PROVINCETOWN TW THEATER FESTIVAL
World Premiere
produced by Shakespeare on the Cape
2006, 2015
This play changed my life. I feel privileged to have opened the first Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in 2006 with this bittersweet, openly gay, autobiographical play that traces Williams' first love and heartbreak on the Provincetown dunes in 1940.
The revival of The Parade in 2015 was also a significant moment for both me and the Tennessee Williams Festival. Not only did it mark a decade of Festival growth -- from a crazy idea into an international event -- but the production was brought outside, to a quiet beach with the dunescape and lighthouse visible in the distance. Nowhere else could this meta-theatrical moment have happened other than Provincetown, where the play takes place.
The remarkable Ben Berry, who originated the role, reprised his heartaching performance with an accomplished cast including the magnetic Ruby Wolf. This play changed my understanding of Tennessee Williams forever.
2006 TEAM
Costumes | Clare Brauch
Lighting | Megan Tracy Leddy
Sound | Katharine Horowitz
Production | Tessa K. Bry, Raphael Richter
Direction | Jef Hall-Flavin, Eric Powell Holm
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2006 CAST
Don | Ben (Griessmeyer) Berry
Dick | Elliot Eustis
Miriam | Vanessa Wasche
Wanda | Megan Bartle
Postman | David Landon
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2015 TEAM
Scenery | Christopher Heilman
Costumes | Carol Sherry
Sound | Katharine Horowitz
Production | Tessa Bry Taylor, Jake Ford
Direction | Jef Hall-Flavin
Producer | Peregrine Theatre Ensemble
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2015 CAST
Don | Ben Berry
Dick | Nash Hightower
Miriam | Ruby Wolf
Wanda | Bronwyn Whittle
Postman | Ian Leahy
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