Hades
NICKOLAUS COLÓN
Eurydice
MEGAN COLTON
Orpheus
Jose Contreras
Hermes
Rudy Foster
Persephone
NAMISA MDLALOSE BIZANA
Fates
Gia Keddy, MIRIAM Navarrete, Jayna Wescoatt
Workers Chorus
Jonice Bernard, Ryaan Farhadi, Erin McMillen,
Miracle Myles, Joe Rumi
Swings
Ricky Cardenas, MICHELLE E. CARTER, JULIA SCHICK, Wendell Scott Jr.
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies are in alphabetical order and never substitute for the listed performers
unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
for Orpheus—Ricky Cardenas, MIRACLE MYLES;
for Eurydice—Erin McMillen, Julia Schick;
for Persephone—MICHELLE E. CARTER, MIRIAM Navarrete;
for Hades—Ryaan Farhadi, Wendell Scott Jr.;
for Hermes—JOE RUMI, Wendell Scott Jr.;
for Fates—Jonice Bernard, MICHELLE E. CARTER, Erin McMillen, JULIA SCHICK
Co-Dance Captains—Michelle E. Carter, Julia Schick
Fight Captain—Joe Rumi
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
PERFORMANCE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES.
ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Piano—Cole P. Abod
Assistant Music Director/Violin—Jessie Bittner
Trombone/Glockenspiel—Haik Demirchian
Double Bass—Nya Holmes
Drums/Percussion—Lumanyano Mzi
Cello—Lydia Paulos
Guitar—Sam Wade
Music Contractor—Keith Levenson
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches
“Road to Hell”
Hermes, Company
“Any Way the Wind Blows”
Eurydice, Fates
“Come Home With Me”
Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes, Workers
“Wedding Song”
Orpheus, Eurydice, Workers
“Epic I”
Orpheus, Hermes
“Livin’ It Up On Top”
Persephone, Hermes, Orpheus, Company
“All I’ve Ever Known”
Eurydice, Orpheus
“Way Down Hadestown”
Company
“A Gathering Storm”
Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice, Fates
“Epic II”
Orpheus
“Chant”
Company
“Hey, Little Songbird”
Hades, Eurydice
“When the Chips Are Down”
Fates, Eurydice
“Gone, I’m Gone”
Eurydice, Fates
“Wait For Me”
Hermes, Orpheus, Fates, Workers
“Why We Build the Wall”
Hades, Company
ACT II
“Our Lady of the Underground”
Persephone
“Way Down Hadestown (reprise)”
Hermes, Fates, Eurydice, Workers
“Flowers”
Eurydice
“Come Home With Me (reprise)”
Orpheus, Eurydice
“Papers”
Hades, Company
“Nothing Changes”
Fates
“If It’s True”
Orpheus, Hermes, Workers
“How Long?”
Persephone, Hades
“Chant (reprise)”
Company
“Epic III”
Orpheus, Company
“Promises”
Eurydice, Orpheus
“Word to the Wise”
Fates
“His Kiss, The Riot”
Hades
“Wait For Me (reprise)”
Hermes, Company
“Doubt Comes In”
Orpheus, Eurydice, Fates, Workers
“Road to Hell (reprise)”
Hermes, Company
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.
JOSE Contreras (Orpheus) is honored to be joining the cast of Hadestown in his touring debut! “Shoutouts to my buddy Zack for teaching me guitar, my mentor Jamon Maple and my team Josh and Aimee at ASA. Endless love to my family Mare, Carlos, Andrea and Pia for always reminding me that ‘stars can’t shine without darkness.’” ;) Follow @jose_contreras_official.
RUDY FOSTER (Hermes). National tour: Ain’t Too Proud (226 performances as Otis Williams). Regional: Sister Act (Eddie), Hair (Claude), Les Misérables (Enjolras). “Thanks to Mom and Dad, DDO and the world we dream about. Let’s GROW and let’s GLOW! For Mr. Lees and Mr. Ledford.” @rudy_the_star.
NAMISA MDLALOSE BIZANA (Persephone) is an award-winning actor from South Africa. Namisa graduated from UCT with a degree in theater-making. Theater: 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).
