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Staged in CPH’s intimate Outcalt Theatre, this must-see adaptation brings us into the secret annex where 13-year-old Anne and seven other Jews evade Nazi deportation. For over two years, all that will stand between them and the concentration camps is their trust in one another and the bravery of those harboring them. Anne’s compelling words come alive and urge us to stand up for one another in the face of intolerance, fear, and hate.
Annie Fox (Anne Frank). Photo by Roger Mastroianni.
(Edith Frank) is pleased to be back in Cleveland! Lise previously appeared at CPH as Madge in Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot, she then returned to Cleveland in The Winter’s Tale and Imaginary Invalid at Great Lakes Theater. On Broadway, she just appeared in The Cherry Orchard with Diane more
(First Man) Paul Bugallo was born in Miami but raised in Seattle where he discovered his passion for the performing arts. He attended Central Washington University where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatrical Performance. Paul has performed in many of Seattle's professional spaces, including the more
(Margot Frank) Sarah Cuneo is a born-and-raised Jersey girl who fell in love with theater at an early age – one of her earliest memories is seeing the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and getting upset when she wasn’t allowed to get up on stage to dance with the Rockettes. more
(Anne Frank) a recent graduate of NYU Grad Acting, where credits include: The Winters Tale (Clown), Buried Child (Halie), and The Cherry Orchard (Anya). Other credits include Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Theatreworks Silicon Valley, and The Kitchen. more
(Miep Gies) previously appeared at Cleveland Play House in the world premiere of These Mortal Hosts and the reading of Little Row Boat or, Conjecture. She toured nationally with Annie and internationally in the world premiere of Best Intentions in London, England and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Regionally, more
(Third Man) is a proud graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program and considers Cleveland his second home. At CPH, he's been lucky enough to be in the world premiere of Tiny Houses, Shakespeare in Love, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Good more
(Peter van Daan) is excited to be making his Cleveland Play House debut. Recently, he was seen Off-Broadway in Dead Poets Society, directed by John Doyle. Other regional credits include Wondrous Strange (part of the Humana Festival) and A Christmas Carol at Actors Theatre of Louisville. more
(Understudy: Anne Frank, Miep Gies) Megan Medley is so grateful to this class for all that they have shared together in this program and is ready to hit the Big Apple and start the next adventure. Most recently, she tore it up with her classmates as Lady M in more
(Second Man) Randy Merrill hails originally from Tampa, Florida but was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Most recent credits include the regional premier of Really, Really (Jimmy); Macbeth (Macduff), directed by Taibi Magar; Clybourne Park (Jim/Tom); and She Stoops to Conquer (Charles Marlow). He has also recently appeared in La more
(Mrs. van Daan) is a native New Yorker who has called Cleveland home for the last 21 years. She has appeared on television, Off-Broadway, toured nationally, and worked regionally. She’s appeared at Cleveland Play House as Mrs. van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, and as Miss Shields more
(Otto Frank) is grateful to collaborate with Cleveland Play House again having last portrayed Otto in The Diary of Anne Frank. He has recently performed in regional productions of Arsenic and Old Lace, Talley’s Folly, and Private Lives. Rick made his Broadway debut in Disney’s The Lion King and more
(Mr. Dussel) has appeared in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including Kiss Me Kate (Tony nomination); The Iceman Cometh (The Goodman Theatre, BAM); The Odd Couple, She Loves Me, Sweet Charity (directed by Bob Fosse), and The Present Tense (Obie Award). He originated the roles of Seymour more
(Mr. van Daan) CPH debut. Broadway: An American in Paris (M. Baurel), La Cage Aux Folles (Dindon), Ragtime (Tatah), The Phantom of the Opera (Firmin), Chicago (Amos), Fiddler on the Roof (Mordcha), Miss Saigon, My Favorite Year, as well as 3 companies of Les Miserables (Thenardier/Javert). Favorite more
(Mr. Kraler) makes his Cleveland Play House debut with The Diary of Anne Frank. Regional credits include The Beauty Queen of Leenane (none too fragile theater), Eddie! (Theatre in the Circle), Three Sisters (Mamai Theatre Company), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and Machinal (Kansas City Repertory more
(Authors) The husband-and-wife team of Albert Maurice Hackett (born in New York City on February 16, 1900) and Frances Goodrich (born in Belleville, New Jersey on December 21, 1890) began their joint career as Broadway playwrights in the 1920s. The success of their comedy Up Pops the Devil brought more
(Lighting Designer) Cleveland: How I Learned to Drive, The Crucible (Cleveland Play House); The Mousetrap, Arsenic and Old Lace (Great Lakes Theater). Broadway: The Constant Wife (Roundabout Theatre Company and American Airlines Theatre). Recent NYC: The Liar (CSC); Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Forever (NYTW); The New York Idea (Atlantic more
(Voice, Speech and Text Coach) is the head of Voice and Speech for Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company's Master of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing and has coached voice, dialects, and text extensively in theatre, film, and television. Theatres where he has coached include: The Public Theater, Shakespeare more
(Director) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world premieres of Tiny Houses, The more
(Adapter) Besides her Tony-nominated adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, Wendy Kesselman’s plays include The Executioner’s Daughter; The Notebook; The Foggy Foggy Dew; The Last Bridge; I Love You, I Love You Not; Maggie Magalita; Merry-Go-Round; The Shell Collection; My Sister in This House, A Re-imagined Version (Deaf more
(Costume Designer) returns for his 23rd production at Cleveland Play House, having recently designed costumes for The Diary of Anne Frank; All the Way; A Christmas Story; Bell, Book and Candle; and In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. He has designed more than 400 productions at regional more
(Fight Director) recent fight direction includes Disgraced for the Pittsburgh Public Theatre and The Night Alive for The City Theatre. Along with other productions for The City Theatre, she has served as Fight Director at The Pittsburgh Opera, and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre. An Associate Teaching Professor more
(Scenic Designer) designed Into the Breeches!, Sweat, The Diary of Anne Frank, All the Way, A Christmas Story, The Whipping Man, The Glass Menagerie, Emma, and Bill W. and Dr. Bob for Cleveland Play House. Other credits include Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Misérables, West Side more
(Stage Manager) is a Cleveland native who also proudly Stage Manages. Recent mainstage works include Every Brilliant Thing, Pipeline, CPH’s Borderlight reading of Our Dad is in Atlantis, Native Gardens, An Iliad, The Royale, The Diary of Anne Frank, ASM’ed The Good Peaches, hand-over SM’ed A Christmas Story and more
(Casting) credits include Poisoner’s Handbook, Becoming Helen Keller, and Mystery of Matter, PBS. Other PBS projects include The Abolitionists, Dolley Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin (Emmy Award), Liberty (Peabody Award), God in America, People vs. Leo Frank, Louisa May Alcott, Great Performances (Artios Award in more
(Sound Designer & Composer) is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. A newcomer to Cleveland Play House, he is pleased to return after designing The Diary of Anne Frank earlier this season. Recent designs and/or original music at Roundabout Theatre Company, Primary Stages, McCarter Theatre, more
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1407 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
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