JEWELLE BLACKMAN, JESSIE SHELTON, AND KAY TRINIDAD TO REUNITE AS THREE ‘FATES’ IN BROADWAY’S “HADESTOWN”
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THREE ‘FATES’
JEWELLE BLACKMAN
JESSIE SHELTON
KAY TRINIDAD
TO REUNITE ON BROADWAY
IN TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL
“HADESTOWN”
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New York, NY (April 6, 2026) – Producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy are pleased to announce that the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown will welcome back original Broadway cast member Jewelle Blackman beginning Tuesday, April 28. Blackman will join original cast members Jessie Shelton and Kay Trinidad as the ‘Fates’ for 11 weeks before the three take their final bow on Sunday, July 19.
Blackman joined Hadestown in 2017 during its developmental run in Edmonton and made her Broadway debut in 2019 as one of the original ‘Fates,’ later stepping into the role of ‘Persephone’ in 2022. Shelton, who first portrayed a ‘Fate’ in the initial 2016 New York Theatre Workshop production, made her Broadway debut as a swing and understudy in the Original Broadway Company before re-joining the company as a ‘Fate’ in 2021. Trinidad, one of the show’s longest-tenured cast members, has portrayed a ‘Fate’ since the production’s Broadway opening in 2019.
The trio join current principal cast Joshua Colley as ‘Orpheus,’ Gary Dourdan as ‘Hades,’ J. Harrison Ghee as ‘Hermes,’ Gaby Moreno as ‘Persephone,’ and Jordan Tyson as ‘Eurydice.’ The chorus of ‘Workers’ is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Jeffrey Cornelius, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette. The cast includes swings Brandon Cameron, KC Dela Cruz, Tara Jackson, and Max Kumangai.
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Hadestown is in its 7th hit year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street) and in its 3rd year in the West End (returning to London, five years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour completed its coast-to-coast 3-year run in 2024, and productions have played to acclaim across the globe in South Korea, Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam.
Tickets for Hadestown are available at www.walterkerrbroadway.com/events/hadestown/calendar or by visiting the Walter Kerr Theatre box office (219 West 48th Street).
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, singers, and musicians, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.
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