Wendy Kesselman News

Roxy Regional Theatre will stage THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, a poignant recount of a young girl's life during Nazi persecution, from February 13 at its Clarksville location.

Director Jodie Weiss understands the play's challenge and meets it head-on, shaping the production with an ear for the material’s alternating currents of terror and fragile joy.

Childsplay will present Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Running January 17–31.

Second Street Players will present its' 2026 season opener, The Diary of Anne Frank written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett based upon 'Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl' newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman.

One girl’s true account of a growing up in extraordinary circumstances makes for a harrowing and hopeful play as Avon Players Theatre will present The Diary of Anne Frank.

Stan Zimmerman’s The Diary of Anne Frank returns to The Colony Theatre in Burbank for a limited run November 5–6, 2025, featuring a predominantly Latinx cast.

Childsplay Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season, featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hare and Tortoise, and the world premiere of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – The Musical, marking Artistic Director Dwayne Hartford’s farewell season.

Birmingham Village Players will open its 103rd season this fall with five productions including Man of La Mancha and more. See the full season and learn how to purchase tickets.

LoMotion Live will present The Diary of Anne Frank, the newly adapted stage version by Wendy Kesselman, running July 18–26 at the Parsippany Arts Center in Boonton, NJ (Lake Hiawatha).

Open Stage will present performances of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Scottish Rite Cathedral at 2701 N. 3rd Street in Harrisburg on March 25 and 26 at 9:45 a.m. and March 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Wendy Kesselman’s dynamic adaptation of France Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s The Diary of Anne Frank will come to The Herberger Theatre Center from September 11-28, featuring teen actors alongside some of the Valley’s most well-known professionals.

The Bridge Initiative has announced a production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at The Herberger.

The Bridge Initiative’s new season titled “Many Beautiful Things” will bring full productions, play and musical readings, musical cabarets, and more to stages in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix, and Avondale. Learn more about the lineup here!

EastLine Theatre will open their season this February at the BACCA Center in Lindenhurst with The Diary of Anne Frank. Based on the remarkable true story and the beloved bestseller The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank was the 1956 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ has revealed the titles for their 2024-25 Broadway Series.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and The Bridge Initiative will present a stage adaptation of the posthumously published 1947 book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.

Actors Jackie Osorio, Noah F. Madril and Emily Trujillo join the critically acclaimed 2018 LA production of The Diary of Anne Frank in the roles of Mr. & Mrs. Van Daan and Margot Frank. The revival, which garnered international attention with its predominately LatinX cast, will run for four performances September 17 at A Place Called Home and September 19-21 at the Colony Theatre.

YPT's 3-play sophomore season launches with the fabulously fun Junie B. Jones, the Musical (Oct 7-Nov 5). The New Year sees the Chicago Premiere of Wendy Kesselman's vital new one-act, TYA version of The Diary of Anne Frank (Feb 17-March 24). The season concludes with the dazzling hip-hop/soul adaptation of Matt de la Peña's Newberry Award-winning Last Stop on Market Street (May 11- June 2).

Next week American Lives Theatre (ALT) opens Jennifer Blackmer's play 'Predictor.' The play, a rolling world premiere, tells the true story of Margaret 'Meg' Crane, who became the unlikely inventor of the revolutionary worldwide product known as the home pregnancy test.

The producers of the Special Limited Engagement of the LatinX The Diary of Anne Frank have announced three moderators for Talk Backs following all five performances.