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Parade
Writer Alfred Uhry (Tony Award Winner for Parade)
Max Chernin (Leo Frank Understudy)
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Alfred Uhry is a graduate of Brown University. He is the only American playwright to have won a Pulitzer Prize (Driving Miss Daisy), an Academy Award (Driving Miss Daisy) and two Tony Awards (The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Parade). In 2014 he was inducted into both the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and the Theater Hall of Fame. He is the proud father of four daughters and the proud grandfather of six granddaughters and two grandsons. He lives in New York.
Max Chernin (Leo Frank Understudy) has been seen on Broadway in Bright Star and Sunday In The Park with George. His New York credits include Brooklynite (Vineyard) and Golden Apple (Encores!) Selected regional credits include Passing Through (Goodspeed), Daddy Long Legs (Theatre Raleigh), and Elf (Pioneer). His television credits include “Dickinson” and “Blacklist.” He attended the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.