cast
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Hailee Steinfeld
Emily Dickinson
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Toby Huss
Edward Dickinson
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Adrian Enscoe
Austin Dickinson
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Anna Baryshnikov
Lavinia 'Vinnie' Dickinson
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Ella Hunt
Sue Gilbert
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Jane Krakowski
Mrs. Dickinson
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Chinaza Uche
Henry
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Sophie Zucker
Abby Wood
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Kevin Yee
Toshiaki
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Gus Birney
Jane Humphrey
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Allegra Heart
Abiah Root
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Darlene Hunt
Maggie
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Amanda Warren
Betty
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Samuel Farnsworth
George Gould
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Finn Jones
Samuel Bowles
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Robert Picardo
Ithamar Conkey
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Pico Alexander
Henry 'Ship' Shipley
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Erin Gerasimovich
Anna
- Neville Lee Clara
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Will Pullen
Nobody / Frazar Stearns
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Gabriel Ebert
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Ayo Edebiri
Hattie
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Wiz Khalifa
Death
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Nore Davis
Solomon
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Myles Alexander Evans
Erasmus
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Tristan Griffin
Everett
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Wavyy Jonez
The Wall
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Curt Morlaye
Michael River Jordan
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Gus Halper
Joseph Lyman
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Matt Lauria
Ben Newton
- Joey Odom Archibald
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Max Chernin
Samuel Strong
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Jessica Hecht
Aunt Lavinia
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Jamel Davall Rodriguez
Freddie
- Levi Ricks Helen
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Jason Mantzoukas
Bee (voice)
- Warren Katz Minister
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Teddy Bergman
Minister / Daniel Bliss
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John Mulaney
Henry David Thoreau
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Ade Otukoya
Henry 'Box' Brown
- Justine Rappaport Puppeteer
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Zosia Mamet
Louisa May Alcott
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Ziwe
Sojourner Truth
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James Urbaniak
Ophthalmologist
- Emilio Oliveira Loud Man
- Anna O'Donoghue Loud Woman
- Brendan Hayes Dishwasher Vendor
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Olivia Khoshatefeh
Young Woman #1
- Manuela Sosa Young Woman #2
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Timothy Simons
Frederick Law Olmsted
- Jibz Cameron Sanford Robinson Gifford
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Kelli Barrett
Adelaide May
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Curtis Bannister
Opera Chorus Member 1
- Lindsay Nicole Chambers Opera Chorus Member 2
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Ron Crawford
Usher
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Jen Ponton
Body Healer
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Nick Kroll
Edgar Allan Poe
- Omar Shaukat Townie 1
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Tim Simon
Townie 2
- Braeden Brickner Newspaper Boy
- Tatiana Marie Barber Activist / Dancer
- Anthony Auguste Dancer
- Kenny Bermudez Dancer
- Chloe Campbell Dancer
- Shawn Alynda Fisher Dancer
- Marquis Floyd Dancer
- Antonio Harvey Dancer
- Marley Lubin Dancer
- Nerita McFarlane Dancer
- Bethany Puente Dancer
- Wade Watson Dancer
- Imani Wisdom Dancer
- Damani Van Rensalier Dancer
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Marié Botha
Mary Bowles
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Brendan Dalton
Sylvester
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David Manis
Minister
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Roland Sands
Old Man
- Dewight Braxton Jr. Soldier
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Billy Eichner
Walt Whitman
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Beth Ditto
Pfaff's Dancer
- James Michael Lambert Bloody Stump
- Anthony R. Mottola Wounded Soldier
- Mariah Naomi Sanchez Nurse
- Wale Adebiyi Orderly
- Emily Kramm Pfaff's Dancer #1
- Markcus Blair Pfaff's Dancer #2
- Julio Rey Pfaff's Dancer #3
- Daphne Kinard Pfaff's Dancer #4
- Zo Tipp Pfaff's Dancer #5
- Gabriel Hyman Pfaff's Dancer #6
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Tómas Matos
Pfaff's Dancer #7
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Emily Dorsch
Auctioneer
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Nandita Shenoy
Woman
- Bex Odorisio Woman 1
- Ryah Nixon Woman 2
- David Michael Garry Man in Crowd
- Jordan Bellow Soldier #2
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Jordan Lage
Asylum Head Doctor
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Marceline Hugot
Asylum Patient
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Annie Hamilton
Florence
- Morgan Sullivan Soldier
- Casey Jane Ellison Doll Woman
- Sibyl Santiago Nurse
- Alexio Barboza Dancer
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Chloe Fineman
Sylvia Plath
- Tuck Sweeney Irish Man / Bartender
- Mirella Cardoso Mermaid #1
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Imani Pearl Williams
Mermaid #2
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Chinara Stroman
Mermaid #3
- Kathy Liu Mermaid #4
- Natalie Von Kirk Mermaid #5
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Jeremy Lawrence
Professor Hitchcock
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James Dwyer
Prefect
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Peggy Cosgrave
Mrs. Thoreau
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Abra Tabak
Thoreau's Sister
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Vince Edgehill
Conductor
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Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
James
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Michael Braun
Thomas Elliott Moody
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Peter Maloney
Doctor Brewster
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John Leonard Thompson
Mr. Humphrey
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Dee Hoty
Mrs. Humphrey
- Andre Urban Sailor
- Jason Williams Dancer
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Dasha Nekrasova
Ellen Mandeville Grout
