DPAC announces Hamilton lottery

FILE - In this July 9, 2016 file photo, actor and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, takes his final performance curtain call with cast member Christopher Jackson at the Richard Rogers Theatre in New York. Jackson, who earned a Tony nomination for originating the role of George Washington in “Hamilton,” is leaving the Broadway show on Nov. 13. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

DURHAM — Producer Jeffrey Seller and DPAC announced a digital lottery for “Hamilton” tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance on Nov. 6 in Durham at DPAC. Forty tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each.  The digital lottery will open at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Nov. 4 for tickets to the Tuesday, Nov. 6 performance. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.

HOW TO ENTER

Use the official app for “Hamilton” available at hamiltonmusical.com/app or visit hamiltonmusical.com/lottery to register.

The lottery will open at 11 a.m. Eastern Time two days prior to the performance date and will close for entry at 9 a.m. the day prior to the performance.

“Hamilton” is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury secretary.  The performance features a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway. The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.