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 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