A Bold & Innovative Independent Theatre Company in Melbourne

PARADE RETURN SEASON

9-25 May, 2024
Seymour Centre, Sydney

  • Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring Tony Award-winning Parade explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. With a book by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and a rousing, colorful and haunting score by Jason Robert Brown (Songs For a New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County), Parade is a moving examination of the darkest corners of America's history.

    In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion.

    Daring, innovative and bold, 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.

  • Director: Mark Taylor

    Musical Director: Mark Bradley

    Assistant Musical Director: Dylan Pollard

    Choreographer: Freya List

    Cultural Consultant: Dr Deborah Leiser-Moore

    Casting Consultant: Melanie Xavier

    Set & Costume Design: Harry Gill

    Lighting Design: Sidney Younger

    Sound Design: David Barrell

    Producer: Benjamin Samuel

Who we are…

Soundworks Productions is Melbourne’s newest independent theatre company. Led by a passionate team of creatives, we aim to champion diversity in theatre and create greater accessibility to performance opportunities for emerging artists. We offer industry-focused training and produce live performance events throughout the year.

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