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Full Casting Announced for the National Tour of the 2023 Tony Award-Winning PARADE

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL PARADE

2023 TONY AWARD® WINNER FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

& GRAMMY AWARD® NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

Book by two-time Tony Award® winner, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Academy Award® winner Alfred Uhry

Music & Lyrics by three-time Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown Co-Conceived by 21-Time Tony Award®-winning legend Harold Prince Directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Arden

New York, NY (December 5, 2024) – The producers of the acclaimed Broadway revival of Parade, winner of the 2023 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical, are proud to announce casting for the National Tour of Parade. This timely and highly anticipated tour will feature seven members of the Broadway revival company.

Joining previously announced Max Chernin (Broadway Revival of Parade) and Talia Suskauer who will play Leo and Lucille Frank will be Griffin Binnicker, Evan Harrington, Ramone Nelson, Jack Roden, Andrew Samonsky, Chris Shyer, Michael Tacconi, Alison Ewing, Olivia Goosman, Jenny Hickman, Oluchi Nwaokorie, Robert Knight, Prentiss E. Mouton (Broadway Revival of Parade), Danielle Lee Greaves (Broadway Revival of Parade), Ben Cherington, Emily Rose DeMartino (Broadway Revival ofParade), Bailee Endebrock (Broadway Revival of Parade), Caroline Fairweather (Broadway Revival of Parade), Trevor James, Sophia Manicone (Broadway Revival of Parade), Trista Moldovan, Ethan Riordan, Brian Vaughn and Jason Simon. William Bishop, Jerquintez A. Gipson, Brianna Javis, Benjamin Magnuson, Jodi Snyder, Eden Witvoet and Jake Ziman will be the swings.

As previously announced, the production will run technical rehearsals and have its first public performances at Proctors in Schenectady from January 11-17, 2025, followed by its official tour premiere at Hennepin Art’s historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis from January 21-26, 2025.

The 32-week National TourNational Tourof Parade will then play Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City (January 21 – February 2, 2025), Playhouse Square in Cleveland (February 4-23, 2025), Fisher Theatre in Detroit (February 25 – March 9, 2025), the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston (March 11-23, 2025), the Belk Theater in Charlotte (March 25-30, 2025), the Fox Theatre in Atlanta (April 1-6, 2025), The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle (April 16 – May 4, 2025), Safe Credit Union Performing Arts Center in Sacramento (May 6-11, 2025), the Curran Theatre in San Francisco (May 13 – June 8, 2025), The Smith Center in Las Vegas (June 10-15), the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles (June 17 – July 12,2025), The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston (July 15-20, 2025), Des Moines Civic Center in Des Moines (July 29 – August 3, 2025), CIBC Theatre in Chicago (August 5 – 17, 2025) and The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (August 19 – September 7, 2025).

Parade is directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Arden, with book by two-time Tony Award® winner, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Academy Award® winner Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by three-time Tony Award® winner Jason Robert Brown, and co-conceived by 21-time Tony Award®-winning legend Harold Prince.

The production has received overwhelming acclaim since its debut. The New York Times said, “this revival, filled with deft flourishes by director Michael Arden, recalls an era of big casts, big stories, and big talent – a time when musicals actually felt like events.” Entertainment Weekly called Parade “the most gorgeous production on Broadway.” Deadline proclaimed that Parade is “a work of art! As commanding as any musical revival to hit Broadway in years.” Time Out New York stated that “Parade will echo for a long time to come. See it before the parade passes by.”

Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.

Parade played its final performance of its strictly limited Broadway engagement on Sunday, August 6, 2023. This production first premiered at New York City Center where it was instantly sold out, playing November 1-6, 2022.

The Parade (2023 Broadway Cast Recording), rade (2023 Broadway Cast Recording)which was nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, is available on all digital platforms.

The creative team for Parade includes Lauren Yalango-Grant & Christopher Cree Grant (choreography), Tony Award® nominee Dane Laffrey (scenic design), Tony Award® winner Susan Hilferty and Mark Koss (co-costume design), Tony Award® nominee Heather Gilbert (lighting design), Drama Desk Award nominee Jon Weston (sound design), Tony Award® nominee Sven Ortel (projection design) and Tom Watson (hair and wig design). Justin Scribner is the Production Supervisor, Veronica Aglow is theProduction Stage Manager, Tom Murray is the Music Supervisor, Charlie Alterman is the Music Director, Kimberlee Wertz is the Music Coordinator, Telsey + Co/Craig Burns, CSA is the Casting Director, Stacy Myers is the Company Manager and ShowTown Theatricals/Samuel Dallas is the General Manager.Parade was originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince.

