Creatives

Anaïs is a singer-songwriter whose recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown (2010, featuring Justin Vernon and Ani Difranco) and Young Man in America (2012). Reinterpretations of traditional music include Child Ballads (2013, with Jefferson Hamer) and Bonny Light Horseman (2019, as Bonny Light Horseman). She has headlined worldwide and supported tours for Bon Iver, Josh Ritter and Punch Brothers. Awards include BBC Radio2 Folk Award and Folk Alliance International Spirit of Folk Award. Year-end best lists: NPR, Wall Street Journal, MOJO, Uncut, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer. Hadestown is Anaïs’s first musical.

Rachel 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), Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theatre) 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. Upcoming: Wohl’s Continuity (MTC), Malloy’s Moby Dick (A.R.T.). Proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC.

Film: I Am Legend (Will Smith), Marriage Story (Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver). Choreography: An Octoroon and Futurity (Soho Rep), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova), Hagoromo (Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto) 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, among others). Recipient of three Bessie Awards for dance/performance, nominee for two Lucille Lortel and one Helen Hayes Award for choreography.

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.

Michael Krass’ Tony-nominated work includes Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal and The Constant Wife on Broadway. Other work in New York includes What the Constitution Means to Me, The Cherry Orchard, Heisenberg, Reckless, Living on Love, The Lyons, Twelve Angry Men, After the Fall, Hedda Gabler, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Rehearsal on Broadway. Krass has designed multiple new works off-Broadway, across the United States and internationally, including the original production of Driving Miss Daisy for Playwrights Horizons; A Streetcar Named Desire at the Gate, Dublin; Pelleas and Melisande at the Mariinsky; and Our Town in Minsk. He has served as resident designer for New York’s Ballet Tech, taught undergraduate design and cultural history at New York University and directors and actors in the graduate school at Brown University.

Collaborations with Rachel Chavkin include The Great Comet, Lempicka, Preludes and three previous incarnations of Hadestown. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet, The Great Comet (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic’s award winner). 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 theatre and opera productions across the U.S. and worldwide. MFA, NYU. On the web at bradleykingld.com.

Nevin Steinberg

Broadway: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/Bird. Off-Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, The Landing, Far From Heaven. Over 30 Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, In the Heights.

Jessica Paz
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 (Labyrinth Theater Company); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Muscles in Our Toes (Labyrinth Theater Company); Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theatre); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theater Co.); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater); Stretch—A Fantasia (New Georges). Associate designer of Bandstand (Broadway), Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway and international), Fela! (Broadway and international).

Broadway: War Horse (Songman, original cast); music director and vocal arranger for Hadestown Off-Broadway at New York Theater Workshop (cast member), Canada’s Citadel Theatre and London’s National Theatre; orchestrator/co-producer National Anthem: Arise! Arise! robinsonandrohe.com

Michael Chorney

Michael is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and orchestrator. He has produced over 30 records for other artists as well as 15 recordings of original works. Michael 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.

Todd Sickafoose

Todd is a composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader and double bassist. He produced, co-arranged and performed on the original Hadestown album, co-produced the Off-Broadway Hadestown Live Original Cast Recording 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.

Broadway: Aladdin, Peter and the Starcatcher, Newsies, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan. Regional/touring: Freaky Friday, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, High School Musical, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Fisher Ensemble, Arena Stage. Hadestown at NYTW, Citadel, National Theatre London. Book writer for the new musical Atlantis, premiere April 2019 Virginia Repertory Theatre. Education: UC San Diego. Catholic University, University of Washington. Past president, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

Tiffani Swalley is the Associate Director of Hadestown Broadway, the First National Tour of Hadestown and  Hadestown Australia.  Other Broadway and New York City credits include The Thanksgiving Play (Directed by Rachel Chavkin), Radio MacBeth and War of the Worlds (Directed by Anne Bogart and Darron West). Tiffani is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s School of the Arts in New York City. www.tiffaniswalley.com

Alex Lugo is a Black, Queer, and Non-binary artist from Miami, FL — Having initially made their mark as Assistant Dance Captain in the First National Touring company of Hadestown, Alex’s experience propelled them to the Broadway production in 2023, where they worked closely with it’s original creatives to continue to captivate audiences through authenticity & meaningful performance.

Now, Alex is humbled to continue the fabric in a new capacity and alongside the Australian company.

Broadway: Hadestown. Tour: Hadestown, RENT 20th Anniversary. Regional: EMPIRE RECORDS (World Premiere), Water Riot: A Punk Rock Opera (National Black Theatre), Nana (Breaking The Binary Theatre Festival) Jamie Cepero’s Francois & The Rebels, Black Women Are The Moon at (Obsidian Theatre Festival). TV: “And Just Like That” on MAX.

NYU Tisch Alum.

All for my family, Adreanna, & Ben.

With heartfelt dedication to TNB2S+ pioneers — There is no us, without you

Laura Tipoki of Polynesian heritage is a proud mother and was raised in a very musical family. Laura is a highly sought after musician, conductor and Music Director working throughout Australasia. Credits include Music Director of the Australian and New Zealand productions of Hamilton and currently Associate Music Supervisor for the International Tour and Sydney return seasons. Laura recently made her conducting debut at the Sydney Opera House as Music Director for Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon which then toured to Melbourne. She was Music Director of Jesus Christ Superstar recently for the 2024 Sydney season.

