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Peppermint cast list9/2/2023 To purchase tickets, visit Follow “PCTC” on Twitter: or on Facebook. This production of Parade is being directed by PCTC’s Guest Director, Jane Falion, and stars a cast of 24 local performers from the Greater Lansing area. Tickets can be ordered online at and are $18 general admission, and $15 for students/seniors 65+. Show times are Thursday – Saturday at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. The show will run Thursday, November 6 – Sunday, November 9, and Thursday, November 13 – Sunday, November 16, 2014. The production will take place at Peppermint Creek’s performance venue, the Miller Performing Arts Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing MI 48911. And our cast and crew are top-notch, truly bringing this amazing show to life in the most amazing way”. And I am always drawn to stories that are based in history. It’s everything a magnificent production should be: powerful, ironic, truthful, packed with gorgeous music, and asks important questions. Peppermint Creek Guest Director, Jane Falion, had this to say about the show, “This musical has been on my “bucket list” to direct since I first saw it on Broadway in 1999. His music was applauded as having "subtle and appealing melodies that draw on a variety of influences, from pop-rock to folk to rhythm and blues and gospel." The plot of the musical dramatizes the historical story and does not shy away from dark or controversial topics. The show was Jason Robert Brown's first Broadway production. The play was nominated for thirteen Drama Desk Awards, and nine nominations for the 1999 Tony Awards. The Broadway premiere of Parade took place in 1998 and ran for over 100 performances. Daring, innovative and bold, Parade is filled with soaring music and a heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that should not be forgotten. Director: Pierre Morel Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. With a book by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and a rousing, colorful and haunting score by Jason Robert Brown (Songs For A New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges Of Madison County), Parade is a moving examination of the darkest corners of America's history. Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring TONY Award-winning Parade explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. Lansing, MI – Peppermint Creek Theatre Company, with license from Music Theatre International, is proud to announce the two week run of the musical Parade. Peppermint Creek Theatre produces Tony award winning musical
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