Gia Keddy (Fate). National tour debut! Credits: Natalie in Next to Normal (Second Stage Studios), Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical (The Argyle Theatre) and Cheshire Cat in Alice By Heart (Stage 74). “Thank you friends and family, Mom, Dad, Niko, Vinny, Nina and Evangelina for pushing me to do what I love most (and harmonizing with me when I force you to). I love you guys so much! Huge thank you to Whitley Theatrical! Let’s sing it again!” @giakeddy.
MIRIAM Navarrete (Fate, u/s Persephone) 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__.
JAYNA WESCOATT (Fate) is excited to join her first national tour! From Honolulu, Hawai’i, she received her B.F.A. from Ithaca College, and recently performed with Princess Cruises. Jayna wants to thank her parents, Jamie and Wren for always cheering her on the loudest.
JONICE BERNARD (Worker, u/s Fates) [they/them]. Credits include The Color Purple (Phoenix Theatre Company), Disney Cruise Line, Hong Kong Disneyland, Hearts Beat Loud (MCC Theater). “Much love to PMA, my family, friends and all the black, queer people who came before me.” @jonicebernard.
RICKY CARDENAS (Swing, u/s Orpheus) 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 and agents at Bloc for all their continuous support. @rickyycardenas.
MICHELLE E. CARTER (Swing, Co-Dance Captain, u/s Persephone, u/s Fates). 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 and Don. @idtapthat03. michelle-e-carter.com.
RYAAN FARHADI (Worker, u/s Hades). National tour: Come From Away (Kevin J/Ali), Lincoln Center’s My Fair Lady. Regional: The REV’s Jesus Christ Superstar, Hunchback. Love to his family, PMA and all the choir teachers who let him sing the bass part in middle school. @ryaanfarhadi.
ERIN McMILLEN (Worker, u/s Eurydice, u/s Fates) is delighted to return to Hadestown! Recent credits include Madame Clicquot (world premiere, PCLO) and Jekyll & Hyde (Wolfbane Productions). Endless thanks to Mom, Terry, Sam and her team at The Mine for their support. Follow along @erinmcmillen and erinmcmillen.com!
MIRACLE MYLES (Worker, u/s Orpheus) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Recent graduate from the University of Northern Colorado (B.F.A. in musical theater, 2023). Credits: Ren McCormack (Footloose), Henri Christoph (Francois & The Rebels), Mark Cohen (Rent). “Love to my friends, family, team and DDO.” IG: @miracle.myles.
JOE RUMI (Worker, Fight Captain, u/s Hermes) is honored to be making his national tour debut with Hadestown. TV: “Law & Order.” Workshops: Exist (dir. Marina Montesanti), M¯ay¯a (dir. Arpita Mukherjee). Pace MT, ’22. “Big love to my team at Take3Talent, my chosen family and most importantly, my mama.” @joe.rumi.
JULIA SCHICK (Swing, Co-Dance Captain, u/s Eurydice, u/s Fates). 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.
WENDELL SCOTT JR. (Swing, u/s Hades, u/s Hermes). ATLien excited to head to the Underground! Theater: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (tour), Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast. TV: “All The Queen’s Men,” “Caught Up,” “The Resident,” “Dynasty.” “Grateful always for my tribe.” IG: @atlwendell. TikTok: @gonewithwen.
ANAÏS MITCHELL (Music, Lyrics & Book) is a Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown (2010), Young Man in America (2012), Bonny Light Horseman (2019, as Bonny Light Horseman) and Anaïs Mitchell (2022). She was named to the TIME100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2020 and her first book Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown was published by Plume/Penguin the same year. She headlines shows worldwide and her music has featured regularly on “Best-Of” lists, including NPR, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal. Hadestown is Anaïs’s first musical.
RACHEL CHAVKIN (Original Broadway Director and Tour Concept) is a Tony Award- winning director, writer and artistic director of Brooklyn-based collective, the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theater) and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac. Her first film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity. Proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC.
