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FOR RELEASE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2025

PHILLIP BOYKIN
AND
KC DELA CRUZ
TO STEP INTO THE ROLES OF ‘HADES’ AND ‘EURYDICE’
IN THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL
“HADESTOWN”

BEGINNING TONIGHT!

New York, NY (April 22, 2025) – Hadestown producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that Phillip Boykin will rejoin the cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical as ‘Hades’ and current ensemble member KC Dela Cruz will take over the role of ‘Eurydice,’ beginning tonight, Tuesday, April 22^nd. KC will play the role of ‘Eurdyice’ through May 4, 2025 and Phillip will play the role of ‘Hades’ through August 31, 2025.

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Matthew Patrick Quinn will play the role of ‘Hades’ from May 20-June 1. As previously announced, Myra Molloy will join the company as ‘Eurydice’ on May 6, 2025.

Hadestown is in its 6^th hit year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48^thStreet), and is now in its 2^nd year in the West End (returning to London, six years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour has just completed its coast-to-coast 3-year run, and productions in Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam will open this Spring.

Tickets for Hadestown are available at www.seatgeek.com/hadestown-tickets or by visiting the Walter Kerr Theatre box office (219 West 48^th Street).

Hadestown currently stars Daniel Breaker as Hermes, Merle Dandridge as Persephone, and Carlos Valdes as Orpheus. They are joined by Marla Louissaint Jessie Shelton, and Kay Trinidad as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Timothy H. Lee, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette. The cast includes swings Brandon Cameron, Tara Jackson, Alex Lugo, Max Kumangai, and Tanner Ray Wilson. As previously announced, Ali Louis Bourzgui will take over the role of Orpheus on May 6, 2025. Boykin and Dela Cruz succeed Tom Hewitt and Hailey Kilgore.

Hadestown originated as Anaïs Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont which she then turned into an acclaimed album. With Rachel Chavkin, her artistic collaborator, Hadestown has been transformed into a genre-defying new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale.

Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.

BIOGRAPHIES

PHILLIP BOYKIN (Hades) is a 2012 TONY Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominee for his work in The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. He is also a Grammy Award Nominee for his role as Tonton Julian in Tony Award-winning Once On This Island. A Theatre World Award winner and The Distinguished Alumni and The Anchor Award from the UofH Hartt School of Music. Other performances on Broadway: The Music Man, On the Town and Sunday in the Park With George. Other performances, Joe in the National Tour of Show Boat, The Pirate King/Samuel in Pirates of Penzance, Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin’, Crown/Jake in Porgy and Bess, Caiaphas in JCS, and Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, Fred in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Lion in The Wiz and Jim in Big River just to name a few. Phillip performed as Booker T. Washington in the Anniversary Concert of Ragtime at Lincoln Center. Mr. Boykin portrayed the role of Big Hand in the movie Freedom (starring Cuba Gooding Jr.) and The Driver in Top Five (starring Chris Rock). He also studied at SC State University, Howard University, and the NC School of the Arts. He has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, Poland, and North America. Mr. Boykin is the Founder, Director, and Manager of the NYGOSPEL BROTHERS. www.PhillipBoykin.com

KC DELA CRUZ (Eurydice). Broadway debut! National tour: Hadestown. Regional: Kiss My Aztec! (Berkeley Rep/La Jolla Playhouse/Hartford Stage); The Prince of Egypt (TheatreWorks); In the Heights (Woodminster); The Little Mermaid (Tri-Valley Rep); West Side Story (City Lights); Miss Saigon (Palo Alto Players). Television: “I Can See Your Voice,” “The Voice Philippines.” Much love and gratitude to my family, friends and DGRW. This one’s for my mom and dad! @kcdelacruz

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