After its origins as a DIY community theatre project in 2006 and a studio album in 2010, Hadestown electrified audiences with its 2016 world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, becoming the longest-running show in that celebrated theatre’s 40-year history. 

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining 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 music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

Effingham High School has been putting on productions since before their productions were even called productions. From small student written one acts through large scale musicals, Effingham has always had a huge heart for trying new things and exploring the wide world of the written word through lines and lyrics. Effingham DramaTICS put on two large scale productions each year, one being a fall play and the other being the spring musical, while also being a part of numerous area events. Every show varies, and every year they hunt for a little something different in the world around us. We invite you to enjoy this production, and to always keep your eyes out for what is yet to come!