The stage is turning, the lights are swinging, and the floor might just open beneath your feet. This weekend, Jackson Academy Performing Arts brings the Tony Award-winning musical “Hadestown: Teen Edition” to life with stagecraft JA audiences have never seen before, all designed and built in-house by the Performing Arts team.
For the first time, JA Theatre will raise and lower actors through the stage floor. Director of Performing Arts Kerri Sanders and Tech Director Andy Prince trained Mary Laurel Boykin to operate the trap. Some of its riders are Phillip Browning, who plays Hades, and Anna Caroline Long, who plays Persephone. When the two make their way to Hadestown, they’ll travel there through the floor — amazing!
Look up, too! JA has used its fly system in many ways over the years, but never for swinging lights until now. Caden Callison, Andrew Baquie, Molly Schade, and Wealth Ware learned from Prince how to fly the lights in during the song “Wait for Me.”
A rotating stage keeps the action moving between worlds. Add a cast of 50 students, a full live orchestra, and a score of folk, jazz, and blues, and you have a night of theatre you won’t want to miss. You don’t need to know the story. Just come ready to be amazed!
🎭 Hadestown: Teen Edition
📅 Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m.
📅 Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m.
📅 Monday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m.
📍 Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center
🎟️ Tickets
Standard seating: $20 ($15 for faculty and students)
Premium seating: $25 ($20 for faculty and students)
