Gig Harbor High School Drama
Department presents
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Showtimes are Nov. 15&16 @7pm, 17@3pm, 21-23@ 7pm
A gripping new adaptation for a new generation, by Wendy Kesselman, from the original
stage play by Goodrich and Hackett. 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.
Each day of those 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!"
Sunday matinee will also
feature a post-speaker speaker, Frieda Soury, who was deported to
Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in her native country of Czechoslovakia.
Frieda was designated a “mischling,” meaning half-Jewish: Frieda was assigned
to a room with more than 20 other girls. She remembers...