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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical Releases New Photos

The national tour currently plays Chicago’s Oriental Theatre.

Chris McCarrell stars as Percy Jackson in the national tour of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
Chris McCarrell stars as Percy Jackson in the national tour of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
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The national tour of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, based on the best-selling novel by Rick Riordan, has begun performances at Chicago's Oriental Theatre, and new photos from the production have been released.

Chris McCarrell and Kristin Stokes reprise the roles of Percy Jackson and Annabeth, respectively, after originating the roles in the New York production. Also reprising their performances are Sarah Beth Pfeifer as Clarice and others, and James Hayden Rodriguez as Luke and others.

Rounding out the cast are Izzy Figueroa (Understudy for Grover, Mr. Brunner, Assistant Stage Manager), Jorrel Javier (Grover and Mr. D), Ryan Knowles (Chiron and others), Sam Leicht (understudy for Percy and Luke), Jalynn Steele (Sally and others), and T. Shyvonne Stewart (understudy for Sally and Clarice).

The Lightning Thief features a book by Joe Tracz, music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki, and is directed by Stephen Brackett, with choreography by Patrick McCollum. The creative team also includes set design by Lee Savage, costume design by Sydney Maresca, lighting design by David Lander, sound design by Ryan Rumery, fight direction by Rod Kinter, and orchestrations by Wiley DeWeese and Rob Rokicki. The production is being presented by special arrangement with Rick Riordan and the Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency.

Click here for a complete list of tour dates.