The National Tour of Parade is produced by Seaview, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Erica Lynn Schwartz, Roth-Manella Productions, Oren Michels, Nelson & Tao, Eric & Marsi Gardiner,

Chutzpah Productions, Robin Merrie, Julie Cohen, Marcia Goldberg, John Gore Organization, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Runyonland Sussman, ShowTown Productions, Cynthia Stroum, Rachel Styne, Tom Tuft, David Lynch, Benjamin Simpson, Nathan Vernon, Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Bee Carrozzini and New York City Center.

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BIOGRAPHIES:

MAX CHERNIN (Leo Frank) reunites with the Parade family after the show’s award-winning runs on Broadway and New York City Center. Broadway: Parade, Sunday in the Park with George, Bright Star. New York: Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre), Bernstein’s Mass (Lincoln Center), and The Golden Apple (NYCC). Regional: Passing Through (Goodspeed), Fiddler on the Roof (MUNY), Elf (PTC & NCT), Daddy Long Legs (Theatre Raleigh). TV/Film: “The Blacklist” (NBC), “The Family” (ABC), “Mozart in the Jungle” (Amazon), and The Week Of. BFA: CCM. For the Chernins and Kaplans that came before me. @maxcherns

TALIA SUSKAUER (Lucille Frank). Elphaba in Wicked (Broadway/National Tour), Be More Chill (Broadway/Signature Theater). Select regional credits: Little Shop of Horrors (Ogunquit), Sunday in the Park with George (Axelrod), Gypsy (Goodspeed). Film/TV: “FBI: Most Wanted,” 31 Candles (Feature Film). Talia has performed at Carnegie Hall and performs solo shows around the country. BFA from Penn State University. Endless gratitude to my family, friends, HCKR, Sherry Kayne, Michael, Jason, and Craig. Proudly Jewish. @taliasuskauer

GRIFFIN BINNICKER (Tom Watson) is thrilled and humbled to make his National Tour debut with Parade. Credits: Chess (Gretna Theatre), Camelot (Gulfshore Playhouse), Disaster! (CRT). Gratitude is abounding for his family (chosen and blood), Spencer, the whole of DGRW, and all of team Parade! University of Michigan ’19 BFA MT. Insta: Griffinbink. For Sam, always.

EVAN HARRINGTON (Old Soldier/Judge Roan). Broadway: Chicago, Once, A Christmas Carol, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Phantom of the Opera, and Avenue Q. National Tours: Into the Woods, Once (1st National Tour), Camelot, The Music Man. Regional/NYC: ENCORES! Titanic, Roundabout’s The Robber Bridegroom, Sweeney Todd, Assassins. TV: “30 Rock,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Evil.” IG: @EKHarrington24 www.evanharrington.com

RAMONE NELSON (Jim Conley) is honored to be able to tell this story across the country, with this company. Atlanta, GA Native! Credits include MJ: The Musical (OBC, First National Tour), Ragtime, Jelly’s Last Jam (NY City Center). BFA from FSU. Many thanks to God, Hybrid, his friends and family (2 Corinthians 5:7). @Ramone_Nelson

JACK RODEN (Frankie Epps) is thrilled to be making his Broadway National Tour and professional debut! Jack is set to graduate from Molloy University/Cap21 Conservatory and would like to thank his family, this outstanding cast and crew, the creative team, the Telsey office, and his friends at Nicolosi & Co. for this opportunity. @jackroden_

ANDREW SAMONSKY (Hugh Dorsey). Broadway: Lempicka (Tadeusz), South Pacific (Lt. Cable, PBS Broadcast), Mystery of Edwin Drood, Scandalous. NYC: Queen of the Mist (Drama Desk nom), Austen’s Pride (Darcy, Carnegie Hall). National Tours: Come From Away, The Bridges of Madison County (Robert), Disney’s on the Record. Hunchback of Notre Dame (Phoebus, Cast Recording). @asamonsky

CHRIS SHYER (Governor Slaton). Theatre: Mamma Mia, Curvy Widow, Going Down Swingin’, Kris Kringle, The Good Life, Lend Me a Tenor, The Book of Mormon (2nd National Tour). Canada: Assassins, Night of the Iguana, El Salvador (Jesse Richardson Nominee), Les Misérables. Recent Television/Film: “The Night Agent,” Three Wiser Men and a Boy, “Bookie,” From Embers.

