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

    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 6
    Oct 30 2024

    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

    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

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 5
    Oct 23 2024

    The Weeks family travels to Canada for Kate’s wedding. Garret and Terence attempt to bring Mickey to justice. Mickey re-connects with an old lover. Paul’s podcast, “The Whiskey Hour,” becomes an international sensation. Ruth and Paul are living with their three children for the first time in 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
    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 9 mins
  • 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 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
    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

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