Synopsis

Parade tells the heart-wrenching, true story of Leo Frank: a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man living in Atlanta who was wrongfully convicted of the assault and murder of his thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in 1913. Because Frank’s trial was replete with faulty testimony and lacked any clear evidence, Georgia’s governor eventually commuted his sentence from death to life imprisonment. Despite this ruling, a lynch mob hanged Frank in Mary Phagan’s hometown of Marietta, Georgia. The momentous case drew national attention to Anti-Semitism and was pivotal to the founding of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as well as the reviving of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Parade has a rich, intricate, and wide-ranging score penned by Jason Robert Brown (Songs For a New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County, a book by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), and a bold willingness to dive into the complexities of early 20th-century social relationships in the South.

Daring, and innovative, Parade is filled with soaring music and a heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten.

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 7:30pm
Friday, November 10, 2023 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 11, 2023 - 7:30pm
Sunday, November 12, 2023 - 1:30pm

November 9-12, 2023
at NewRoads Performing Arts Centre

Running Time
Approx. 2 hours and 30 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.

Ticket Rates
Adult $35
Student/Senior $27

Audience Advisory
Parade tells a historical true story and as such contains violent imagery and non-firing replica firearms. Recommended for audiences ages 12+. Babes in arms not permitted.

Plan to Arrive Early 
Late seating and reseating will be extremely limited. Please arrive 15 minutes before the performance.

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