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
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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