Go Upside Down With the New Broadway Cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow

New production photos capture the play's new company, led by Victor de Paula Rocha.

April 09, 2026 By Margaret Hall

Victor de Paula Rocha in *Stranger Things: The First Shadow* (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Broadway's Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the Netflix series Stranger Things, welcomed a new company to the Marquis Theatre earlier this month, and Playbill has a closer look with new production photos! Take a look in the gallery below.

The full original Broadway cast, led by Tony nominee Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, played their final performance together March 29. As of March 31, the company has been led by Victor de Paula Rocha as Henry Creel, alongside Ayana Cymone as Patty Newby, Shea Grant as Joyce Maldonado, Juan Carlos as Bob Newby, and newcomer Matthew Erick White as James Hopper, Jr.

The Broadway production is based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne, and Kate Trefry, and set in the world of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. The play is penned by Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry, and co-directed by Justin Martin.

The leading cast are supported by Justin Adams, Ben Ashcraft as Alan Munson, Rosie Benton as Virginia Creel, Janie Brookshire, Kelsey Anne Brown, Malcolm Callender, Lia Christina as Alice Creel, John Patrick Collins as Lonnie Byers, Antoinette Comer, Robert T. Cunningham as Charles Sinclair, Tom D’Agustino, Dora Dolphin as Karen Childress, Nya Garner, Jennie Harney-Fleming as Patty’s Mom, Andrew Hovelson as Principal Newby, Rebecca Hurd, Thatcher Jacobs as Walter Henderson, Keller Kennedy, Ted Koch as Chief Hopper, Patrick Scott McDermott, Sean Mikesh, Quinn Nehr as Ted Wheeler, Nick Rehberger as Victor Creel, Zoe Sage as Sue Anderson, Afra Sophia Tully as Claudia Yount, Stephen Wattrus, Maya West, and Francesca Yhlen as Alice Creel.

The show features set design by Miriam Buether; costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel; lighting design by Jon Clark; sound design by Paul Arditti; original music composition, orchestration, arrangements, and supervision by D.J. Walde; illusions design and visual effects by Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher; video design and visual effects by 59; choreography by Coral Messam; movement direction by Lynne Page; and wigs, hair, and makeup design by Campbell Young Associates. The technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, casting is by Jim Carnahan, and U.K. casting is by Jessica Ronane.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow continues its run at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End. The U.K. production received two Olivier Awards, including Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and Best Set Design.

The play is produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions. The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps Entertainment as associate producer.

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