PARADE

Status · Sep 18, 2026
expired → active

Schedule · Sep 18, 2026
Description: First Rehearsal: Monday, January 25th End: 2027-01-25 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-25 Description: Spacing: Wednesday, February 24th End: 2027-02-24 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Tech Rehearsals: Wednesday, February 24th, through Sunday, February 28th End: 2027-02-28 Kind: tech Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Final Dress & PR: Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm End: 2027-03-02 Kind: tech Start: 2027-03-02 Description: Preview with notes: Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm; and Thursday March 4th at 7:30pm End: 2027-03-04 Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-03 Description: Performance: Fri 03/05 at 7:00pm; Sat 03/06 at 7:30pm; Sun 03/08 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/10 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/12 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/14 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/17 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/19 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/20 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/21 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/24 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/26 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/27 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/28 at 2:00pm End: 2027-03-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-05 Description: Understudy Rehearsal: Post Matinee on Wed 03/10 End: 2027-03-10 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-03-10 Description: In person callbacks will be held during the week of October 26th. Kind: callback Start: 2026-10-26 → Description: In person callbacks will be held during the week of October 26th. Kind: callback Description: First Rehearsal: Monday, January 25th Kind: rehearsal Description: Spacing: Wednesday, February 24th Kind: rehearsal Description: Tech Rehearsals: Wednesday, February 24th, through Sunday, February 28th Kind: tech Description: Final Dress & PR: Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm Kind: performance Description: Preview with notes: Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm; and Thursday March 4th at 7:30pm Kind: performance Description: Understudy Rehearsal: Post Matinee on Wed 03/10 Kind: rehearsal Description: Performance: Fri 03/05 at 7:00pm; Sat 03/06 at 7:30pm; Sun 03/08 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/10 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/12 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/14 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/17 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/19 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/20 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/21 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/24 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/26 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/27 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/28 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Description: Rehearsals are generally M-Th from 6:00-10:30 PM, Sat. 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, and Sun. 1:00-9:00 PM. Kind: rehearsal

Roles · Sep 18, 2026
Description: Superintendent of the National Pencil Factory and the story’s tragic protagonist. A Northern Jewish man living in Atlanta, Leo is intelligent, anxious, tightly wound, and often pessimistic. He feels physically and emotionally out of place in the South and, at times, within his own marriage to Lucille. He is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. Gender: male presenting Name: LEO FRANK Playing age: 25-35 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Leo’s wife. A Jewish woman born and raised in Georgia, Lucille is gentle and reserved but possesses a deep well of strength, resourcefulness, and resilience. As Leo’s case unfolds, she finds the courage to become one of his fiercest advocates. Gender: female presenting Name: LUCILLE FRANK Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Mary Phagan’s friend and young love interest. Charming, playful, flirtatious, and earnest, Frankie is deeply affected by Mary’s death. Gender: male presenting Name: FRANKIE EPPS Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young Confederate soldier who appears in the opening moments of the story, embodying an idealized memory of the Old South. Later appears as the Old Confederate Soldier. Gender: male presenting Name: YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young factory worker at the National Pencil Factory whose murder sets the events of the story in motion. Youthful, spirited, playful, and capable of a bit of sass, Mary represents both a real girl whose life is tragically cut short and the idealized image around which Atlanta rallies. Gender: female presenting Name: MARY PHAGAN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Atlanta’s ambitious District Attorney and the prosecutor in Leo Frank’s case. A devout Christian with significant political aspirations, Dorsey is determined to secure a conviction and is willing to use the public mood surrounding the case to his advantage. Gender: male presenting Name: HUGH DORSEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Governor