KINGSTON, R.I. — March 30, 2005 — 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre鈥檚 production of The Diary of Anne Frank this spring commemorates the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of survivors from the Nazi concentration death camps where 6 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and political prisoners were exterminated.
The play will be performed in 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Robert E. Will Theatre on April 28 through April 30, May 4 through May 7 at 8 p.m., and May 1 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students, senior citizens and children.
The May 1st performance is dedicated to the memory of Thomas R. Pezzullo. All proceeds from that performance will go directly into a memorial scholarship fund, which benefits theatre students.
Out of the Holocaust ashes came many heroic stories of both Christians and Jews, but none more captivating than that written by a charming visionary鈥攁 sparkling Jewish girl named Anne Frank.
By the age of 13, Anne knew that she wanted to be a writer and she wrote of her experience with her family and four other Jews hiding from the Nazis for some two years in a claustrophobic 鈥渟ecret annex鈥� in Amsterdam. She wrote of daily life, her adolescent conflicts with her mother, her deep bond with her father and of her first love, Peter. In addition, Anne wrote of her future hopes, fears and aspirations.
鈥淲hen 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鈥檝e never met. I want to go on living even after my death鈥� Anne wrote. (The Diary of Anne Frank). And so she has.
Anne Frank: Diary of A Young Girl was first published in 1947. Since that time, it has been translated into more than 67 languages and has sold more than 31 million copies.
Its original dramatization, The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett was first produced on Broadway in 1955. Forty-two years later, Wendy Kesselman鈥檚 adaptation of the Goodrich-Hackett play included new material and was also produced to acclaim on Broadway. 溏心vlog免费B站 is presenting this version of the play.
溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre鈥檚 The Diary of Anne Frank is directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Bryna Wortman; scenic design by William Wieters; costume design by 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Alumna Elizabeth Gotaucco; lighting design by 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Alumna Darlene Viloria and sound design by Peter Nabut.
鈥淎s we attempt to fathom such events as The Holocaust, as well as more recent genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda and The Sudan, The Diary of Anne Frank continues to strike a chord among young and old alike with its extraordinary humanity,鈥� says Wortman.
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