It Happened Here 2024

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  • IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future" adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel and 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.


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Episodes
  • Episode 4
    Oct 16 2024

    Paul is released from jail and finds the University town has changed. The Great Leader cracks down on journalists and wins a sham election by a landslide. Ella and Terence resolve their childhood conflicts, and Terence’s life is transformed by a service dog. Kate hits bottom and is rescued by an unlikely relative.

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    IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future"
    adapted by Richard Dresser from his own novel and 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

    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

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 3
    Oct 9 2024

    The Weeks family assembles for a final disastrous dinner at the General’s house. RJ writes an expose of the Great Leader and dies under mysterious circumstances. Isaac makes a wild attempt to stop school shootings. Following her car accident, Kate slips into addiction. Garret arrests Paul during his lecture at the University.

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    IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future"
    adapted by Richard Dresser from his own novel and 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

    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

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Episode 2
    Oct 2 2024

    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 own novel and 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

    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




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    1 hr and 12 mins

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