of Georgia. Charming, confident, and politically savvy. Slaton is highly aware of public opinion but ultimately struggles to reconcile political expediency with his own sense of justice and responsibility. Gender: male presenting Name: GOVERNOR JOHN SLATON Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: A hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck Atlanta newspaperman whose career is revived by the Leo Frank case. Cynical, opportunistic, and hungry for a story, Craig eagerly feeds—and feeds upon—the public frenzy surrounding the trial. Gender: male presenting Name: BRITT CRAIG Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A local Atlanta figure caught up in the investigation surrounding Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: MR. PEAVY Playing age: 50+ Status: open Description: Leo Frank’s defense attorney. A colorful and sometimes bumbling presence in the courtroom, Rosser is charged with defending Leo against an increasingly hostile prosecution and public. Gender: male presenting Name: LUTHER ROSSER Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An Atlanta police officer involved in the investigation of Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: OFFICER IVEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An African American janitor at the National Pencil Factory who becomes the prosecution’s key witness against Leo Frank. Charismatic, shrewd, and an instinctive showman, Conley knows how to command a room and manipulate an audience. He has a criminal history and plays a pivotal role in shaping the case against Leo. Gender: male presenting Name: JIM CONLEY Playing age: 20-30 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: The African American night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who discovers Mary Phagan’s body. Physically imposing but gentle in nature, Lee quickly finds himself drawn into the investigation. Gender: male presenting Name: NEWT LEE Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: An African American servant. Gender: male presenting Name: RILEY Playing age: 20’s Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A powerful conservative politician and publisher who uses his platform to inflame public sentiment against Leo Frank and becomes a driving force behind the growing mob mentality surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting Name: TOM WATSON Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: An Atlanta police detective assigned to investigate Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: DETECTIVE STARNES Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Description: friends and contemporaries of Mary Phagan who testify against Leo Frank during the trial. Gender: female presenting Name: IOLA STOVER, ESSIE, & MONTEEN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Soprano Description: An African American servant. Gender: female presenting Name: ANGELA Playing age: 18+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: The Franks’ African American housemaid. Initially devoted to the family, Minnie becomes caught up in the investigation and is pressured into giving damaging testimony. Gender: female presenting Name: MINNIE McKNIGHT Playing age: 20+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Contralto Description: The judge presiding over Leo Frank’s trial. Deeply influenced by the prejudices and Confederate loyalties of his time and place, Roan oversees a courtroom increasingly affected by the intense public pressure surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting Name: JUDGE ROAN Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Baritone/Bass Description: The older incarnation of the Young Confederate Soldier seen at the beginning of the story. His presence connects the romanticized memory of the Confederacy with the Atlanta of 1913. Gender: male presenting Name: OLD CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: Mary Phagan’s devoted, grieving mother who struggles as a widow to make ends meet. Gender: female presenting Name: MRS. PHAGAN Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo Description: Wife of Governor John Slaton. Gender: female presenting Name: SALLY SLATON Playing age: 25-30 Status: open → Description: Superintendent of the National Pencil Factory and the story's tragic protagonist. A Northern Jewish man living in Atlanta, Leo is intelligent, anxious, tightly wound, and often pessimistic. He feels physically and emotionally out of place in the South and, at times, within his own marriage to Lucille. He is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. Gender: male presenting. Name: LEO FRANK Playing age: 25-35 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Leo's wife. A Jewish woman born and raised in Georgia, Lucille is gentle and reserved but possesses a deep well of strength, resourcefulness, and resilience. As Leo's case unfolds, she finds the courage to become one of his fiercest advocates. Gender: female presenting. Name: LUCILLE FRANK Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Mary Phagan's friend and young love interest. Charming, playful, flirtatious, and earnest, Frankie is deeply affected by Mary's death. Gender: male presenting. Name: FRANKIE EPPS Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young Confederate soldier who appears in the opening moments of the story, embodying an idealized memory of the