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Hadestown: Teen Edition
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 2m, 1any gender (youth) plus ensemble
Book, Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell
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This Teen Edition of Anaïs Mitchell’s haunting, jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice.
Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Cast Size
5w, 2m, 1any gender (youth) plus ensemble -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Fantasy, Adaptation (Literature), Fable/Folktale -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
- Winner! Eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Orchestrations
Winner! Four 2019 Drama Desk Awards
Winner! Six 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Winner! 2019 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical
Winner! 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Details
Summary
Hadestown: Teen Edition is a full-length adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, modified for performance by teen actors for family audiences. The Teen Edition is only available for school and youth groups with performers 19 years old and younger.
Changes made for the Teen Edition include:
- Adjusted vocal arrangements to better accommodate teen voices, including modified FATES features and transposed keys.
- Original five-member WORKER chorus converted into a flexible and expandable SATB WORKER chorus.
- Removal of stage action and language related to substance abuse and sexual references.
- Suggested dialogue and music adjustments for productions utilizing performance tracks.
- “Our Lady of the Underground,” “Nothing Changes” and “We Raise Our Cups” approved as optional cuts for productions utilizing tracks or requiring a shorter run time.
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Setting The underworld (Hadestown) and aboveground.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
“Achingly beautiful, thought-provoking, powerful and prophetic.” – Newsday
“Sumptuous... Gorgeous... As good as it gets... You wish you could live in the glowy moment forever.” – The New York Times
“Utterly fabulous... arrives on Broadway with a furnace-like blast of creativity.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“A transporting musical hit... Anaïs Mitchell’s score is a joyful combination of folk, pop, Dixieland and blues that will make you want to rehear it as soon as the lights come up.” – Time Out
“Unforgettable. Simply one of the most exquisite works of musical storytelling I’ve seen in my more than 25 years as a theater critic. In its supple convergence of story and song, Hadestown represents a step forward for the art form.” – Los Angeles Times
“Visionary and ravishing. An intricate and gorgeous feat of songwriting, a vehicle for dynamite performances and a courageous experiment with form, Hadestown is cause for celebration.” – New York Magazine
“Heavenly. Haunting. Exquisite.” – WNYC
“The songs are gorgeous, the band is hot, and the lyrics are eerily apt for the times.” – The New Yorker
“Hadestown feels like something more intuitive, elemental, and finely woven than a traditional musical.” – The Guardian
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Way Down Hadestown: The Characters From Myth to Musical
Meredith Foster
28 May 2024
Videos
Hadestown – Come See How The World Could Be
Hadestown Broadway Cast on Good Morning, America
“All I’ve Ever Known” Music Video
Hadestown: The Creative Process
“When The Chips Are Down” Music Video
From Hadestown, With Love
Photos
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
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Image: 2024 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
Music
- Musical Style Pop/Rock, Jazz, Folk, Contemporary Broadway
- Dance Requirements Easy
- Vocal DemandsModerate
- Orchestra Size Medium
- Chorus Size Small
Licensing & Materials
- Licensing fees and rental materials quoted upon application.