Directed by Fred Collins

Performances
November 13-16, 2008

at the Goddard Center

 

In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history 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, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief.

 
 
Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death." This is a new adaptation for a new generation.

 

Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service

 

Special Thanks: Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation, The Daily Ardmoreite, First National Bank, Emmanuel Baptist Church St. Mary's Catholic Church, American National Bank, Murray State College Gunsmith School, Mary Lee Collins, Morgane Trois, Antiques, Etc...., Ronald E. Worthen, P.C., Chuck Watterson, University of Central Missouri, Michelin of North America for underwriting program cost