This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 27-year-old Bryan Munar, who ended his career as an iOS engineer to pursue musical theater. It has been edited for length and clarity.

DETROIT – The national tour of “Hadestown” is wrapping up a short run at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit this weekend.

Bryan Munar as Peter, Camden Deal as Leper, Justin Taylor as Matthew, Caleb Bermejo as Pontius Pilate, Mat Blasio as Nicodemus, Courtney Blanc as Caiaphus, Ja'Naye Flanagan ...

As a lover of Greek mythology all my life, I knew how the story of “Hadestown” would likely end. Despite never seeing the musical before, I was familiar with the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice — on ...

Crump as Hermes to Nickolaus Coln as Hades to Megan Colton as Eurydice to Namisa Mdlalose Bizana as Persephone and Bryan Munar as Orpheus. Crump, it could be argued, steals the show as our pseudo ...