Westport Country Playhouse Stages 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' Through October

Westport Country Playhouse will stage "The Diary of Anne Frank," a timeless and powerful classic, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, and directed by Gerald Freedman (Broadway's "The Robber Bridegroom," "The Grand Tour," the revival of "West Side Story," co-directed with Jerome Robbins, the premiere of Arthur Miller's "The Creation of the World and Other Business" and Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession") from October 2 through October 30.

Performances are: Tuesday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 and 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

For more information and tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 888-927-7529, or visit the box office at 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Information and tickets also available at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to The Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse) and/or follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse).

The cast in alphabetical order: Ari Brand (Broadway's "The Neil Simon Plays") as Peter Van Daan; Lauren Culpepper ("The Dinner Party" at Lincoln Center Institute) as Margot Frank; Molly Ephraim (Broadway's "Into the Woods," Drama League Award nomination) as Anne Frank; Mitch Greenberg (Broadway's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" and "Threepenny Opera") as Otto Frank; FeliciTy Jones (Circle in the Square's "Metamorphoses") as Edith Frank; Lou Liberatore (Westport Country Playhouse's "That Championship Season," Broadway's "Burn This" and "As Is") as Mr. Dussel; Mimi Lieber (Broadway's "Brooklyn Boy" and "I'm Not Rappaport") as Mrs. Van Daan; Allen McCullough (national tour of "Twelve Angry Men") as Mr. Kraler; Steve Vinovich (Broadway's "Lost in Yonkers," "The Robber Bridegroom" and "The Grand Tour") as Mr. Van Daan; and Monica West (New York Stage & Film's "A Short History of Women," directed by Judith Ivey) as Meip. Also Philip M. Gardiner, Jack Kesy and Nicholas Wilder.

The production and design team: John Ezell (designs on and off-Broadway), scenic design; Willa Kim (Tony Award for "The Will Rogers Follies" and "Sophisticated Ladies"), costume design; Travis McHale (founding member of New York's Ground UP Productions), lighting design; Rusty Wandall (resident sound designer for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), sound design; Bill Collins, props master; Matthew Melchoirre, stage manager; Alison M. Roberts, assistant stage manager; and Janet Foster, C.S.A., casting.

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