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 6
More people from the USA join the community. Paul survives a brush with death. Kate finishes the song she’s been writing for twenty years. Mickey comes up with a shockingly bold plan to save the country. Ruth gets her birthday wish. The Great Leader finally makes America great again by expiring. Louise reveals what happened to the family through the following years.
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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,
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
Original songs by William and Rob Reale
Guitar & vocals by Marianne Rendon & Pete Lanctot.
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