Event

The Diary of Anne Frank

Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by James Dunn
Production Manager Bob Wilson

January 15 February 7, 2016

In this transcendently powerful adaptation, Anne Frank emerges from history as a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, this play captures their fear, hope, laughter, and grief.

Kesselman, using the original stage play by Goodrich and Hackett as a foundation, has interwoven newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank plus survivor accounts to create a contemporary story of those persecuted by Nazi rule. A new adaptation for a new generation. Directed by James Dunn.

"Undeniably moving. It shatters the heart. The evening never lets us forget the inhuman darkness waiting to claim its incandescently human heroine." -New York Times

"One of the year's ten best." -Time Magazine