STRANGER THINGS:
​THE FIRST SHADOW
Marquis Theatre

Opened on Broadway: April 22, 2025
Performances: 342 (as of 2/22/26)
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Kate Trefry
Runtime: 2hr.  45min. (1 Intermission)

Opening Night Cast:
  • Henry Creel: Louis McCartney
  • Virginia Creel: Rosie Benton
  • Victor Creel: TR Knight
  • Dr. Benner: Alex Breaux
  • Bob Newby: Juan Carlos
  • Joyce Maldonado: Alison Jane
  • James Hopper Jr.: Burke Swenson
  • Charles Sinclair: Robert T. Cunningham
Current Cast:
  • Henry Creel: Louis McCartney (Through Mar 29) /
    Victor de Paula Rocha (Taking Over Mar 31)
  • Virginia Creel: Rosie Benton
  • Victor Creel: TR Knight (Through Mar 29) /
    Nick Rehberger (Joining Mar 31)
  • Dr. Benner: Alex Breaux (Through Mar 29) /
    John Zdrojeski (Joining Mar 31)
  • Bob Newby: Patrick Scott McDermott (Through Mar 29) / Juan Carlos (Returning Mar 31)
  • Joyce Maldonado: Alison Jane (Through Mar 29) /
    Shea Grant (Joining Mar 31)
  • James Hopper Jr.: Burke Swenson (Through Mar 29) / Matthew Erick White (Joining Mar 31)
  • Charles Sinclair: Robert T. Cunningham​
Understudies:
For Henry: Victor de Paula Rocha & Ian Dolley

For Virginia: Janie Brookshire & Rebecca Hurd

For Victor: Stephen Wattrus & Graham Winton

For Dr. Brenner: Logan Gould & Stephen Wattrus

For Bob: Neil McCaffrey & Eric Wiegand

For Joyce: Kelsey Anne Brown & Shea Grant

For James: Logan Gould & Jamie Martin Mann

​For Charles: Malcolm Callender & Sean Mikesh

West End Cast: 
Louis Healy as Henry Creel
Lauren O'Neil as Virginia Creel
Andy Langtree as Victor Creel
Luke Mullins as Dr. Brenner
Callum Maxwell as Bob Newby
Jessica Rhodes as Joyce Maldonado
George Smale as James Hopper Jr.
Ammar Duffus as Charles Sinclair
Synopsis:
Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy...and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.  Stranger Things: The First Shadow is the official, canon prequel to the Netflix phenomenon.

In 2025, Stranger Things: The First Shadow redefined what is possible on a Broadway stage. The production was honored with a Special Tony Award for Illusions & Technical Effects.