Sat May 30 - 7:00pm-7:30pm The St. Mark's Players will be presenting songs from their most recent production "Parade" by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (“Driving Miss Daisy”) and Jason Robert Brown, one of Broadway’s most promising young composers (“Songs For A New World”). The story of "Parade" is based on the actual trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Atlanta during the early 20th century. Frank was accused of raping and murdering a 13-year old factory girl, Mary Phagan, on Confederate Memorial Day in 1913. The trial became a national sensation; Frank was convicted, but new evidence later came to light that pointed to his innocence. In 1915, Governor John Slaton commuted his sentence, leading to huge public outrage. A group calling themselves the "Knights of Mary Phagan" formed with the goal of kidnapping Frank from prison and lynching him. On August 17th, 1915, they executed their kidnap plot and ultimately lynched Leo Frank. | ||||||||||||||||
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