Stranger Things: The First Shadow will be the first in a trilogy of stage plays exploring the world of Hawkins, Indiana, according to a recent report from Deadline.
According to the latest “Breaking Baz” segment on Deadline, the play that will premiere tonight in London’s West End will have a part two and three that will arrive “in two or three year intervals,” according to insiders that spoke to Deadline.
As The First Shadow did, the sequel plays will also be launching in London first before moving out to the rest of the world.
Deadline’s report went on to note that any sequels would be based on reviews and how the play performs at the box office first. The report also briefly mentions that plans are underway to bring the play to Broadway as well.
Who is in Stranger Things: The First Shadow?
Stranger Things: The First Shadow will be led by Oscar Lloyd as James Hopper Jr., Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, Isabella Pappas as Joyce Maldonado, Christopher Buckley as Bob Newby, Ella Karuna Williams as Patty Newby, Patrick Vaill as Dr. Brenner, and Shane Attwooll as Chief Hopper. Joining them are Chase Brown as Lonnie Byers, Ammar Duffus as Charles Sinclair, Gilles Geary as Ted Wheeler, Florence Guy as Karen Childress, Max Harwood as Allen Munson, Kemi Awoderu as Sue Anderson, Michael Jibson as Victor Creel, Matthew Pidgeon as Father Newby, Calum Ross as Walter Henderson, Maisie Norma Seaton as Claudia Henderson, and Lauren Ward as Virginia Creel.
Additional cast includes Tricia Adele-Turner, Lauren Arney, Reya-Nyomi Brown, Patricia Castro, Lydia Fraser, Isaac Gryn, Mark Hammersley, Tom Peters, KingdomSibanda, Tiana Simone, Danny Sykes, and Meesha Turner.
“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,” reads the synopsis. “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.”