Old South. Later appears as the Old Confederate Soldier. Gender: male presenting. Name: YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young factory worker at the National Pencil Factory whose murder sets the events of the story in motion. Youthful, spirited, playful, and capable of a bit of sass, Mary represents both a real girl whose life is tragically cut short and the idealized image around which Atlanta rallies. Gender: female presenting. Name: MARY PHAGAN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Atlanta's ambitious District Attorney and the prosecutor in Leo Frank's case. A devout Christian with significant political aspirations, Dorsey is determined to secure a conviction and is willing to use the public mood surrounding the case to his advantage. Gender: male presenting. Name: HUGH DORSEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Governor of Georgia. Charming, confident, and politically savvy. Slaton is highly aware of public opinion but ultimately struggles to reconcile political expediency with his own sense of justice and responsibility. Gender: male presenting. Name: GOVERNOR JOHN SLATON Playing age: 35-45 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: A hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck Atlanta newspaperman whose career is revived by the Leo Frank case. Cynical, opportunistic, and hungry for a story, Craig eagerly feeds—and feeds upon—the public frenzy surrounding the trial. Gender: male presenting. Name: BRITT CRAIG Playing age: 35-45 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A local Atlanta figure caught up in the investigation surrounding Mary Phagan's murder. Gender: male presenting. Name: MR. PEAVY Playing age: 50+ Status: open Description: Leo Frank's defense attorney. A colorful and sometimes bumbling presence in the courtroom, Rosser is charged with defending Leo against an increasingly hostile prosecution and public. Gender: male presenting. Name: LUTHER ROSSER Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An Atlanta police officer involved in the investigation of Mary Phagan's murder. Gender: male presenting. Name: OFFICER IVEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An African American janitor at the National Pencil Factory who becomes the prosecution's key witness against Leo Frank. Charismatic, shrewd, and an instinctive showman, Conley knows how to command a room and manipulate an audience. He has a criminal history and plays a pivotal role in shaping the case against Leo. Gender: male presenting. Name: JIM CONLEY Playing age: 20-30 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: The African American night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who discovers Mary Phagan's body. Physically imposing but gentle in nature, Lee quickly finds himself drawn into the investigation. Gender: male presenting. Name: NEWT LEE Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: An African American servant. Gender: male presenting. Name: RILEY Playing age: 20's Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A powerful conservative politician and publisher who uses his platform to inflame public sentiment against Leo Frank and becomes a driving force behind the growing mob mentality surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting. Name: TOM WATSON Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: An Atlanta police detective assigned to investigate Mary Phagan's murder. Gender: male presenting. Name: DETECTIVE STARNES Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Description: Friends and contemporaries of Mary Phagan who testify against Leo Frank during the trial. Gender: female presenting. Name: IOLA STOVER, ESSIE, & MONTEEN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Soprano Description: An African American servant. Gender: female presenting. Name: ANGELA Playing age: 18+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: The Franks' African American housemaid. Initially devoted to the family, Minnie becomes caught up in the investigation and is pressured into giving damaging testimony. Gender: female presenting. Name: MINNIE McKNIGHT Playing age: 20+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Contralto Description: The judge presiding over Leo Frank's trial. Deeply influenced by the prejudices and Confederate loyalties of his time and place, Roan oversees a courtroom increasingly affected by the intense public pressure surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting. Name: JUDGE ROAN Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Baritone/Bass Description: The older incarnation of the Young Confederate Soldier seen at the beginning of the story. His presence connects the romanticized memory of the Confederacy with the Atlanta of 1913. Gender: male presenting. Name: OLD CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: Mary Phagan's devoted, grieving mother who struggles as a widow to make ends meet. Gender: female presenting. Name: MRS. PHAGAN Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo Description: Wife of Governor John Slaton. Gender: female presenting. Name: SALLY SLATON Playing age: 25-30 Status: open

Eligibility · Sep 18, 2026
All performers must be 18+ to be cast in PARADE. No children will be cast in this production. Some roles may be doubled. → All performers must be 18+ to be cast in PARADE. No children will be cast in this production.

