New principal cast members for Stranger Things: The First Shadow were announced today!
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production welcomes as new cast as the show begins its second year on Broadway. Victor de Paula Rocha will take over 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 full original Broadway cast, led by Tony nominee Louis McCartney, will play its final performance together on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at the Marquis Theatre. The complete Year Two cast will be announced shortly.
Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, and rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon, Stranger Things: The First Shadow is a new play written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.
In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Initially, things go well — he finds friendship and joins the school play. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him?
