It Happened Here 2024

Dramatized political parable

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Show synopsis

Inspired by Sinclair Lewis’ dystopian novel, It Can’t Happen Here, It Happened Here 2024 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.

Adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel. Directed by Joe Cacaci. 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.. Recorded at Pomann Sound Studios

A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future."

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Created before 2024 presidential election about fascism creeping the USA.

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