Thanks to everyone who saw, supported or was involved with PARADE, it was a fantastic project we're very proud of, please stay tuned in the coming weeks for an annoucement on our March 2013 Major Musical Production. 

 WATERDALE presents PARADE the Musical, 

2 -10 March 2012

Producer:                                        Jake Remmington

Director:                                         Aimee Fraser

Assistant Director:                          Laura Perini

Musical Director:                             Ian Nisbet

Assistant Musical Director:              Sophie Antoniou

Choreographer:                              Emma Kiely

Parade is a powerful and captivating musical by Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Thirteen, Songs for a New World) Parade is set in the American South in 1913 (the show premiered on Broadway in 1998). With the tensions between North and South as a prominent theme, this incredible musical portrays the harrowing true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager who is made an outcast because of his beliefs and origin, and wrongly accused of murder. Leo and his wife’s struggle against prejudice and sensationalism to prove his innocence in a trial that tore apart an entire community and shaped the future of America.

 

 The fantastic cast assembled for the March 2012 production of Parade.

Leo Frank                                         Tyson Legg

Lucille Frank                                    Jaclyn DeVincentis

Jim Conley                                       Djon Alexander

Mary Phagan                                    Taylor Branecki

Frankie Epps                                    Charles Grounds

Hugh Dorsey                                    Dean Mitchelmore

Governor John Slaton                     Malcolm Fawcett

Tom Watson                                     Kristopher Brown

Judge Roan                                      Dave Barclay

Britt Craig                                         James Terry

Luther Rosser                                  Brendan Hyde

Newt Lee                                           Kristopher Wardhana

Young Confederate Soldier            Josh Peterson

Old Confederate Soldier                 Dave Barclay

Mrs Phagan                                      Maxine Montgomery

Lizzie Phagan                                  Angharad Griffiths

Minnie McKnight                             Emily-Rose Carr

Iola Stover                                       Sarah Cuthbert

Essie                                                Tayla Podesta-Muir

Monteen                                           Hannah Bailey

Sally Slaton                                     Sarah Kiely

Riley                                                 Yasmin Ismail

Angela                                              Katie Lewis

 

Ensemble

Nicolas Troitzky-Pelletier

Andrew Davy

Nicholas Barca

Melissa Kahraman

Jack Turner

Kristen Field

Simone Braid

Jessica La Mari

Rachel Edwards

Nicole Kiely

Rebecca Muratore

Amanda Flannery

Elizabeth Carr

Sean Walpole

Emma Bleazby

Karla Quadara

Mardi Cuthbert

Laura Ghiotti

Shae O’Reilly

Rylan Perrott

 

Past Productions

2011 Annie
 
2010 Pippin

2009 FAME

2008 Jesus Christ Superstar

2007 The Mikado

2006 Little Shop of Horrors