Lake Song

Lake Song

OFFICIAL SELECTION -- Tribeca Festival Audio Premieres. It’s 2098 and the Republic of Chicago has what the world needs: fresh water. But with new opportunities come new threats, especially for a pair of siblings on the South Side. Can the people come together to save their city—and each other? Combining sci-fi and music, politics and poetry, Lake Song is a collective response to our times, and a shared dream of our future.

Episodes

December 21, 2022 21 mins

Series finale. After the storm, the city and its people ask: What do we do with our freedom?

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Billy Branch, Lorena Diaz, Delia Kropp, Daniel Kyri, Esme Perez, Deanna Reed-Foster, and A.C. Smith

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Siren poses a final, deadly challenge for Wade, Dee, and everyone they love.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Billy Branch, Lillian Charles, Eduardo Curley-Carrillo, Lorena Diaz, Delia Kropp, James Vincent Meredith, Esme Perez, Jus...

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December 7, 2022 24 mins

Dee and Wade try to repair what's been broken for so long.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Delia Kropp, Daniel Kyri, Al'Jaleel McGhee, James Vincent Meredith, and Mia Park

Original score composed by Mikhail Fiksel, featuring Billy...

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November 30, 2022 29 mins

As the Siren plan tears the city apart, Wade investigates what's really going on; Dee, alone and grieving, tries to make a fresh start--and tries, and tries. . . .

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Brenda Barrie, Rammel Chan, Lillia...

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November 23, 2022 15 mins

In spite of Wade's promises, the Siren plan begins to disrupt the city; Dee, bewildered by Mira, runs from her grief.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Billy Branch, Delia Kropp, Daniel Kyri, and James Vincent Meredith

Original scor...

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November 16, 2022 29 mins

It's 2099, and Siren is remaking Chicago. Wade revels in his newfound success, but Dee struggles to hold onto her place in the family.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Billy Branch, Eduardo Curley-Carrillo, Delia Kropp, Esme Perez,...

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November 9, 2022 21 mins

A song sends a strange new energy rippling across the city, as Dee and Wade collide.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Billy Branch, Lillian Charles, Daniel Kyri, James Vincent Meredith, Esme Perez, Justin Reed, Deanna Reed-Foster, ...

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November 2, 2022 24 mins

Dee is threatened by a direct challenge from Mira; with the Siren plan hanging in the balance, the whole city challenges Wade.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Brenda Barrie, Billy Branch, Rammel Chan, Lillian Charles, Robert Cornel...

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October 26, 2022 22 mins

Dee wants her old life back, but Mira has other ideas; Wade struggles -- mostly with himself -- to become the face of Siren Galactic's plan.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Eduardo Curley-Carrillo, Daniel Kyri, Esme Perez, Deanna R...

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October 19, 2022 21 mins

Dee discovers there's more to Mira than she realized; Wade copes with new pressures -- and possibilities -- at City Hall.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade.

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Robert Cornelius, Delia Kropp, Daniel Kyri, Eddie Martinez, James Vincent M...

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October 13, 2022 23 mins

Wade hears an audacious plan that would remake the city; Dee tries to solve the mystery of a strange girl who shouldn't be there.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars.

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Lorena Diaz, Daniel Kyri, James Vincent Meredith, Esme Perez, Justin...

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October 13, 2022 41 mins

In 2098, a shocking death plunges the Republic of Chicago into crisis, upending life for Wade and his sister Dee.

LAKE SONG is co-created by Laura Alcalá Baker, Sydney Charles, Mikhail Fiksel, Nate Marshall, Jeremy McCarter, Natalie Moore, and Kristina Valada-Viars

Starring Sydney Charles as Dee and Marcus D. Moore as Wade

With Ayanna Bria Bakari, Brenda Barrie, Billy Branch, Rammel Chan, Eduardo Curley-Carrillo, Delia Kropp, Danie...

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Lake Song co-creator Nate Marshall talks about what Chicago poets have always done. . . and what they're *going* to do.

Lake Song, the epic new audio-drama series from Make-Believe Association, will debut October 12 as an official selection of Tribeca Audio.

For more, visit lakesong.fm.

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August 26, 2022 1 min

It’s 2098 and the Republic of Chicago has what the world needs: fresh water. But with new opportunities come new threats, especially for one family on the South Side. Can the people come together to save their city—and each other?

Lake Song is the joint creation of seven multidisciplinary Chicagoans. Combining sci-fi and music, politics and poetry, it’s a collective response to our times, and a shared dream of our future. 

The epic...

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