Starting Thursday, April 23, students from the Hillsboro High School drama department will be performing “Hadestown: Teen Edition.”
Written by Anaïs Mitchell, the Tony-award winning musical is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. April 23, April 24, April 25 and 2 p.m. April 26 at the Hillsboro High School Theatre, 123 Leon Hall Parkway.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. To purchase tickets, visit hillsboror3highschool.ludus.com.
Featured cast members of “Hadestown: Teen Edition” include: seniors Luke Font as Hades, Kayla Tubbs as Eurydice and Brendan Smith-Hynes as Hermes; juniors Bre Danback as Persephone and Ryan Russell as Orpheus.
Seniors Cyrus Johnson and Christina Tillman and freshman Conley Barton play The Fates.
Chorus members include: juniors Marshall Bedell, Ellie Butler, Charlie Heine, Isaac Owens, Savanna Reed and Augustine Willis; sophomore Jadon Read; and freshmen Luke Heine, Eleonore Hopping, Abby King, Tess O’Donnell, Isaac Owens, Sophia Pritchett and Ashley Wemhoff.
Hillsboro High library media specialist Leigh Kalista is directing the show. Stephanie Williams, a Hillsboro High English teacher is the technical director.
Kalista said the production is a “genre-bending, post-apocalyptic reimagining of Greek mythology that we have woven into a steampunk world.”
Kalista also said because the show is told entirely through song, it is the “most challenging, yet profoundly beautiful, production I have ever directed.”
Kalista said the musical follows two love stories, but it is ultimately about the strength of the human spirit.
“We watch characters find the courage to persevere and the strength to begin again, even when it hurts,” she said. “This musical is a testament to hope. After all, without hope for ourselves and our future, what remains?”
Kalista said the cast and crew have poured a lot of creativity into the show into a staging that is uniquely their own.
“Please, come and spend an evening with us this weekend,” she added.