Parade tells the heart-wrenching, true story of Leo Frank: a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man living in Atlanta who was wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of his thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in 1913. Because Franks trial was replete with faulty testimony and lacked any clear evidence, Georgias governor eventually commuted his sentence from death to life imprisonment. Despite this ruling, a lynch mob hanged Frank in Mary Phagans 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. With a characteristically rich, intricate, and wide-ranging score penned by Jason Robert Brown, and a bold willingness to dive into the complexities of early 20th century social relationships in the South, Parade is a sophisticated, dark tale with endless depth. Please note the Matinee performance on Saturday 14 June will be a Relaxed Performance and the performance on Wednesday 18 June will be a Come As You Are night. Please also note that various themes may be distressing to some audiences. See our list of Content Warnings. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTT www.mtishows.co.uk