Release date: May 26, 2000
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Assistant Director, 404-727-0644, or dhammac@emory.edu

Emory Hosts Reception Celebrating Atlanta Premiere Of Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-Winning Play, "Parade"

WHO: Alfred Uhry, author of the award-winning plays "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" and "Parade"

WHAT: Cocktail reception celebrating the Atlanta premiere of "Parade," with remarks by Uhry

WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 8

WHERE: Michael C. Carlos Museum reception hall, 571 Kilgo Circle, Emory (on the quadrangle).

COST: Free, but please R.S.V.P. to 404-727-2245.

Emory University will host a cocktail reception celebrating the Atlanta premiere of "Parade" and honoring the contributions of playwright Alfred Uhry to Emory and the greater arts community. Uhry, a native of Atlanta, is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and several Tony Awards for his playwriting. This will be Uhry's first public appearance related to the Atlanta opening of "Parade," a musical about the lynching of Leo Frank. Uhry will speak briefly about how and why he came to write about the tragic chapter in Atlanta's history.

Last fall Uhry donated his personal papers to special collections in Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library, and one item in the collection is the three-ring binder containing the playwright's draft of "Driving Miss Daisy," his Pulitzer Prize-winning play and major motion picture based on his grandmother, who lived in Emory's Druid Hills neighborhood.

For more information or to R.S.V.P., call 404-727-2245.

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