This original new play presents Anne Frank’s story as acted out by a group of young adults who have had their own wartime experiences, surviving their own hardships by embracing Anne Frank’s idea of using their imaginations and “thinking themselves out” of their own situations.

Anne’s friends include those whose familes experienced ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, genocide in Rwanda, and the Armenian genocide. Each of them brings their own experience to Anne Frank’s story, celebrating her life and her spirit while informing her story with their own experience of children caught in the madness of war.

Designed for students in grades 5-8, this is a powerful but affirming depiction of the darkness that exists even in “civilized” societies, and the burning light of hope that refuses to go dim. Available for in-school performances starting in March, 2011.

	May 2, 2011 Round Lake Cultural Center $8.00 Shows at 10 am and 11:45