'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' names new Broadway cast

The original cast, including 2025 Tony Award nominee Louis McCartney, will play their final performance together at the Marquis Theatre at the end of March.

Summary

• Victor de Paula Rocha; Ayana Cymone; Shea Grant; Juan Carlos; and Matthew Erick White will lead the cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow in its second year on Broadway
• The original cast plays their final performance March 29
• The play is set 30 years before the events of Netflix's Stranger Things and tells the origin story of Henry Creel

Welcome to Hawkins! Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway will welcome a new principal cast starting March 31. Many of the original cast, who have been with the show since March 2025, will play their final performance together at the Marquis Theatre on March 29, while 2025 Tony Award nominee Louis McCartney will play his final performance as Henry Creel March 15.

Current cast members Victor de Paula Rocha, Ayana Cymone, and Shea Grant will newly assume the roles of Henry Creel, Patty Newby, and Joyce Maldonado, respectively.

Continuing in their current roles are Juan Carlos as Bob Newby, Rosie Benton as Virginia Creel, Dora Dolphin as Karen Childress, Andrew Hovelson as Principal Newby, Ted Koch as Chief Hopper, Robert T. Cunningham as Charles Sinclair, and Lia Christina and Francesca Yhlen alternating as Alice Creel.

New additions to the principal cast include Matthew Erick White as James Hopper, Jr., Ben Ashcraft as Alan Munson, John Patrick Collins as Lonnie Byers, Jennie Harney-Fleming as Patty’s Mom, Thatcher Jacobs as Walter Henderson, Quinn Nehr as Ted Wheeler, Nick Rehberger as Victor Creel, Zoe Sage as Sue Anderson, Afra Sophia Tully as Claudia Yount, and John Zdrojeski as Dr. Brenner.

The ensemble includes Justin Adams, Janie Brookshire, Kelsey Anne Brown, Malcolm Callender, Antoinette Comer, Tom D’Agustino, Nya Garner, Rebecca Hurd, Keller Kennedy, Patrick Scott McDermott, Sean Mikesh, Stephen Wattrus, and Maya West.

Alongside McCartney as Henry Creel, the current cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow includes Rosie Benton as Virginia Creel, Alex Breaux as Dr. Brenner, Ta’Rea Campbell as Patty’s Mom, Juan Carlos as Bob Newby, Lia Christina as Alice Creel, Robert T. Cunningham as Charles Sinclair, Ayana Cymone as Sue Anderson, Ian Dolley as Walter Henderson, Dora Dolphin as Karen Childress, Logan Gould as Lonny Byers, Shea Grant as Claudia Yount, Andrew Hovelson as Principal Newby, Alison Jaye as Joyce Maldonado, Emmy nominee T.R. Knight as Victor Creel, Ted Koch as Chief Hopper, Jamie Martin Mann as Ted Wheeler, Emmy nominee Gabrielle Nevaeh as Patty Newby, Burke Swanson as James Hopper, Jr., Eric Wiegand as Alan Munson, and Francesca Yhlen as Alice Creel.

Victor de Paula Rocha and Ian Dolley will alternate as Henry Creel from March 17-29.

Set 30 years before the events of Netflix's Stranger Things, The First Shadow tells the origin story of how a young boy named Henry Creel came to Hawkins and became the Upside Down's most powerful villain. Following its spring 2025 Broadway premiere, it won critical acclaim and four Tony Awards for its special effects and scenic, lighting, and sound design.

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