Laura worked as Music Director of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s School Of Rock throughout Australia and then supervised the production into it’s China tour. She was Music Director of the Australian tour of Wizard Of Oz with Anthony Warlow, Julie Andrews’ My Fair Lady and Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Miserables International Tour and Associate Music Director for the Australian tour. Other credits include Wicked, Mary Poppins, Chicago, Love Never Dies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Dr Zhivago, as keyboardist or Associate Music Director. Laura was Music Director for her sister Patrice Tipoki’s debut album A Musical Heart. Laura was keyboardist on the Love Never Dies DVD recorded and filmed in Melbourne in 2012.

Laura is thrilled to be the Music Director for Hadestown Australia and would like to dedicate these performances to the loves of her life, Mark and Lola.

Trudy Dalgleish is one of Australia’s leading lighting designers and a graduate of The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She has been nominated and won many awards for her work, including a ‘Mo’ Award for outstanding contribution to musical theatre, a Helpmann Award, and seven Greenroom awards.

Trudy has worked extensively with most companies around Australia including Opera Australia, Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Dance Company. She is best known for her work in commercial musical theatre both in Australia and overseas. She has worked in the West End and on Broadway, and extensively in Asia and the Middle East.

Trudy is also known for her many arena shows around the world and was head of lighting at the Sydney Entertainment Centre for seven years.

In 1992, Shelly graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Electronic Engineering, during which she commenced her now 32-year career in theatrical sound, initially as a Radio Mic Technician.  With a background in classical singing, Shelly’s musical sensibilities lead her to mixing local and international productions such as Cats, Westside Story and Les Miserables regularly touring throughout Australia, NZ and Asia. Shelly also spent time in London working for Autograph Sound Recording, mixing on the Westend.

Since then, Shelly has been Sound Supervisor, Associate Designer or Sound Designer on numerous local and International Productions which includes The Sound of Music (Australia), Miss Saigon (Manilla, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia/NZ, and World Tour) , Les Miserables (Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo & Mexico, Australia, NZ, Asia), Cats (South Africa, Beirut, World Tour, Korean Tent Tour), Oliver (Sydney, USA Tour, Japan) , The Witches of Eastwick (Australia), Phantom of the Opera (Asia, South Africa, NZ, Australia), Sunset Boulevard (Australia), Billy Elliot (Australia), Love Never Dies (Australia, Japan), King Kong (Melbourne), Kinky Boots (Australia), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Australia), Evita (South Africa, Asia), School of Rock (Australia, China) and Mary Poppins (Australia).   For Opera Australia Shelly has Designed or Associate Designed Evita (Sydney Opera House, Melbourne), Phantom of the Opera (HOSH, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne) and Miss Saigon (Sydney Opera House, Melbourne).

With a keen interest in the emotive aspects of sound she recently completed a post graduate degree in Psychology, choosing Music Psychology as an elective.

Currently, Shelly is the Associate Sound Designer on TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Australia), Lord of the Rings (Australia) and the up and coming Beetlejuice: The Musical (Australia).  Shelly is very excited to be working again with Opera Australia on Hadestown.

Productions include Jagged Little Pill, The Inheritance, Hadestown, Oklahoma!, The Sound Inside, Anastasia, American Son, Torch Song, Fiddler on the Roof, You Can’t Take It With You, All the Way, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, August: Osage County. Upcoming: The Minutes and American Buffalo. www.rcitheatricals.com

Founded Octopus Theatricals in 2013 to foster compelling theatrical works for local, national and international audiences. Producer of 150-plus productions seen on Broadway (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Anna in the Tropics, Electra), Off-Broadway (Into the Woods, The Brother/Sister Plays, The Laramie Project) and theatres around the U.S./world. Current projects include Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding, Somi’s Dreaming Zenzile and An Iliad starring Denis O’Hare. Director of Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals, artistic advisor to Fiasco Theater. She is proud to produce work of Theatre For One, Phantom Limb Company and more. Previously: producing director, McCarter Theatre Center; associate producer, Center Theatre Group.

Has over 40 years of experience in the creative arts industry as an Opera Singer, Artistic Director, Producer, Consultant, and Educator. Her decision to develop Hadestown into a full musical started the day she was sent the concept album in 2011. Dale is an Executive Producer for an upcoming documentary One Person One Vote. For the 2022 Season, she is a Co-Producer on for colored girls on Broadway and supporting Prima Facie in the West End and Caroline or Change on Broadway. Previously, she built, conceived, and served as the Founding Artistic Director of the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. Love always to Don, Ben and Tete, Ali and Zach, and Olivia. www.DaleFranzen.com

Select Broadway and West End: Once on This Island (Tony Award); Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award, Olivier Award); The Inheritance; Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination); The Visit (Tony nomination); Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination); Anastasia; The Jungle; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Tina: The Musical; Disaster!; It’s Only a Play; Pretty Woman: The Musical; The Bridges of Madison County; Macbeth; Godspell; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Moulin Rouge!. Hunter is founder of the Broadway Strategic Return Fund, the first professionally managed, data-driven fund focused on the performing arts industry.

Produced Anastasia and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune on Broadway. 2018: produced The Inheritance and The Jungle in London’s West End. 2017: produced Edward Albee’s The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? in the West End. He was lead producer of the 2015 Broadway hit It’s Only a Play and Kander and Ebb’s Tony nominated The Visit. Off-Broadway: White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Additional Tony nominations: Mothers and Sons, After Midnight, Ragtime, Master Class. He is chairperson, Broadway League Government Relations Committee and a founding trustee of the nonprofit Berwin Lee, which supports emerging playwrights.