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Rachel Chavkin Developed by
Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of 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 noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family ... read more
Ben t. Matchstick Co-conceiver
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Anais Mitchell Music, Lyrics
Ken Cerniglia Dramaturg
Rachel Chavkin Director
Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of 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 noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family ... read more
Michael Chorney Arranger and Orchestrator
Chorney is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and orchestrator. He has produced over 30 records for other artists as well 15 recordings of original works. He has been involved with Hadestown, his first work for the stage, since its inception. He lives and works in Lincoln, Vermont and is music director for dance at Middlebury College. ... read more
Rachel Hauck Scenic Designer
Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me, Latin History for Morons. Recent work: Hadestown (National Theater; 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); Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder (The Public); Amy and the Orphans, On the Exhale (Roundabout Theatre Company); Antlia Pneumatica, Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons). Princess Grace, Lilly awards; Drama Desk, Lortel nominations; Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. ... read more
Robert Kaplowitz Sound Designer
Robert Kaplowitz is a Tony Award-winning sound designer with an impressive career in theater, film, and television. Born in New York City, Kaplowitz attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he received a BFA in Film and Television Production. Kaplowitz began his career in sound design working on off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut in 1998 with the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." Since then, he has worked on numerous Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning shows "Fela!," "The Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening," and "The Band's Visit." In addition to his work on Broadway, Kaplowitz has also ... read more
Bradley King Lighting Designer
Bradley King is a multiple award-winning lighting designer for theater, opera, and live performance. On Broadway, his designs for both Hadestown and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 earned Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards, as well as a Live Design Achievement of the Year. His collaborations with the Tony award-winning director Rachel Chavkin include Hadestown (The Citadel, NYTW; Drama Desk Nom.), Lempicka (Williamstown), The Royal Family (The Guthrie), Preludes (LCT3), The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Yale Rep), and Uncle Vanya (CSC). In New York, his work has been seen at Roundabout Theatre Company, LCT3, Playwrights ... read more
Michael Krass Costume Designer
Broadway: Tony nominations for Noises Off, Machinal and The Constant Wife; plus Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, new plays by Joe di Pietro, Stephen Belber, Nicky Silver and Elaine May; and the current 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 Loom-er, Donald Marguilies, and many more. He teaches in the graduate program at Brown University. ... read more
Noah Mease Properties Designer
David Neumann Choreographer
Neumann's work has been seen in An Octoroon and Futurity (Soho Rep), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova), Hagoromo (Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto) and Home (BAM), The Antipodes (Signature Theatre). He has been a collaborator and performer with Laurie Anderson, Big Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Doug Elkins. As a director, he has worked on The Object Lesson (NYTW, BAM). Recipient of three Bessie Awards for dance/performance, nominee for two Lucille Lortel and one Helen Hayes Award for choreography. ... read more
Liam Robinson Music Director
Recordings: Weightless, Tea Bye Sea (Becca Stevens Band), Lead Me Home (Jean Rohe), Robinson & Rohe (Robinson & Rohe), Mother Tongue (Ilusha Tsinadze), Walk the Dog (Lou Gallo). Composer, Artistic Co-Director of Red Light New Music. Education: BMA composition, Manhattan School of Music. ... read more
Todd Sickafoose Music Supervisor, Co-Arranger and Orchestrator
Won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for HADESTOWN, with collaborator Michael Chorney. Sickafoose served as Co-Orchestrator and Co-Arranger of HADESTOWN, Producer of the original HADESTOWN studio album, and Co-Producer of the HADESTOWN Off-Broadway Live Cast Recording. Sickafoose won a 2020 Grammy Award for his work on the HADESTOWN Original Broadway Cast Recording, which won Best Musical Theater Album. ... read more
Lindsey Turteltaub Stage Manager

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Awards and Nominations

2017
Best New Musical: Hadestown was nominated but did not win.

2017 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical: Bradley King was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: Hadestown was nominated but did not win.

2017 Drama League Awards
Outstanding Production of a Broadway of Off-Broadway Musical: Hadestown was nominated but did not win.

2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical: Hadestown was nominated but did not win.

2017 The Lortels
Outstanding Choreographer: David Neumann was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Rachel Hauck was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design: Robert Kaplowitz was nominated but did not win.

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