The national tour of Hadestown will debut in Greenville, the South Carolina Peace Center on October 5. A formal opening engagement will follow, starting October 13 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Nicolas Barasch (She loves Me) and Morgan Siobhan Green (Be cooler) play the role of Orpheus and Eurydice respectively. They are joined by winner Tony Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet) like Hermes, Kimberly Marable (Broadway’s Hadestown) as Persephone, and candidate Olivier Kevyn Morrow (Red Mill!) like Hades.
Browse new production photos from the tour in action below.
Take a first look at the photos from the national tour of Hadestown
Belén Moyano, Bex Odorisio and Shea Renne as Fates complete the touring company, along with Lindsey Hailes, Chibueze Ihuoma, Will Mann, Sydney Parra, Jamari Johnson Williams, Kimberly Immanuel, Alex Lugo, Eddie Noel RodrÃguez and Nathan Salstone.
Anaïs Mitchell’s folk and jazz-infused musical inspired by two intertwined myths of gods and mortals began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell. The show debuted at the New York Theater Workshop in 2016 before performing in Canada, London and, in the spring of 2019, on Broadway. The Broadway Bow resumed its performances on September 2 at the Walter Kerr Theater.
The production also features choreography by David Neumann, orchestrations by Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, set design by Rachel Hauck, costumes by Michael Krass, lighting by Bradley King and sound design by Jessica Paz. The cast is by Stewart / Whitley.
“Hadestown talks about rebirth and the deep need to tell old stories anew in communion; I think when the audience comes together with our company (on stage and off) it’s going to be extremely powerful, âTony award-winning director Rachel Chavkin said earlier, adding that the showâ is also about a community that is coming together. unites and calls for change. As we’ve seen demands for needed change across the country – in the fight for racial justice, economic justice, and environmental justice – I think the central theme of the show is to imagine how the world could will sound particularly loud.