It Happened Here 2024 - It Happened Here 2024

<p><em>IT HAPPENED HERE 2024</em> - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future".<br> <br>Adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel<br> <br>Directed by Joe Cacaci <br><br>Starring Edie Falco, Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro, <br><br>Inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ dystopian novel, <em>It Can’t Happen Here</em>, 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, <em>It Happened Here 2024</em> describes a country that still has Netflix and free two-day delivery, where the only thing lost is freedom.<br><br>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.</p><p><br>Senior Producer: Jess Hackel<br>Casting Director: Jack Doulin<br><br>Original Music composed by Jared Paul<br>Engineering, mixing and sound design by Justin Kaupp and Bob Pomann<br>Digital Strategy by Michael Zhao<br>Show Art by Eleni Tzaneros<br><br>Executive Producers: Joe Cacaci, Jack Doulin, Richard Dresser, Elliott Forrest. Evangeline Morphos and John Whalan.<br><br>It Happened Here 2024 was recorded at Pomann Sound Studios<br><br>The first episode will be available on Wednesday, October 2nd on WNYC’s ON THE MEDIA podcast feed.<br><br></p><p>New episodes air every Wednesday between October 2nd and October 30th wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p><br></p>