How to apply · Sep 18, 2026
Deadline text: September 15-29 Email: casting@musictheaterworks.org Instructions: Please submit via Google form. Please send all questions about casting to casting@musictheaterworks.org. Materials: ONE 32 bar cut of music in the style of the show. A cut from the show itself is welcome. Method: form Link: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6 → Deadline text: September 15-29 Email: casting@musictheaterworks.org Instructions: Submit general submission via Google form: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6. Send all questions about casting to casting@musictheaterworks.org. Materials: ONE 32 bar cut of music in the style of the show; a cut from the show itself is welcome Method: form Link: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6

Status · Sep 16, 2026
expired → active

Schedule · Sep 16, 2026
Description: In person callbacks will be held during the week of October 26th. Kind: callback Start: 2026-10-26 Description: First Rehearsal: Monday, January 25th Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-25 Description: Spacing: Wednesday, February 24th Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Tech Rehearsals: Wednesday, February 24th, through Sunday, February 28th End: 2027-02-28 Kind: tech Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Final Dress & PR: Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-02 Description: Preview with notes: Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-03 Description: Preview with notes: Thursday March 4th at 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-04 Description: Performance: Fri 03/05 at 7:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-05 Description: Performance: Sat 03/06 at 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-06 Description: Performance: Sun 03/08 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-08 Description: Performance: Wed 03/10 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-10 Description: Understudy Rehearsal: Post Matinee on Wed 03/10 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-03-10 Description: Performance: Fri 03/12 at 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-12 Description: Performance: Sat 03/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-13 Description: Performance: Sun 03/14 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-14 Description: Performance: Wed 03/17 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-17 Description: Performance: Fri 03/19 at 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-19 Description: Performance: Sat 03/20 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-20 Description: Performance: Sun 03/21 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-21 Description: Performance: Wed 03/24 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-24 Description: Performance: Fri 03/26 at 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-26 Description: Performance: Sat 03/27 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-27 Description: Performance: Sun 03/28 at 2:00pm Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-28 Description: Rehearsals are generally M-Th from 6:00-10:30 PM, Sat. 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, and Sun. 1:00-9:00 PM. Tech Schedule will start at 5:30 PM on weeknights and as early as 1:00 PM on Weekends. No absences are allowed during Tech. Kind: rehearsal → Description: First Rehearsal: Monday, January 25th End: 2027-01-25 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-01-25 Description: Spacing: Wednesday, February 24th End: 2027-02-24 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Tech Rehearsals: Wednesday, February 24th, through Sunday, February 28th End: 2027-02-28 Kind: tech Start: 2027-02-24 Description: Final Dress & PR: Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm End: 2027-03-02 Kind: tech Start: 2027-03-02 Description: Preview with notes: Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:00pm; and Thursday March 4th at 7:30pm End: 2027-03-04 Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-03 Description: Performance: Fri 03/05 at 7:00pm; Sat 03/06 at 7:30pm; Sun 03/08 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/10 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/12 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/13 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/14 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/17 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/19 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/20 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/21 at 2:00pm; Wed 03/24 at 2:00pm; Fri 03/26 at 7:30pm; Sat 03/27 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm; Sun 03/28 at 2:00pm End: 2027-03-28 Kind: performance Start: 2027-03-05 Description: Understudy Rehearsal: Post Matinee on Wed 03/10 End: 2027-03-10 Kind: rehearsal Start: 2027-03-10 Description: In person callbacks will be held during the week of October 26th. Kind: callback Start: 2026-10-26

Roles · Sep 16, 2026
Description: Superintendent of the National Pencil Factory and the story's tragic protagonist. A Northern Jewish man living in Atlanta, Leo is intelligent, anxious, tightly wound, and often pessimistic. He feels physically and emotionally out of place in the South and, at times, within his own marriage to Lucille. He is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. Name: LEO FRANK Playing age: 25-35 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Leo's wife. A Jewish woman born and raised in Georgia, Lucille is gentle and reserved but possesses a deep well of strength, resourcefulness, and resilience. As Leo's case unfolds, she finds the courage to become one of his fiercest advocates. Name: LUCILLE FRANK Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Mary Phagan's friend and young love interest. Charming, playful, flirtatious, and earnest, Frankie is deeply affected by Mary's death. Name: FRANKIE EPPS Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young