Oct 4, 2019
A docudrama about the summer that ravaged a city--and remade it. Co-produced with WBEZ.
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CITY ON FIRE: CHICAGO RACE RIOT 1919
A co-production of WBEZ Chicago and Make-Believe Association
Written by Natalie Moore and Jeremy McCarter
Original music and sound design by...
Mar 1, 2019
Odysseus, the “man of twists and
turns”, goes on five new adventures, portrayed by five amazing
actors. Sing for our time, too.
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Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm
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Lost Books of the
Odyssey
By Jeremy
McCarter
Adapted from the
novel by Zachary Mason
Music composed and sound team...
Feb 7, 2019
Brer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by the poet Nate Marshall: It’s a whole new briar patch now.
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This program is dedicated to the life of George Terrell, a storyteller and enslaved man on the Turnwold Plantation...
Jan 15, 2019
A brave girl's journey through a land of many monsters, adapted from a Mexican folktale by Nancy García Loza. Performed and recorded live in Chicago, followed by audience conversation.
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Brava
A folktale con música
Script and corrido by Nancy...
Jan 10, 2019
How can creative artists make each other more creative? As we count down to the release of Make-Believe's first audio drama, we talk with Monica Beletsky, acclaimed writer for TV and film, about artistic collaboration, the highs and lows of the TV writers' room, and the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.
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