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Article: WORDS AS WITNESS; 'Anne Frank' comes to Syracuse Stage.(CNY)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2009
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Byline: Melinda Johnson Arts editor
Arielle Lever welcomes the opportunity to portray Anne Frank in Syracuse Stage's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
********Onstage, she is the central figure in this play based on the journals of the real Anne Frank, whose family was forced into hiding to escape Nazi persecution of Jews. After two years, the family hideaway was discovered. Everyone in the Frank family, except the father, died in concentration camps.
********Offstage, the 20-year-old actress feels a strong connection. As a child, Lever remembers Holocaust survivors, the grandparents of classmates, sharing their stories during school ...