Description:

The Beverly Arts Center announces virtual auditions for its professional, non-equity production of The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by Abby Lee. Video submissions will be accepted through February 16th, 2024, and in person callbacks will take place at the Beverly Arts Center on Thursday, February 29th. All actors must be local and able to commute to the southwest side of Chicago for rehearsals and performances.

All actors will receive a stipend for this production. Stipend amounts may differ based on the time commitment of each role.

The Beverly Arts Center welcomes and encourages performers of all genders, ethnicities, and identities. Nonbinary and gender-fluid performers are encouraged to submit for any role they are interested in. Character breakdowns are based on the age and gender of the characters as written in the script.

The Diary of Anne Frank
By, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Newly Adapted by, Wendy Kesselman

This production is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities to attend. Please know that regardless of skin color, you should sound and behave as if you are people from Amsterdam in the early 1940s.

Character Descriptions:
Anne Frank - early teenager/tween, highly intelligent, tempestuous, full of vim and vigor, hilarious

Margot Frank - teenager, warm, patient, dutiful, reliable

Otto Frank - 40s, warm, patient, the voice of reason

Edith Frank - 40s, resilient, strong, impatient

Mr. Van Daan - 40s, gregarious, passionate, full of life, loud, loves to eat, drink and be merry

Mrs. Van Daan - 40s, comes from wealth, expresses and experiences emotion fully, entitled.

Peter Van Daan - teenager, loner, misunderstood, particularly seeking trans or non-binary actor.

Mr. Dussel - 40s-60s, loner, disgruntled, cantankerous, particularly seeking LGBTQIA actor.

Mr. Kraler - 40s-60s - warm, full of empathy

Miep Gies - 20-30, sweet, full of empathy and life, THIS ROLE IS CAST.