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FLAGSTAFF — The Flagstaff High School Advanced Acting Class will present the Diary of Anne Frank with an educational walk-though showcase prior to the show with guidance from NAU faculty, the theatrical presentation of The Diary of Anne Frank by the FHS Advanced Acting class, and a talk-back after the show by the production team and the actors. The event will take place on February 6 at 7:30 p.m., February 7 at 7:30 p.m., and February 8 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to allow for the educational walk through.
The evening’s events will be held in the Cromer Family Auditorium (FHS Main Auditorium) with the production presented in Black Box Theater style. The audience will be seated onstage with the set and actors. Only 50 tickets will be sold each evening for the showings to recreate the intimate setting of the annex for both the audience and actors alike.
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous and haunting stories to emerge from the 20th Century. The memoirs of this young Jewish girl, forced to hide for nearly two years to escape Nazi persecution, are an essential part of how we remember one of the darkest periods of our human history. Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of the original, Pulitzer Prize award-winning script by Goodrich and Hackett draws from previously unpublished parts of Anne Frank’s real-life diary, allowing the audience to experience Anne in a way that breathes life into this passionate, complex young woman, allowing us to share her relatable experience of adolescence as a familiarly modern teenager. For nearly two years, Anne, her father, mother, and sister, joined with the Van Daan family, to hide in a secret annex space above her father’s former office in Amsterdam, as the Nazis deported the Jews of Holland to their deaths. In her secret attic, Anne comes of age: she laughs, plays, fights with her mother, and falls in love for the first time. In spite of her oppressive circumstances and the horrors that surround her, Anne’s spirit transcends, as she voices her belief, “in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” Anne’s dynamism, her luminous spirit, and her story of resilience continue to resonate deeply, making her story as vital today as when her diary first was published.Tickets are $15 per person and are available online now or through the FHS bookstore on January 6, 2020.