Theatre and Dance remembers Anne Frank

The UNH Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce "And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World of Anne Frank," by James Still, showing April 20-24 at the UNH Hennessy Theatre in the Paul Creative Arts Center.

Front to back:  Kara Russo, Shannon Marshall, Jason Cotting, Steve Freitas. (UNH Photo Services)

Winner of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education Distinguished Play Award, this engaging presentation will reawaken our views about tolerance and provide some insight to our misunderstandings about life. As in the play, fear and sadness can become a promise for the future and provide a profound message about hope and acceptance.

"And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World of Anne Frank" is a contemporary multimedia docu-drama about two teenagers, Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg, who were childhood friends of Anne Frank. Through teen eyes, we can see the Nazi plot to destroy an entire race: from the concentration camps and the forced wearing of yellow stars to the ripping apart of families. Live actors and actual videotaped interviews from these Holocaust survivors are woven together to recreate chilling scenes from their lives during WWII.   
 
Raina Ames, the UNH director of theatre education, is a theatre professor, a director of main stage theatre at UNH, and the artistic director for UNH TRY. Previously, she served as director of Education and Cooperative Learning at Theatre Virginia, a League of Resident Theatres in Richmond, Va. Ames taught high school theatre, speech, and English for eight years.

During her time at Macomb High, she received “The Most Inspirational Teacher” certificates of honor yearly, 1999-2001, awarded by Western Illinois University. She holds an MFA degree in theatre pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an master's in gifted education and a bachelor's in theatre from Western Illinois University. 

She has performed in the U.S. premier of "Good Bye To The Hill" and "The Laramie Project." Her directing credits include "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "My Fair Lady."
 
For tickets, contact the MUB ticket office, Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at 2-2290 or visit http://www.unhmub.com. Tickets are $7.50 for general admission:  $6.50 for seniors, children 12 andunder, UNH ID holders; and $5.50 for groups of 15 or more. The Theatre Lobby Box office opens one hour prior to curtain. For more information, please call the Theatre and Dance office at 2-2919.