Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions are pleased to announce the cast for the National Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child launching in Chicago September 10, 2024.
John Skelley will play Harry Potter with Trish Lindstrom as Ginny Potter and Emmet Smith as their son Albus Potter. Matt Mueller will play Ron Weasley with Ebony Blake as Hermione Granger and Naiya Vanessa McCalla as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Playing Draco Malfoy will be Ben Thys with Aidan Close as his son Scorpius Malfoy. Delphi Diggory will be played by Julia Nightingale.
They are joined by Kaleb Alexander, Julianna Austin, Markcus Blair, Casey Butler, Erin Chupinsky, Reese Sebastian Diaz, David Fine, Simon Gagnon, Alexis Gordon, Caleb Hafen, Lauryn Hayes, Nathan Hosner, Torsten Johnson, Katherine Leask, Markelle Leigh, Mackenzie Lesser-Roy, Evan Maltby, Zach Norton, Travis Patton, Maren Searle, Ayla Stackhouse, Jennifer Thiessen, Timmy Thompson, René Thornton Jr., Kristin Yancy, and Larry Yando playing a variety of characters.
Previews begin for the six-time Tony® Award-winning production on September 10 at Broadway In Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre. The official opening will be Thursday, September 26. The final performance of the 21-week engagement will be Saturday, February 1, 2025 followed by engagements at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and at the National Theatre in Washington DC.
The touring production is based on the acclaimed Broadway production, currently playing at the Lyric Theatre, New York. It picks up right where the last Harry Potter film left off: Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure – this time, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever.
Biographies
John Skelley (Harry Potter) Theater: Broadway and San Francisco: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Off-Broadway: The Acting Company, Red Bull. Regional: Kennedy Center, Alliance, Guthrie, and others. Television: “Succession,” “FBI: MW,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Elementary.” Film: Spinning Gold, Jules, Into Temptation.
Trish Lindstrom (Ginny Potter). Toronto: HPCC, Once (Mirvish; Dora Award), Life After (MusStage/CanStage); Summer (First National Tour); As You…(Milwaukee Rep); Mother Night (59E59); If Sand…(NYMF Award); Stratford: The Tempest (with Christopher Plummer), Cabaret, Chamber Dream (dir Peter Sellars). Shaw Festival. Actors Center member (NYC). http://www.trishlindstrom.com. For Mothers.
Emmet Smith (Albus Potter) Wizzo! Off-Broadway: Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Irish Rep), Midsummer
(TFANA), Soul Doctor (NYTW); Regional: A Distinct Society (Pioneer Theatre), The Sound of Music (Marriott Theatre); TV: New Amsterdam, Law & Order, Blue Bloods. Songwriter, climate activist, Northwestern grad, Ravenclaw. @emmetsmithnyc
Matt Mueller (Ron Weasley). Broadway: HPCC. Tour: The Play That Goes Wrong – Chicago. Regional: Writers, Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott, Drury Lane, Northlight, Asolo Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Milwaukee Rep, Lyric Repertory, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, BETC, and multiple productions of Woody Guthrie’s American Song.
Ebony Blake (Hermione Granger). HPCC (Broadway), The Book of Mormon (First National Tour), Aida (National Tour), The Cake (AthensWest Theatre Company), Black Nativity (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Into The Breeches!
(Gulfshore Playhouse), Bull (CBS), The Equalizer (CBS), Blue Bloods (CBS). AEA; SAG-AFTRA.
Naiya Vanessa McCalla (Rose Granger-Weasley) is an Atlanta born, NYC based, graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Selected Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Out Front Theatre Company. Immense gratitude to her family, friends, teachers, and Gray Talent Group!
Ben Thys (Draco Malfoy) Broadway: Oslo (Tony). Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center, Public Theater, Sleep No More. TV: “Inventing Anna”, “Tales of the City”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Master of None”, “FBI International”, “Blue Bloods”, “Bull”, “The Blacklist”, “High Maintenance”, “Station 19”, “Broad City”, “The Jim Gaffigan Show”. Film: The Meyerowitz Stories, The Dutchman (upcoming).
Aidan Close (Scorpius Malfoy). Feels like he’s in a dream! Training: Boston University, RADA, Prague Shakespeare Company. Best known for originating the role of Avery in Ally Sass’s brilliant new play Incels and Other Myths. For
Mom, Dad, and Cormac. @aidanmclose.
Julia Nightingale (Delphi Diggory). Broadway: The Ferryman (Tony Award, Best Play). New York: The 8th, Generation Me. Regional: Fun Home, Bridges of Madison County, Because of Winn Dixie, To Kill a Mockingbird. TV: “Evil” (CBS). Film: “Master” (Amazon Studios), “Misty Button”. @jujuspoof.
Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is a play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD features movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe. US Casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.
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