DAVID NEUMANN (Original Broadway Choreographer). Film: I Am Legend, Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach). Choreography: An Octoroon and Futurity (Soho Rep); Antipodes (Signature Theatre); Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova); Hagoromo and Home (BAM); The Antipodes (Signature Theatre). Collaborator and performer: Laurie Anderson, Big Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Doug Elkins. Director: The Object Lesson (NYTW, BAM). Artistic director, Advanced Beginner Group (P.S.122, NY Live Arts, The Kitchen, Symphony Space, Abrons Art Center, The Chocolate Factory, The Whitney, Walker Art Center, MASS MoCA). Recipient of 2020 Obie Award, 2019 Chita Rivera Award, three Bessie Awards for dance/performance, Tony nominee for Hadestown, Lucille Lortel and Helen Hayes awards nominee.
KEENAN TYLER OLIPHANT (Director). Broadway: Hadestown (associate director). Off-Broadway: Terce: a practical breviary, Here Arts; Will You Come with Me?, PlayCo; Oratorio for Living Things, Ars Nova (associate director). Off-Off-Broadway: To the Ends of the Earth, JACK; Oyster Radio Hour, Little Island; Kyk Hoe Skyn die Son, Clubbed Thumb Winterworks; queen, Dixon Place. Regional: Gatsby, A.R.T Associate Director Drama League Fellow 2021/2022; Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow 2020/2021. M.F.A. Columbia University.
T OLIVER REID (Choreographer). B’way credits include Hadestown; Once on This Island; Sunset Boulevard; After Midnight; Sister Act; Mary Poppins; The Wedding Singer; Chicago; La Cage aux Folles; Never Gonna Dance; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Follies; Kiss Me, Kate. Wrote, directed, and starred in award-winning Drop Me Off in Harlem. Choreographer: Universal’s Bros. Asc. Choreographer: Hadestown and Netflix’s White Noise. Asc. Movement Dir.: Death of a Salesman. Faculty: NYU-Tisch and Rider University. Board of Visitors: UNCSA. Co-Founder: Black Theatre Coalition. @toliverreid.
DAVID L. ARSENAULT (Scenic Design). As a designer and associate in theater, opera and dance, David’s work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally. Broadway and national tour associate work includes The Color Purple (2015), Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary Tour). Regional credits include The Kennedy Center, Gulfshore Playhouse, Kitchen Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, Northern Stage and George Street Playhouse. International: English Theatre Berlin and Theatre Royal Bath (upcoming). davidarsenaultdesign.com.
RACHEL HAUCK (Original Broadway Scenic Design). Broadway: Hadestown (Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations), What the Constitution Means to Me, Latin History for Morons. Recent work: The Wrong Man (MCC); Hadestown (National Theatre, Citadel, NYTW); Hurricane Diane (NYTW); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova); You’ll Still Call Me By Name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s Pillow). Princess Grace, Lilly Awards; Drama Desk, Lortel nominations; Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. “Black lives matter.”
MICHAEL KRASS (Costume Design). Broadway: Tony nominations for Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal and The Constant Wife; plus Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, new plays by Stephen Belber, Nicky Silver, Elaine May, more, and What the Constitution Means to Me. Off-Broadway: premieres by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Teresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem, John Kander/Greg Pierce, Will Eno, Lauren Yee, Lisa Loomer, Donald Marguilies, etc. He teaches in the graduate program at Brown University.
AJA JACKSON (Lighting Design). Honored to join the Hadestown journey! Off-Broadway: A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet and Rock and Roll Man. Broadway: Fat Ham (associate). Regional (selected): Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater, The Alley, The Everyman Theatre and Hartford Stage. Dance: Ailey 2, Hubbard Street Dance. Work with Bradley King: Fat Ham, Lempicka, Monsoon Wedding, Goddess. Board Chair of Brighter Boston. Proud member of USA 829. ajajacksonlighting.com. IG: @ajamjackson.
BRADLEY KING (Original Broadway Lighting Design). With Rachel Chavkin: Hadestown, The Great Comet, Moby Dick, Lempicka, Preludes and many others. Broadway: Hadestown (Tony, Drama Desk), Flying Over Sunset, Bernhardt/Hamlet, The Great Comet (Tony, Drama Desk). Off-Broadway: shows for MCC Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre and many others. Numerous regional theater and opera productions across the U.S. and worldwide. M.F.A.: NYU. On the web at bradleykingld.com.
NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design). Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Tony nomination), Hadestown (Tony Award), Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/Bird. Over 30 other Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair and In the Heights.
JESSICA PAZ (Sound Design). Twelfth Night, Othello, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Miss You Like Hell (The Public Theater); Welcome to Fear City (KC Rep); Burn All Night (A.R.T); A Sucker Emcee, The Muscles in Our Toes (LAByrinth Theater Company); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout Theatre Company); Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theatre); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theatre Company); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater); Stretch (a fantasia) (New Georges). Tony, Drama Desk winner for Best Sound Design for Hadestown.
CODY OWEN STINE (Music Supervisor) is a composer, songwriter music director and multi-instrumentalist. Resident composer for adult|children collective. Broadway includes Hadestown, The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge!, Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Neverland. Cast albums: Miss You Like Hell, The Robber Bridegroom, Jonathan Larson Project, Liz Swados Project. 2019 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist; 2019 commissioned writer, Williamstown Theatre Festival. codyowenstine.com.
LIAM ROBINSON (Music Consultant & Vocal Arrangements). Broadway: War Horse (Songman, original cast); music director and vocal arranger for Hadestown Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop (cast member), Canada’s Citadel Theatre and London’s National Theatre; orchestrator/co-producer National Anthem: Arise! Arise! robinsonandrohe.com.
MICHAEL CHORNEY (Arrangements & Orchestrations) leads ensembles from trio to big band that perform his compositions and songs. As an arranger he has created tributes to Sun Ra, Kurt Weill and Paul Bowles. He has made a bunch of records as a leader, producer and instrumentalist. Michael has been a part of Hadestown since its inception in Vermont.
TODD SICKAFOOSE (Arrangements & Orchestrations) is a Tony and Grammy award-winning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader and double bassist. He produced, co-arranged and performed on the original Hadestown album, co-produced both Hadestown cast recordings and produced and arranged Anaïs Mitchell’s album Young Man in America. Since 2004, Sickafoose has performed internationally with Ani DiFranco. Writing for his band Tiny Resistors, he recently created Bear Proof, a chamber jazz hybrid commissioned by the Doris Duke Foundation.
COLE P. ABOD (Music Director) [he/him] is a freelance music director, orchestrator and pianist based in NYC. Capable across many genres and styles, Cole has also orchestrated several full-length musicals, including Emma Ashford’s Heartbeats and Yoni Weiss and Billy Recce’s Fowl Play. He regularly collaborates with Disney+ actor Joe Serafini and singer-songwriter L’ogan J’ones, among others. All the love to Nat and the fam! UMich SMTD—Go Blue! colepabod.com. Instagram: @c.p.abod.
KEITH LEVENSON (Music Contractor) is delighted to be working with the Hadestown team. His most recent credit is touring worldwide with The Who. keithlevenson.com.
JENNIFER MULLINS (Hair & Wig Design). After over a decade as a wig maker for feature films and episodic television, Jennifer is now designing in the theatrical world. Beginning her career at 15 years old as a licensed hairdresser, Jennifer’s goal has always been to help productions have a visionary experience that brings people together, ignites their imaginations, and assists in creating a world of inclusiveness with diversity of hair on stage and in film.
WHITLEY THEATRICAL (Casting). Benton Whitley CSA and Micah Johnson-Levy. Current Broadway/NY: How to Dance in Ohio, Hadestown (Artios Award). Previous B’way/NY: Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Paradise Square, Rock of Ages, The Lightning Thief, The Great Comet of 1812, Elf, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. TV/film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. U.S. tours: Hadestown, Hairspray, Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: American Rep, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Shakespeare Theatre Co., Bay Street, For The Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. Follow: @whitleytheatrical and whitleytheatrical.com.
Ciera Miller (Associate Director) [she/her] is a NYC-based director. She is half of the theatrical duo Miller & Harlow. The pair were 2023 Jonathan Larson Grant Honorable Mentions. Ciera seeks out new works and campfire stories of all kinds.
