Casting and the creative team are set for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's U.S. premiere of the new pop-rock musical comedy Mythic, which will begin previews September 20 prior to an official opening September 25.

Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Kathleen Marshall, the cast will be led by Savy Jackson (Bad Cinderella) as Aphrodite, Michael Park (Redwood) as Zeus, Mamie Parris (Cats) as Demeter, Analise Scarpaci (Mrs. Doubtfire) as Persephone, and Julius Thomas III (Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) as Hades.

The ensemble will include Matthew Samuel Blum, Aaron Gabriel Graham, Alexa Magro, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Owen Scales, Cassidy Stoner, Kodiak Thompson, and Emily Grace Tucker. The swings are Josh Devine and Madison Osment.

Mythic, which features a book and lyrics by Marcus Stevens and music and orchestrations by Oran Eldor, turns the ancient Greek myth of Persephone on its ear with the gods reimagined as chart-topping pop stars, power-hungry politicians, and attention-seeking influencers. 

In the new musical Persephone rebels against her mother Demeter’s expectations and decides to forge her own path. When she sneaks into a party at the Acropolis and meets brooding bad-boy Hades, her life takes an unexpected turn into the Underworld. 

The upcoming production will also have set design by David Korins, costume design by Linda Cho, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, music supervision by Chris Fenwick, music direction by Bryson Baumgartel, music producing by Doug Besterman, sound design by John Shivers, associate direction and choreography by David Eggers, casting by Stephanie Klapper, and laser effects design by Adam Biscow.

Brandon T. Holmes is the stage manager, with assistant stage management by Andrea L. Shell and Madison Stone.

Mythic is produced by special arrangement with SHO Productions/Shoshana Kovac Parets.

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