A man and woman sit together on the ground

Jenny Fellner as Lucille Frank and Euan Morton as Leo Frank in the Ford’s Theatre Society production of Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson

Parade

The Tony Award-winning musical drama Parade is based on the true story of Leo Frank’s trial and lynching in early 20th-century Atlanta.

September 23, 2011 — October 30, 2011

Ostracized for his faith and Northern heritage, Jewish factory manager Leo Frank is accused of murdering a teenaged factory girl the day of the annual Confederate Memorial Day parade. Alfred Uhry’s award-winning book and Jason Robert Brown’s rousing, colorful and haunting score illuminate a circus of conflicting accounts, false testimony and mishandled evidence in a town reeling with social and racial tension. Isolated from the world, Leo develops a new and deeper love for his wife, who tirelessly crusades for his freedom. Stephen Rayne (The Heavens Are Hung In Black, Sabrina Fair) directs this compelling and provocative tale of justice miscarried, revealing a country at odds with its declarations of equality. Tony-Award nominee Euan Morton stars as Leo Frank.

Part of The Lincoln Legacy Project.

Artistic Team

Book by Alfred Uhry

Co-conceived by Harold Prince

Director Stephen Rayne

Music and lyrics Jason Robert Brown

Choreographer Karma Camp

Music Director Steven Landau

Scenic Design Tony Cisek

Costume Design Wade Laboissonniere

Lighting Design Pat Collins

Sound Design David Budries and Charles Coes

Wig and Make-Up Design Anne Nesmith

Dialects Lynn Watson

Production Stage Manager Brandon Prendergast

Assistant Stage Manager Kate Kilbane

New York Casting David Caparelliotis, C.P.A.

Cast

Euan Morton

Leo Frank

Jenny Fellner

Lucille Frank

Matthew John Kacergis

A Young Soldier/Frankie Epps

Lauren Williams

Lila/Mary Phagan

Christopher Bloch

An Old Soldier/Judge Leonard S. Roan/Mr. Peavy

Kellee Knighten Hough

Minola McKnight/Angela

Stephen F. Schmidt

Governor John Slaton

Bligh Voth

Iola Stover

Sandy Bainum

Sally Slaton,/Mrs. Fanny Phagan

Erin Driscoll

Essie

Carolyn Agan

Monteen

Will Gartshore

Officer Wiliam Ivey/Tom Watson

Michael Bunce

Officer J.N. Starnes/Luther Z. Rosser

Kevin S. McAllister

Newt Lee/Jim Conley/Riley

James Konicek

Hugh M. Dorsey

Chris Sizemore

Britt Craig/Mr. Turner

Peter Boyer

Understudy

Christina Kidd

Understudy

Deborah Lubega

Understudy

Sean-Maurice Lynch

Understudy

From the Gallery

Euan Morton as Leo Frank in the Ford’s Theatre Society production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

A group of men and women sit in chairs on a stage while a man in a white suit stands in front of them and holds up a photograph of a woman.

James Konicek as Hugh Dorsey, Euan Morton as Leo Frank and the cast of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

An African-American man in a suit stands on a stage and sings while a group of men and women dance around him.

Kevin S. McAllister as Jim Conley and the cast of the Ford’s Theatre Society production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

An African-American man in work cloths sits in a chain and looks nervously at a white man in a white suit who leans over a table and speaks to him. A policeman and a man in a suit stand behind them.

James Konicek as Hugh Dorsey and Kevin S. McAllister as Newt Lee with (background) Michael Bunce and Matthew John Kacergis in the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

A group of men and women in old fashioned clothing holding American and Confederate flags stand in front of a brick building and sing.

The cast of the Ford’s Theatre Society production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Three scared looking young women stand in front of a brick building and speak to an older man in a suit.

Erin Driscoll, Bligh Voth and Carolyn Agan as the young factory girls and Stephen F. Schmidt as Governor Slayton in the Ford’s Theatre production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

An African-American man in a suit reads an newspaper and speaks to a woman in a maid's outfit.

Kevin S. McAllister as Riley and Kelly Knighten Hough as Angela in the Ford’s Theatre Society production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

A man in a suit stands in front of a chair and speaks while a group of men and women in fancy clothes sit and listen.

Euan Morton as Leo Frank and the cast of the Ford’s Theatre production of the musical drama Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Jenny Fellner as Lucille Frank and Euan Morton as Leo Frank in the Ford’s Theatre Society production of Parade, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson