruth (his wife) - Edie Falco
Mickey (their eldest son) - Luke Kirby
Kate (their daughter) - Marianne Rendon
David (their younger son) - Santino Fontana
Garrett’s Family
Garrett - John Turturro
Hadley (his wife) not voiced.
Terrence (their eldest son) - Tom Pecinka
Isaac (their younger son) not voiced.
Ella (their daughter) - Molly Carden
Louise (their granddaughter) – Molly Babos
Senior Producer: Jess Hackel
Casting Director: Jack Doulin
Script Supervisor: Graham Ferguson
Original Music composed by Jared Paul
Engineering, mixing and sound design by Justin Kaupp and Bob Pomann
Digital Strategy by Michael Zhao
Show Art by Eleni Tzaneros
Executive Producers: Joe Cacaci, Jack Doulin, Richard Dresser, Elliott Forrest. Evangeline Morphos and John Whalan.
It Happened Here 2024 was recorded at Pomann Sound Studios