HadesTOWN

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical performance. Following two intertwinging 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 musica nd vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell's sun-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

Hadestown is a mythic tale - not set in a particular time or place - but it does take inspiration from the American Depression Era and the city of New Orleans. It consists of two world: most of Act One takes place above-ground, and most of Act Two takes place in the underworld (Hadestown). Occasionally, both worlds are visible at once.