Milky Way Underground
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Two siblings search for their missing father in a surreal journey through a mysterious dreamworld.
Take an interactive journey with siblings Lydia and Elijah on a surreal new transit system that brings them to strange versions of familiar places — from New York City to far-off forests, swamps, and snow-covered mountains — as they search for their missing father. Can they trust their new friends, their surroundings, and themselves as they attempt to make it back home with their dad in tow?
Step into Elijah and Lydia’s world with the interactive Milky Way Underground app, available soon on iOS and Android.
Combining augmented reality and spatial audio for a complete 3D experience, the app is the first of its kind in kids and family podcasting. Simply open the app, select an episode, and your real life movements will change the way the audio sounds, letting you hear scenes play out in real time around you, while changing visuals hint at what Lydia and Elijah are experiencing.
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Meet The Team
Christy Gressman
co-creator, executive producer
Christy Gressman is Vice President and Executive Producer, Podcasts, at First Look Media, where she leads Topic Studios' podcast vertical — overseeing creative, production, and business strategy — and shares oversight of The Intercept podcasts with Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed. She was formerly Partner and Executive Producer at the fiction-focused network Night Vale Presents, also a PRX partner, where she oversaw network-wide development, production, and distribution. She serves as producer, executive producer and/or co-creator of a number of original podcasts, including the critically-acclaimed fiction shows “The Orbiting Human Circus” and “Adventures in New America”.
Grant Stewart
co-creator, writer, director
Grant Stewart previously worked as the editor of “I Only Listen to The Mountain Goats,” “Adventures in New America,” “Start With This,” and other shows for Night Vale Presents, and was also the lead editor of WNYC's “The Orbiting Human Circus.” Based in Brooklyn, he subsists on carbs and enjoys hunting down ‘70s Brazilian and Japanese records.
Russell Sperberg
producer, assistant director
Russell Sperberg is an actor / producer currently based in Los Angeles. He's helped to produce podcasts such as “Milky Way Underground,” “Sleep With Me,” and “The Orbiting Human Circus.” As an actor, he's performed and helped develop work at Actors Theatre of Louisville, En Garde Arts, New Dramatists, The Bushwick Starr, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, among others.
ADAM CECIL
producer
Adam Cecil is a podcast producer based in Brooklyn. He worked as a producer on “Meet Cute” and “The Nonbinary Carrie Bradshaw.” Other credits include '“The Orbiting Human Circus” and “Dreamboy.” He blogs at Night Water.
Production Team
Co-Creator, Executive Producer: Christy Gressman
Co-Creator, Writer, Director: Grant Stewart
Producer, Assistant Director: Russell Sperberg
Producer: Adam Cecil
Interactive Designer and Developer: Stephen Borden
Story Editor: John Conroy
Sound Designer, Editor, Mixer: Michael Hammond
Composer: Jeff Tobias
Additional Mixing and Composition: Robert Ashley
Interactive Artist: Alex Turbyfield
Show Art: Eleanor Davis
Young Adult Mental Health Consultant: Teddy Bates
Starring
Casey Watkins as Lydia
Asher Talty as Elijah
Paige Gilbert as Mom
Robert Ashley as Dad
Radha Delamarter as Nanny
Courtney Chu as Gabby
Kevin Chacon as Morris
Jeffrey Cranor as Mr. Rau
Christy Gressman as Ms. Bivens
Stephen Winter as Gene
Russell Sperberg as Andy
Noel Brown as George
Arlett Sosa as Marla
and
Regina Fernandez as the Narrator
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