Confederate soldier who appears in the opening moments of the story, embodying an idealized memory of the Old South. Later appears as the Old Confederate Soldier. Name: YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young factory worker at the National Pencil Factory whose murder sets the events of the story in motion. Youthful, spirited, playful, and capable of a bit of sass, Mary represents both a real girl whose life is tragically cut short and the idealized image around which Atlanta rallies. Name: MARY PHAGAN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Atlanta's ambitious District Attorney and the prosecutor in Leo Frank's case. A devout Christian with significant political aspirations, Dorsey is determined to secure a conviction and is willing to use the public mood surrounding the case to his advantage. Name: HUGH DORSEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Governor of Georgia. Charming, confident, and politically savvy. Slaton is highly aware of public opinion but ultimately struggles to reconcile political expediency with his own sense of justice and responsibility. Name: GOVERNOR JOHN SLATON Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: A hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck Atlanta newspaperman whose career is revived by the Leo Frank case. Cynical, opportunistic, and hungry for a story, Craig eagerly feeds—and feeds upon—the public frenzy surrounding the trial. Name: BRITT CRAIG Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A local Atlanta figure caught up in the investigation surrounding Mary Phagan's murder. Name: MR. PEAVY Playing age: 50+ Status: open Description: Leo Frank's defense attorney. A colorful and sometimes bumbling presence in the courtroom, Rosser is charged with defending Leo against an increasingly hostile prosecution and public. Name: LUTHER ROSSER Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An Atlanta police officer involved in the investigation of Mary Phagan's murder. Name: OFFICER IVEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An African American janitor at the National Pencil Factory who becomes the prosecution's key witness against Leo Frank. Charismatic, shrewd, and an instinctive showman, Conley knows how to command a room and manipulate an audience. He has a criminal history and plays a pivotal role in shaping the case against Leo. Name: JIM CONLEY Playing age: 20-30 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: The African American night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who discovers Mary Phagan's body. Physically imposing but gentle in nature, Lee quickly finds himself drawn into the investigation. Name: NEWT LEE Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: An African American servant. Name: RILEY Playing age: 20’s Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A powerful conservative politician and publisher who uses his platform to inflame public sentiment against Leo Frank and becomes a driving force behind the growing mob mentality surrounding the case. Name: TOM WATSON Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: An Atlanta police detective assigned to investigate Mary Phagan's murder. Name: DETECTIVE STARNES Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Description: Friends and contemporaries of Mary Phagan who testify against Leo Frank during the trial. Name: IOLA STOVER, ESSIE, & MONTEEN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Soprano Description: An African American servant. Name: ANGELA Playing age: 18+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: The Franks' African American housemaid. Initially devoted to the family, Minnie becomes caught up in the investigation and is pressured into giving damaging testimony. Name: MINNIE McKNIGHT Playing age: 20+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Contralto Description: The judge presiding over Leo Frank's trial. Deeply influenced by the prejudices and Confederate loyalties of his time and place, Roan oversees a courtroom increasingly affected by the intense public pressure surrounding the case. Name: JUDGE ROAN Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Baritone/Bass Description: The older incarnation of the Young Confederate Soldier seen at the beginning of the story. His presence connects the romanticized memory of the Confederacy with the Atlanta of 1913. Name: OLD CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: Mary Phagan's devoted, grieving mother who struggles as a widow to make ends meet. Name: MRS. PHAGAN Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo Description: Wife of Governor John Slaton. Name: SALLY SLATON Playing age: 25-30 Status: open → Description: Superintendent of the National Pencil Factory and the story’s tragic protagonist. A Northern Jewish man living in Atlanta, Leo is intelligent, anxious, tightly wound, and often pessimistic. He feels physically and emotionally out of place in the South and, at times, within his own marriage to Lucille. He is falsely accused of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan. Gender: male presenting Name: LEO FRANK Playing age: 25-35 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Leo’s wife. A Jewish woman born and raised in Georgia, Lucille is gentle and reserved but possesses a deep well of strength, resourcefulness, and resilience. As Leo’s case unfolds, she finds the courage to become one of his fiercest advocates. Gender: female presenting Name: LUCILLE FRANK Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Mary Phagan’s friend and young love interest. Charming, playful, flirtatious, and earnest, Frankie is deeply affected by Mary’s death. Gender: male presenting Name: FRANKIE EPPS Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young Confederate soldier who appears in the opening moments of the story, embodying an idealized memory of the Old South. Later appears as the Old Confederate Soldier. Gender: male presenting Name: YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A young factory worker at the