Following the wildly successful First North American Tour, which played to nearly two million fans across 85 cities, a new tour of Hadestown will launch this October allowing the Tony®- and Grammy®-winning Best Musical to reach even more of North America.
Over 40 dates are currently announced at HadestownTour.com with performances beginning October 3, 2024, at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, CT. The tour will also make its Vermont debut where the show began as an indie theater project 18 years ago.
The cast for the upcoming tour of Hadestown will star Nickolaus Colón as Hades, Megan Colton as Eurydice, Jaylon C. Crump as Hermes, Namisa Mdlalose Bizana as Persephone, and Bryan Munar as Orpheus.
The Fates will be played by Katelyn Crall, Miriam Navarrete, and Alli Sutton. The Workers Chorus will feature Randy Cain, Miracle Myles, Kaitlyn O’Leary, Mikaela Rada, and Joe Rumi. Swings for the tour will include Jamir Brown, Ricky Cardenas, Michelle E. Carter, and Julia Schick.
Hadestown is the most honored show of the 2018-2019 Broadway season. In addition to the show’s eight Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, it has been honored with four Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical.
The acclaimed musical is by celebrated singer-songwriter and Tony Award winner Anaïs Mitchell and developed with original director and Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin. Hadestown marks the first time in over a decade that a woman has been the solo author of a musical: writing the music, lyrics, and book, and is the fourth time in Broadway history a woman has accomplished this creative feat.
The First National Tour of Hadestown began in October 2021, one of the first Broadway tours to launch post-pandemic. Upon its conclusion in May 2024, the tour played over 980 performances in 85 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
The tour is directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant based on the original Broadway direction and featuring a new tour concept by Rachel Chavkin. The tour is choreographed by T. Oliver Reed based on the original Broadway choreography by David Neumann. The creative team features David Arsenault (set design based on the original Broadway design by Rachel Hauck); four-time Tony Award® nominee Michael Krass (costume design); Aja Jackson (lighting design based on the original Broadway design by Bradley King); Tony Award® winners Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (sound design); Liam Robinson (music consultant and vocal arrangements); Cody Owen Stine (music supervision); and Whitley Theatrical (casting). The production team also includes Sightline Productions (Production Supervisor). RCI Theatricals serves as General Manager with Mark Lunsford as Creative Producer.
Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.
Biographies
NICKOLAUS COLÓN (Hades). Graduate of UNCSA Drama and recent winner of the CT Critics Circle Awards for featured actor in a musical playing Don in Kinky Boots. Credits include NATIONAL TOUR: Fiddler on the Roof (Mordcha), Dirty Dancing (Billy Kostecki). NCL: Kinky Boots (Don), Rock of Ages (Dennis) and many more regional productions.
MEGAN COLTON (Eurydice) is making her National Tour debut in Hadestown! Megan is a singer/songwriter and actor from Los Angeles. Regional credits include Emma in The Prom (WPPAC). She is grateful to her family, especially her parents, friends, The Mine, and the Hadestown team for their love and support. Share your light. @megancolton
JAYLON C. CRUMP (Hermes) is beyond thrilled to be your messenger god on the National Tour of Hadestown. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent 25th Anniv. Farewell Tour, Kinky Boots. REGIONAL FAVORITES: Ain’t Misbehavin, Rent, Carousel, Matilda, Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors. IG: @jaylon.crump
BRYAN MUNAR (Orpheus). National tour debut! Bryan is honored to tell this epic story across North America. NYC: Pump Up the Volume (w/ Andrew Barth Feldman and Hailey Kilgore). Select Regional: Goodspeed Musicals, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep. Education: B.A. Computer Science @ UC Berkeley. Thanks to God, my friends, family, and team. Check out his music on streaming platforms! @bkmunar
NAMISA MDLALOSE BIZANA (Persephone) is an award-winning actor from South Africa. Namisa graduated from UCT with a degree in Theatre-making. Theatre: The Full Monty (NSMT), The Color Purple (The Joburg Theatre), Kinky Boots (The Fugard Theatre) Readings: Hero (dir Shariffa Ali), The King’s Wife (dir Tamilla Woodard) Animation: Monde on Supa Team 4 (Netflix).
