Chutzpah! Festival: The Diary of Anne Frank LatinX

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Author credit: The Diary of Anne Frank
Co Presented with Howard Blank of Point Blank Productions
Directed by Stan Zimmerman
Canadian Premiere

“Zimmerman’s production looks at the familiar story with fresh eyes, and is both moving and thought-provoking.” - Kathy Flynn, Discover Hollywood

“The Diary of Anne Frank LatinX isn’t merely a historical play somewhere in the distant past but a prescient point of view and a reminder that we as a culture could do better at finding a better way forward. A story for today.” - Tracey Paleo, Gia on the Move

Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager hidden away, while Nazis hunt down Jews during World War II. One American Jewish director, Stan Zimmerman, is adding a modern-day twist to the story.

Director Stan Zimmerman says: “When I learned there are over a dozen Safe Houses in the LA area hiding LatinX families from ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], it got me wondering — How do these families survive with so little money and needing to remain in the shadows? How do they not lose hope? What are their lives like on a day-to-day basis? What are the parallels to Anne’s story? And that got me thinking – What if I cast LatinX actors and start with the actors as themselves reading the script of the Diary of Anne Frank out loud, hearing Anne’s profound words and then actually step into the shoes of the people in her diary and play the characters in the play.”

Aris Alvarado (“Gilmore Girls”), Emiliano Torres (“Bosch”), Tasha Dixon (Miss Arizona USA), Raquenel (“My Life Is a Telenovela”), Roberto J. Cancel (“Are We There Yet?”), Grace Campos (“Momsters”), David Gurrola (“S.W.A.T.”), Rebecca Asquino (“The Garden”), Alan Loayza (“Gilmore Girls”) and introducing Genesis Ochoa as Anne.
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