Chilliwack – Chilliwack’s longest active community theatre group, the Chilliwack Players Guild, will stage the well-known play “The Diary of Anne Frank” next spring. As a first step, the Guild will be holding open auditions in early November, and invite any interested people to come and audition.
The original script by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett has been powerfully adapted by Wendy Kesselman, and since 1997 has been performed in theatres around the World, including on Broadway. It is an impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, in occupied Amsterdam during World War II. The Players Guild production will be directed by Astrid Beugeling, and performed in the Rotary Hall of the Chilliwack Cultural Centre in late April/early May.
There are 11 roles to be cast: six males and five females. There are three roles for teenagers, and roles for adults aged early 20’s through their 50’s. Open auditions will be held: Saturday, November 3, from 1 – 5pm, and Sunday, November 4, from 6:30 – 9:30pm, at the Guild Hall (45530 Spadina Avenue, side entrance to Landing Sports Centre off the gravel parking lot.) Callbacks will held November 7, 6:30-9:30pm.
ROLES to be cast are: 6 Males and 5 Females
Otto Frank – aged 40/50
Edith Frank – aged 40/50
Margot Frank – aged 16 – 18
Anne Frank – aged 13 – 15
Miep Gies – aged 20’s
Mr. Van Daan – 35/45
Mrs. Van Daan – 35/45
Peter Van Daan – aged 16 – 18
Mr. Kraler – aged 40/50
Mr. Dussel – aged 30 – 50
Callbacks
Will be on Wednesday, November 7 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Enquiries can be sent to Producer Dave Stephen at stephendh@shaw.ca.
More details at http://playersguild.ca/
