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.
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5. To My Mother, or Betrayed to Death
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.
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4. Guilty Creatures
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.
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3. Bounded
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.
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2. Bugs and Goblins
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.
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 (Chicago Fire), this is Hamlet as you’ve never heard it.
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