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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