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Listen to Lost Books of the Odyssey, Make-Believe's acclaimed audio drama in which Odysseus goes on five new adventures. "Heartbreaking, resonant, darkly hilarious" – The A.V. Club. First released in 2019.      -------------      Lost Books of the Odyssey By Jeremy McCarter Adapted from the novel by Zachary Mason Music composed and sound team led by Mikhail Fiksel Directed by Jess McLeod Executive produced by Jeremy McCarter  CAST (in order of playing Odysseus) Kareem Bandealy Kristina Valada-Viars Lily Mojekwu Ian Paul Custer Henry Godinez  SOUND TEAM Sound designer - Mikhail Fiksel Associate sound designer and audio technician - Robert Hornbostel Recording engineer - Joe Palermo  PRODUCTION STAFF Production manager - Madeleine Borg Stage manager - Brennan T. Jones Community manager - Kaitlin Fine  POST-PRODUCTION Editing, mixing, and additional recording by Mikhail Fiksel Additional sound design, final mixing and mastering by Joe Palermo Graphic design by Carly Pearlman Equipment provided by TechMagic Designs  Make-Believe theme music by Mikhail Fiksel  SPECIAL THANKS Catherine Allen and The Den Theater; Brian Bannon and the staff of Chicago Public Library; Carolyn Casselman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison; Bill Clegg; Nancy García Loza; Nate Marshall; Kevin Reader, Max Temkin, and Cards Against Humanity; Chris Rooney; SAG-AFTRA.  PRODUCTION SPONSORS The Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Family Foundation, for an essential launch grant The Poetry Foundation, our lead season sponsor Joyce Chelberg, whose generosity supports the work of Make-Believe's actors All our donors and supporters To support Make-Believe with a tax-deductible contribution, please visit: https://makebelieve.fm/support-us/ To contact Make-Believe, email us at [email protected]   

Whose grave's this?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

Do you see nothing there?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

What should a man do but be merry?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

What is this quintessence of dust?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

What change is this?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

Must I remember?           HAMLET By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Jeremy McCarter Sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Emilia LaPenta and Jeremy McCarter CAST Daniel Kyri - Hamlet Ayanna Bria Bakari - Ophelia Terry Bell - Guildenstern/Voltimand Ronald L. Conner - Gravedigger Eduardo Curley-Carrillo - Ensemble Lorena Diaz - Ensemble Daveed Diggs - Prologue Charles Andrew Gardner - Rosencrantz/Cornelius Henry Godinez - Priest Lawrence Grimm - Captain Erik Hellman - Horatio Bill Irwin - Osric Timothy Edward Kane - Laertes Delia Kropp - Ensemble Jacob Ming-Trent - Polonius Roslyn Ruff - Player Queen Lorenzo Rush, Jr. - Marcellus/Lucianus Anna Deavere Smith - Player King John Douglas Thompson - Claudius/Ghost Sharon Washington - Gertrude PRODUCTION STAFF Associate director – Sydney Charles Casting director – Laura Alcalá Baker Voice and text coach – Julie Congress Script supervisor – Sonya Hayden with support from Jay Black Press representatives - Chris Boneau and Angela Yamarone, Boneau/Bryan-Brown; Amanda Meyer, Amanda Meyer PR Legal services - Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine MUSIC Original music composed by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel "Saltarello" Traditional Performed by Milosz Sienkiewicz  By arrangement with Shockwave-Sound "Caro Ortolano" Composed By Giorgio Mainerio Performed by The Gleam Ensemble By arrangement with The Gleam Ensemble "Ophelia's Song" Traditional, arranged by Nygel D. Robinson and Mikhail Fiksel Vocal by Ayanna Bria Bakari Lute accompaniment by Brandon Acker   "Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day" Traditional, arranged by Mikhail Fiksel Vocal and guitar accompaniment by Eduardo Curley-Carrillo "Anthony Pavan" Composed by Anthony de Contie Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Lachrimae Pavan" Composed by John Dowland Performed by Oleg Timofeyev By arrangement with Brilliant Classics Licensing "Resilience" and "Sakura" Composed and performed by Joshua Messick By arrangement with Joshua Messick/Hammered Dulcimer Music SOUND Recorded and Engineered at: Tightrope Recording in Chicago – Max Fabian, Mikhail Fiksel, and Jaden Ebanks Renaissance Recording in New York – Angie Teo and Neal Shaw MediaNoise in New York – Josh Samuels and Quentin Chiapetta Edited by Max Fabian, Jaden Ebanks, and Susie McCollom  Mixed and mastered by Mikhail Fiksel ARTWORK Cover art portrait by Andrea Coleman Photograph of Daniel Kyri by Alex Hazel Studio Graphic design by Good Many/Carly Pearlman MAJOR PRODUCTION SUPPORT Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Joyce Chelberg The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw The Miranda Family Fund Rocco and Debby Landesman Conor O'Neil The board of directors of Make-Believe Association This production was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement. To learn more and to support the work of Make-Believe, visit hamlet.fm.

Tribeca Festival World Premiere 2025 – This revelatory new take on Shakespeare's iconic tragedy drops you inside the fractured mind of the prince. With breathtaking binaural sound design by Tony-Award winner Mikhail Fiksel and starring Daniel Kyri, this is Hamlet as you've never heard it. Coming in June. Produced by the acclaimed audio storytelling company Make-Believe Association.