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This concurrent resolution honors the Vermont creators of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hadestown and the state's theatrical youth ensembles performing teen versions of the show. The resolution celebrates Anaïs Mitchell, who graduated from Middlebury College and originally created Hadestown as a minimalist musical retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The musical was first premiered in Vermont in 2006 and later refined for Broadway, ultimately debuting at the Walter Kerr Theater in 2019 and winning eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The resolution specifically recognizes the collaborative efforts of Mitchell, Michael Chorney, Ben T. Matchstick, and Rachel Chavkin, as well as local teen theater groups like Peoples Academy in Morrisville, Very Merry Theatre in Burlington, and U-32 Middle and High School, who are now staging teen versions of the musical. The resolution directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to the key creators and participating schools, officially acknowledging their artistic achievements and contributions to theater.

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.C.R.9