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