Parade, the musical.

This was a mask club production of the musical, Parade. Because it was a mask club, it was cut down to about forty minutes. There were several interesting things about this particular production. The first being that it had an absolutely huge cast for a mask club. This made things a bit difficult in rehearsals and in blocking. However, it turned out really well in the end. The director ended up having the chorus members on stage the entire time. They would freeze into a different picture at the beginning of each scene. These pictures were what was happening in the town during the scenes. This allowed the audience to get a bigger picture of what was happening. Not only did they have the information given them by the lines and the moving actors, but they were able to look around at the still pictures formed in each scene and see what the townspeople were thinking and feeling. Basically it gave different levels to the play. It told different stories and utilized every person in the cast.