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.
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.
HAWA KAMARA (Eurydice) [they/she] made history by being the first Black actor to play Wendy Darling in the Peter Pan national tour. Recent credits include The Great Gatsby, original Seoul production (u/s Daisy, Ensemble). Much love and thanks to family and friends, Hell's Kitchen Agency and Whitley and Dunn casting for this dream-fulfilling opportunity! @_hawakamara.
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, Fight Captain, 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.
XAVIER McKNIGHT (Swing, u/s Hades, u/s Hermes) is elated to joining this incredible company! National Tours: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Dog Man The Musical, Cat’s Pajamas Vocal Band. Favorite Regional: Shrek The Musical, Mamma Mia, Spelling Bee. Much love to my husband, Jay Jay! @xaviermcknight
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, 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.
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). Broadway 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.
ARMAN WALI MOHAMMAD (Music Director) is a Music Director, Pianist, and Arranger who is involved in a diverse collection of music making with many international friends and collaborators. He has strong influences from Pashtun and Arabic music, as well as jazz. He recently has recorded with Nate Smith and Chris Potter. Arman has also performed with and arranged for current Broadway artists Abby Mueller, Thayne Jasperson, Elizabeth Stanley, and others, in cabarets over the last few years. He is extraordinarily excited to be on the Hadestown tour!
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 Broadway/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.