MICHAEL TACCONI (Britt Craig). Broadway: West Side Story, The Cher Show. Off-Broadway: Bare: the musical. Regional: Signature Theatre, Nederlander Theatre, Barrington Stage, Kansas City Rep, and Ogunquit. Favorite TV/Film: Heart of Champions, “Sacrifice,” “The Winchesters,” “Indoor Boys.” Thanks to all the Tacconis and Lehmans, Nicolosi, and everybody at Telsey casting. For Melissa, always. @tacconz

ALISON EWING (Sally Slaton). Broadway credits: Mamma Mia! (Tanya), Cabaret. National Tours: Clue, Anastasia, An American in Paris, Cabaret and Flashdance. Regional: A Chorus Line (SF Playhouse), Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse), Hand to God (SJ Stage), Emma (TheatreWorks). Alison is an audiobooks narrator on Audible. Love to Keith. www.AlisonEwing.com

OLIVIA GOOSMAN (Mary Phagan) is honored and overjoyed to be making her Broadway National Tour debut! A Michigan native, and an Interlochen grad, currently attending The Boston Conservatory. Olivia is beyond grateful to Carson-Adler, her friends, and her family for their endless support. @olivia.goosman

JENNY HICKMAN (Mrs. Phagan) is honored to be here. National Tour: Hello, Dolly! (Ensemble, u/s Irene, Ernestina). Regional: The Thanksgiving Play (Virginia Stage Company), Mary Poppins (West Virginia Public Theater), The Witches of Eastwick (Ogunquit Playhouse). TV: “Law & Order: SVU.” BFA: Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

OLUCHI NWAOKORIE (Angela) will obtain her BFA in Musical Theatre and minor in Musical Theatre Composition at the University of Michigan May of 2025. She is originally from Jackson, Mississippi and she is so grateful to be a part of telling this story! @Oluchinwaokorie

ROBERT KNIGHT (Newt Lee). Select Regional: The Baker in Into the Woods (Guthrie Theatre), Louis the Baker in Sunday in the Park with George (Pasadena Playhouse), Jim in Big River (Hale Centre). TV: Cody’s Dad on “Cocomelon.” HCKR Agency. Grateful for his wife, daughter, and son. #livelikeLance&Juanito. @_robknight_

PRENTISS E. MOUTON (Riley). Broadway: Parade Revival 2023. Regional: Songs for a New World, Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) at Summer Lyric at Tulane; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Paper Mill Playhouse. Bloc NYC Talent. Memphis, TN native. Vocal studies at Louisiana State University. 2010 Jimmy’s Alumnus. Instagram: @prentissemouton

DANIELLE LEE GREAVES (Minnie McKnight) has performed in many shows on and off Broadway, on national tours, and abroad. She also has many television and film credits. She is honored to reprise the role of Minnie and to bring this important story to audiences across the country. @msdanielleleegreaves

BEN CHERINGTON (Officer Ivey & others) last appeared on the North American tour of Les Misérables. Recent credits include Pittsburgh CLO, ACT of Connecticut, and Clinton Showboat Theatre. Endless gratitude for all the places and people Ben calls home. BFA Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

EMILY ROSE DeMARTINO (Essie & others) is excited to join the tour and Parade family again. Emily made her Broadway debut in Parade. All her love and gratitude to the Parade team, her family, Louis and her school IAMT. Insta: emdemartino

BAILEE ENDEBROCK, she/her (Monteen & others) is honored to be back with her Parade family! Broadway: Parade. Regional: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Goodman Theatre), Rock of Ages (Engeman Theatre). Film/TV: Miranda’s Victim, “Evil.” BFA CCM MT. Love and thanks to mom, dad, and Andrew. @bailee_endebrock

CAROLINE FAIRWEATHER, she/her (Nurse & others) is from Western MA. Credits: Parade (B’way, NYCC), The 2024 Met Gala, Shake & Co., WTF, Ghostlit Rep, BSC. Assistant Dir. on Maybe Happy Ending (B’way), and The Queen of Versailles. Training at Williams College, SCOT, LAMDA. @carolineefairweather

TREVOR JAMES (Young Soldier & others). International Tour: Tony in West Side Story (Tokyo). Pre- Broadway: The Karate Kid (Stages St. Louis). Select Regional: Pasadena Playhouse, Guthrie Theatre, PTC, North Shore, La Mirada. TV: “Prodigal Son” (FOX), “WeCrashed” (AppleTV+). Film: Et Tu (coming soon). HCKR Agency. @trevorberger13

SOPHIA MANICONE (Iola Stover) is grateful to share this important story. Broadway: Parade. Other credits: Parade (NYCC), Watcher in the Woods, Ruthless, Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Sister Act, Newsies, Freaky Friday. Thanks to the Parade team. Love to family & friends. Pace MT! SophiaManicone.com. IG: @sophia_manicone

TRISTA MOLDOVAN (Nina Formby & others). Broadway/National Tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine), Bridges of Madison County directed by Bartlett Sher (u/s Francesca), Cameron MacIntosh’s Spectacular New Phantom (Carlotta), White Christmas (Betty Haynes). Baldwin-Wallace University alum. Love her parents, and to her husband, Stephen.

