The Weeks family braces for the 2024 election. Paul and Ruth’s family works to defeat the Great Leader. Paul’s brother Garret and his family are on the other side. Family get-togethers are tense. When the Great Leader, with a giant boost from the Supreme Court, shockingly wins “the most important election ever,” the family is thrown into chaos.
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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