KATELYN CRALL (Fate). Grateful to be here. Recent Theatre credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Bright Star, Jersey Boys and more. SUNY Fredonia BFA 2019. Rep: PMA. As always, the biggest thank you to her people. @katecrall / KatelynCrall.com
MIRIAM NAVARRETE (Fate) is overjoyed to be a part of this incredible production. Recent/favorite credits include: Elsa (Disney Cruise Line), Nina (In the Heights). She would like to thank Dottridge Talent, her family and friends for their continuous support. IG: __mimz__
ALLI SUTTON (Fate) is honored to make her National Tour debut in Hadestown! Recent: WPPAC Beautiful, Lincoln Center NextGen, Stages on Broadway Curtain Up. Point Park MT Alum. Gratitude to family, HKA, and the Hadestown team for their belief and support. Through God. @_allisutton
RANDY CAIN (Worker). Touring: Jersey Boys. Regional: Maine State Music Theatre (Beautiful), Flat Rock Playhouse (Jersey Boys), North Carolina Theatre (Beautiful, Grease), Theatre Raleigh (Jersey Boys, Smokey Joes Cafe), and more. Love and thanks to Julia, manager Becky, and family and friends.
MIRACLE MYLES (Worker) is THRILLED to be making his National Tour debut! Recent graduate from the University of Northern Colorado (BFA in Musical Theatre, 2023). Credits: Ren McCormack (Footloose), Henri Christoph (Francois & The Rebels), Mark Cohen (RENT). Love to my friends, family, team & DDO. IG: @miracle.myles
KAITLYN O’LEARY (Worker) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! Recent graduate of Texas State University Musical Theatre program. All my love to Mom, Dad, Kylie and Ryan, and thank you so much to Marc & Dustin at Daniel Hoff! @kaitlyn.oleary
MIKAELA RADA (Worker). Recent credits: Mean Girls (National Tour), Footloose (NCL). Many thanks to Whitley Theatrical for this opportunity and agent Brian for your unwavering support. I dedicate this one to my parents. Thank you for dreaming with me, I love you.
JOE RUMI (Worker) is honored to be making his national tour debut with Hadestown. TV: “Law and Order.” Workshops: Exist (Dir. Marina Montesanti), Māyā (Dir. Arpita Mukherjee). Pace MT, ‘22. Big love to my team at Take3Talent, my chosen family, and most importantly, my mama. @joe.rumi
JAMIR BROWN (Swing). NYC based actor from Houston, Texas. He is thrilled to be joining the Hadestown family. Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today. Off-Broadway: Stranger Sings The Parody Musical. Instagram: @jamir.jb
RICKY CARDENAS (Swing) is so grateful to be making his National Tour debut! Credits: Gordon in Rent (The Muny) Mike Costa in A Chorus Line (New London Barn Playhouse). He would like to thank his family, friends, & agents at Bloc for all their continuous support. @rickyycardenas.
MICHELLE E. CARTER (Swing). Tours: CATS (Jennyanydots); Select Regional: Signature Theatre- A Chorus Line, Legacy Theatre- Julie Andrews’ The Great American Mousical, Barrington Stage Company- The Royal Family of Broadway. Marymount Manhattan College. Take 3 Talent. For Stephen, Mom, & Don. @idtapthat03 | www.michelle-e-carter.com
JULIA SCHICK (Swing). Professional: Kiminy in After Pinocchio: A New Musical (Yaya Theatre Company). Educational: Asaka in Once on This Island, Rona in 25th Annual… Spelling Bee (CCM). Touring debut and recent graduate from UC-CCM! Instagram: @julia.l.schick. JulialSchick.com.
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