@millerandharlow. cieramiller.com.
Yael ‘YaYa’ Reich (Associate Choreographer) [they/them]. An ever-fluid, trans-non-binary, multi-hyphenate artist, inter-dimensional dreamer and co-creative inspirator, they aim to find collaboration and creative flow in everything they do. Warrior of truth and embodiment, creator of art spanning mediums and timelines; storyteller, healer, activator, advocator, collaborator, performer, composer, producer, poet, philosophizer, etc. @yah__yah__el__.
MOLLY GOODWIN (Production Stage Manager). Welcome to the Underground! Inter/national tours: Pretty Woman, Tootsie, West Side Story (Stage Around Tokyo and U.S.); Sister Act (Asia and U.S.); The Wizard of Oz, Ghost, BLAST! and Legally Blonde. Stage and production management for Holland America Line, cruising across the globe. Her favorite credit is Celine Dion’s A New Day: Live in Las Vegas. Goodwin holds a B.A. in theater/dance from Luther College and an M.F.A. in stage management from UNLV. Love to Kith and Kin—thank you for roots and wings!
GRIFFIN SPRIGGS (Assistant Stage Manager) [he/him] is grateful to tell this beautiful story for another year. National tour debut! B.A. from UF. Regional: Come From Away (SM) at Revival Theatre Company. He also has an extensive career stage managing in youth theater, most recently at Perry-Mansfield Arts School and Camp in Colorado. Many thanks to Molly, his Hadestown family, the team at RCI and his mom, dad and sister for their continued love and support. IG: @griffinspriggs.
ELISE BROWN (Company Manager) [she/her] is overjoyed to return to RCI and Hadestown after serving as assistant company manager last year. Endless gratitude to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Barb, Alicia, Jeff, Abi and countless others who have supported her along the way. Proud alum of Point Park University and NYU.
MATTHEW West GUERBER (Assistant Company Manager) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with Hadestown and RCI Theatricals! He hits the road having previously been a general management intern at RCI. Matthew holds a B.F.A. in theater management from Emerson College and is originally from Washington, D.C.
SIGHTLINE PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Sightline’s current and recent projects include Hadestown second national tour, Liberation, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Mamma Mia!, Take a Banana for The Ride, The Least Problematic Woman in the World, Archduke, Gypsy, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Joy: A New True Musical, Duke & Roya, Spamalot national tour, 44: The Obama Musical and more.
THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 27 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, The Book of Mormon, 1776, Hadestown, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina, To Kill A Mockingbird, Anastasia, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, My Fair Lady, R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and Tootsie. Future tours include: Almost Famous, Funny Girl, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, A Strange Loop, The Devil Wears Prada and The Wiz.
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service, integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer and lifestyle brands, including 85+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Elf The Musical, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Notebook, The Outsiders, Some Like It Hot, Suffs, The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Upcoming tours: The Great Gatsby, Operation Mincemeat, Riverdance.
RCI THEATRICALS (General Manager). Current and recent Broadway and touring productions include & Juliet, Hadestown, Shucked, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gypsy, Our Town, Harmony, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Heart of Rock & Roll, Jagged Little Pill, Pictures From Home, Ohio State Murders, Take Me Out, American Buffalo, The Minutes, Ain’t Too Proud, The Inheritance, Oklahoma!, Anastasia. rcitheatricals.com.