ETHAN RIORDAN (Mr. Turner & others) is thrilled to make his national tour debut. Regional theater: Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick…Boom (PCLO) and Laurie in Little Women (Connecticut Stage Company). Outside of acting, Ethan composes for theater and film. Thanks to John Mara, CESD, and Tesley! B.A. Yale University.

BRIAN VAUGHN (Luther Rosser/Mr. Peavy). National Tour: Beetlejuice. Regional: Denver Center, South Coast Repertory, Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight, Arizona Theatre, PCPA, Resident company and 100+ productions at Milwaukee Repertory and Utah Shakespeare. Notable: Hamlet, Iago, Mozart, Cyrano, Harold Hill, Javert. Thanks @HudsonArtistsAgency. Love to A, S, E, B. IG: @brianvaughn11

JASON SIMON (Det. Starnes & others) has performed in 4 operas at the Met, 8 national tours, over 100 regional productions, done TV, film, animation, co-founded a theatre company, and is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. Love & thanks to my beautiful wife, Tara! www.jasonesimon.com

WILLIAM BISHOP (Swing). National Tour: Anastasia, Jersey Boys (NCL). Favorite regional: Jersey Boys, Frozen (Tuacahn), Sunset Boulevard (ACT of CT). Featured soloist at Lincoln Center, backup singer for Zac Brown Band. Love to his parents, agents at EA, and Victoria. @Williamabishop

JERQUINTEZ A. GIPSON (Swing). A Native Memphian. Theatre credits: International Tour: Annie (Rooster). National Tours: Annie (Lt. Ward/Ensemble), Elf the Musical (Store Manager). Regional: Sister Act (Eddie), The Color Purple (Preacher/Adam), Kinky Boots (Lola), and more. Thank you to Carla andTerriney for everything. Ig: @Jxlonzo

BRIANNA JAVIS (Swing) is blessed to be touring with Parade! Credits include: The Preacher’s Wife (Ensemble, Swing), Dreamgirls (Effie, alt), The Magic TreeHouse (Morgan LeFaye), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Disaster! (LeVora Verona), Grease (Jan), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ), Pippin (The Leading Player), and Hairspray (Dynamite). Instagram: @brijavis

BENJAMIN MAGNUSON (Swing). What is past is prologue: the American prison system is still populated by an unknown number of wrongfully convicted innocent inmates. Eyewitness misidentification contributes to an overwhelming majority of prisoner exonerations. Take action at InnocenceProject.org. Justice Delayed Is Democracy Denied.

JODI SNYDER (Swing) is ecstatic to be touring with Parade! Jodi has been seen in various regional and Off-Broadway productions, including Joel Grey’s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. BFA: Syracuse University. Big thanks to her entire mishpacha and to UIA! @jodez18

EDEN WITVOET (Swing). National tour debut! Regional: Into the Woods (Link Theatre), To Sir, with Love (Reading, Ogunquit Playhouse), R&H Cinderella (Zach Theatre). Proud TXST MT alum! “Special thanks to DGRW! Love to Mom, Dad, and my entire village of support!” @edenwitvoet

JAKE ZIMAN (Swing) is making his national tour debut with Parade! Chicago Credits: Paramount Theatre, Copley Theatre, Mercury Theater, Chicago Children’s Theater, and more. Film: Albany Road. Millikin University graduate. Thanks to the folks at Stewart Talent! @jake_ziman

ALFRED UHRY (Book) has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and 3 Tony awards. He has been inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame and the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. He is the proud father of 4 daughters, and proud grandfather of 6 granddaughters, and 2 grandsons. He lives in New York.

JASON ROBERT BROWN (Music & Lyrics) won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his work on Parade. His Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals include The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five Years, 13, The Connector, Songs for a New World, Honeymoon in Vegas and Mr. Saturday Night. Jason’s newest musical, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, will premiere on Broadway in 2025, along with the first Broadway production of The Last Five Years. Jason’s recordings as a solo artist include Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes, How We React and How We Recover, Coming from Inside the House and most recently, Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim: Live in Concert. Jason is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802.

MICHAEL ARDEN (Director). Broadway: Maybe Happy Ending currently at the Belasco Theater, Parade (Tony Award), Once on This Island (Tony Nom), Deaf West’s Spring Awakening (Tony Nom), and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol starring Jefferson Mays. Other work includes American Dream Study and ALIEN/NATION with The Forest of Arden and Ben Platt: Live at the Palace. Upcoming projects include The Queen of Versailles, High Noon, and The Lost Boys. Training: The Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School. @michaelarden

HAROLD PRINCE (Co-Conceived By). Harold Prince’s career spanned over six decades in which he produced and/or directed over 60 musicals, plays and operas including West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, Cabaret, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Merrily We Roll Along, The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Parade and revivals of Candide and Show Boat. He was the recipient of 21 Tony Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor and the National Medal of the Arts from President Clinton for a career in which he “changed the nature of the American musical.”