Full Cast Set for SLAM FRANK at Asylum NYC
Performances will run from September 17-October 19.
SLAM FRANK, featuring a razor-sharp score by Andrew Fox and a book by Joel Sinensky, blends the are-they-really-going-there audacity of The Book of Mormon with the incisively dark comedy of Assassins. Following a sold-out industry showcase this spring, SLAM FRANK will have its limited engagement run this fall at Asylum NYC, directed by Sam LaFrage, with performances beginning on Wednesday, September 17 at 9:30 pm. The show has already sold out four weeks of evening performances, with additional matinees and weeks added.
Inspired by the viral Twitter thread that asked, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”, SLAM FRANK is a new musical that imagines what happens when a progressive community theater company decides “now is not the time to center privileged, straight, white Europeans (who happened to be hiding from Nazis).”
Instead, they transform Anne Frank’s true story into a genderqueer, multi-ethnic, intersectionally feminist, Afro-Latin hip-hop musical. The result is Slam Frank, a genre-defying musical satire that’s igniting debate long before opening night. The show reimagines Anne Frank’s life through a self-aware lens of overzealous inclusivity: Anita Franco is now a pansexual Latinx girlboss with a hip-hop diary flow; Peter van Daan is a non-binary dancer struggling against gender norms; and Mister Van Daan, the lone cis male, is literally worse than the Nazis.
And you, the audience, have the privilege of witnessing it.
CONTENT WARNING: Everything.
The production stars Olivia Bernábe as Anita, Alex Lewis as Peter, Anya van Hoogstraten as Margot, Austen Horne as Edith, Rocky Paterra as Otto, John Anker Bow as Mr. Van Daan, and Jaz Zepatos as Mrs. Van Daan. Covering the company are Kris Bramson (Female Understudy), Peter Kendall (Male Understudy), and Crystal Stewart (Standby for Edith).
The creative team also includes Associate Director Emily Abrams, Music Director Alex Harrington, Choreographer Nico DeJesus, Assistant Choreographer Arianne Meneses, Costume Designer Sarah Lockwood, Set and Props Designer CJ Howard, Lighting and Live Video Streaming Designer Zach Lobel, and Projections Designer Nicholas Ferrari. Nikita Chernin serves as Production Stage Manager. Marketing and publicity by Katie Rosin, Kampfire.
The band features Mike Pettry (keyboards/guitar), Jared Decker (percussion), and Joseph Wallace (bass).