National Pencil Factory whose murder sets the events of the story in motion. Youthful, spirited, playful, and capable of a bit of sass, Mary represents both a real girl whose life is tragically cut short and the idealized image around which Atlanta rallies. Gender: female presenting Name: MARY PHAGAN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: Atlanta’s ambitious District Attorney and the prosecutor in Leo Frank’s case. A devout Christian with significant political aspirations, Dorsey is determined to secure a conviction and is willing to use the public mood surrounding the case to his advantage. Gender: male presenting Name: HUGH DORSEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: Governor of Georgia. Charming, confident, and politically savvy. Slaton is highly aware of public opinion but ultimately struggles to reconcile political expediency with his own sense of justice and responsibility. Gender: male presenting Name: GOVERNOR JOHN SLATON Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Baritone Description: A hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck Atlanta newspaperman whose career is revived by the Leo Frank case. Cynical, opportunistic, and hungry for a story, Craig eagerly feeds—and feeds upon—the public frenzy surrounding the trial. Gender: male presenting Name: BRITT CRAIG Playing age: 35 to 45 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A local Atlanta figure caught up in the investigation surrounding Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: MR. PEAVY Playing age: 50+ Status: open Description: Leo Frank’s defense attorney. A colorful and sometimes bumbling presence in the courtroom, Rosser is charged with defending Leo against an increasingly hostile prosecution and public. Gender: male presenting Name: LUTHER ROSSER Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An Atlanta police officer involved in the investigation of Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: OFFICER IVEY Playing age: 35-55 Status: open Description: An African American janitor at the National Pencil Factory who becomes the prosecution’s key witness against Leo Frank. Charismatic, shrewd, and an instinctive showman, Conley knows how to command a room and manipulate an audience. He has a criminal history and plays a pivotal role in shaping the case against Leo. Gender: male presenting Name: JIM CONLEY Playing age: 20-30 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: The African American night watchman at the National Pencil Factory who discovers Mary Phagan’s body. Physically imposing but gentle in nature, Lee quickly finds himself drawn into the investigation. Gender: male presenting Name: NEWT LEE Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: An African American servant. Gender: male presenting Name: RILEY Playing age: 20’s Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: A powerful conservative politician and publisher who uses his platform to inflame public sentiment against Leo Frank and becomes a driving force behind the growing mob mentality surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting Name: TOM WATSON Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Vocal range: Tenor Description: An Atlanta police detective assigned to investigate Mary Phagan’s murder. Gender: male presenting Name: DETECTIVE STARNES Playing age: 40-60 Status: open Description: friends and contemporaries of Mary Phagan who testify against Leo Frank during the trial. Gender: female presenting Name: IOLA STOVER, ESSIE, & MONTEEN Playing age: 18-20 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Soprano Description: An African American servant. Gender: female presenting Name: ANGELA Playing age: 18+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano Description: The Franks’ African American housemaid. Initially devoted to the family, Minnie becomes caught up in the investigation and is pressured into giving damaging testimony. Gender: female presenting Name: MINNIE McKNIGHT Playing age: 20+ Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo/Contralto Description: The judge presiding over Leo Frank’s trial. Deeply influenced by the prejudices and Confederate loyalties of his time and place, Roan oversees a courtroom increasingly affected by the intense public pressure surrounding the case. Gender: male presenting Name: JUDGE ROAN Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Baritone/Bass Description: The older incarnation of the Young Confederate Soldier seen at the beginning of the story. His presence connects the romanticized memory of the Confederacy with the Atlanta of 1913. Gender: male presenting Name: OLD CONFEDERATE SOLDIER Playing age: 50+ Status: open Vocal range: Bass Description: Mary Phagan’s devoted, grieving mother who struggles as a widow to make ends meet. Gender: female presenting Name: MRS. PHAGAN Playing age: 25-30 Status: open Vocal range: Mezzo Description: Wife of Governor John Slaton. Gender: female presenting Name: SALLY SLATON Playing age: 25-30 Status: open

Eligibility · Sep 16, 2026
All performers must be 18+ to be cast in PARADE. No children will be cast in this production. → All performers must be 18+ to be cast in PARADE. No children will be cast in this production. Some roles may be doubled.

How to apply · Sep 16, 2026
Deadline text: September 15-29 Email: casting@musictheaterworks.org Instructions: Please submit via Google form: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6. Please send all questions about casting to casting@musictheaterworks.org. Materials: ONE 32 bar cut of music in the style of the show; a cut from the show itself is welcome Method: form Link: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6 → Deadline text: September 15-29 Email: casting@musictheaterworks.org Instructions: Please submit via Google form. Please send all questions about casting to casting@musictheaterworks.org. Materials: ONE 32 bar cut of music in the style of the show. A cut from the show itself is welcome. Method: form Link: https://forms.gle/Y99ZBemsbWgPGT7Y6