MARK LUNSFORD (Creative Producer) is a theater and live performance producer. He recently finished his tenure as the producer for the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, where he produced dozens of shows, including the pre-Broadway engagements of Waitress; Jagged Little Pill; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; and Gatsby: An American Myth. He teaches courses in producing, leadership and nonprofit management at Florida State University and Harvard University. M.F.A., Florida State University.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
RCI THEATRICALS
David R. Richards
Joe Christopher Danielle Karliner Naish
Beverly Edwards Kevin Greene Steve Hohne
Justin Black Kyle Bonder Gabrielle Johnson-Nieporant
Alexander Parra Georgina Ratnatunga Megan Ringeling
Bradley Baumhover Isaac Evans Christian Palomares
Marissa Parrott
COMPANY MANAGER
Elise Brown
Assistant Company Manager
Matthew West Guerber
TOUR MARKETING & PRESS
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke
Jessica Cary Davis Anne Waisanen
Adina Hsu Emily Toppen
Maria Bonucchi Amenkha Sembenu Nate Wyman
Tour Booking Agency
The Booking Group
Meredith Blair
Rich Rundle rian Brooks
Jonathan Pearson aryruth Grabez
thebookinggroup.com
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
SIGHTLINE PRODUCTIONS
Ryan Murphy Hannah Osborne
Livia Marcelino Christy Perez Nate Warren
CASTING
WHITLEY THEATRICAL
Benton Whitley, CSA icah Johnson-Levy, CSA
LEGAL COUNSEL
LAZARUS & HARRIS LLP
Scott Lazarus, Esq. Robert C. Harris, Esq.
Carter Anne McGowan, Esq. Diane Viale Patrick Wilcox
Production Stage Manager
MOLLY GOODWIN
Assistant Stage Manager
Griffin Spriggs
Assistant General Manager
Christian Palomares
Associate Director
Ciera Miller
Associate Choreographer
Yael ‘YaYa’ Reich
Co-Dance Captains
Michelle E. Carter, Julia Schick
Fight Captain
Joe Rumi
Assistant Scenic Designer
Shivanna Sooknanan
Assistant Scenic Designer
Ben Hirschfield
Associate Costume Designer
Siena Zoë Allen
Assistant Costume Designers
Brynne Oster-Bainnson, Camille Charara
Associate Lighting Designers
Marcella Barbeau,
Paul Jonathan Davis
Associate Sound Designer
Jarrett Krauss
Assistant Sound Designer
Connor Wang
Production Electrician
Brandon Hawkinson
Moving Light Programmer
Zachary Connell
Production Properties Coordinator
Emiliano Pares
Production Audio
Gaven Wedemeyer
Music Contractor
Keith Levenson
Production Carpenter
Michael Demyan
Head Carpenter
Timothy Scott
Swing Tech
Julia Janssen
Assistant Carpenter/Flyman
Shannon Bingham
Head Electrician
Sophie Smyczek
Assistant Electrician
Gabe Whitnack
Head Props
Mak Jordan
Head Sound
Brad Sievers
Assistant Sound
LaVar Taylor
Head of Wardrobe
Stacey Juengling
Assistant Wardrobe/Wigs
Fernando Monzon
Assistant Stage Manager Cover
Ricky Cardenas
Physical Therapy
NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.
Cultural Competency
Smith-Soeder Enterprises. LLC/ DeWanda Smith-Soeder
Banking
City National Bank
Insurance
Risk Strategies/
Peter Shoemaker, Anthony Pittari
Accountant
Withum Smith+Brown/
Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Scott Bartolf,
Anthony Moore, Lara Waldner, CPAs
Comptroller
Steve Hohne, CPA
Payroll
Vensure, Payroll Data Processing
Trucking
Clark Transfer
Travel Agency
Road Rebel Global/
Julia Lang, Jana Leighty,
Linda Cockrell, Johanna Nagel-Kim
Merchandising
The Araca Group/
Emma Kerr, Kerry Krye
Production Photographer
Evan Zimmerman
for MurphyMade
CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Scenery built, painted and electrified by Hudson Scenic Studios. Props by BrenBri Properties. Lighting and Rigging Equipment from Christie Lites. Sound Equipment from Masque Sound. Costumes executed by Tricorne Costumes, Inc.; Parsons-Meares, Ltd.; Arnold Levine, Inc.; Crystal Thompson, Giliberto Designs, Inc.; Shana Albery; Jeff Fender Studio; Scafati Tailoring, Inc.; Hochi Asiatico.
Rehearsed at Pearl and Gibney Studios
SPECIAL THANKS
Arel Studio, Liz Riches and Karakter Worldwide. And an enormous thanks to every member of the Hadestown company, past and present, artist and crew member, onstage and off, from Vermont to Broadway and beyond.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
