Ada Student Among the Cast Announced for Fall Play at Bluffton University

BLUFFTON, Ohio—Bluffton University Theatre will present the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” based upon “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” from November 10-13.

The play is by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman.

Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-12, and at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, in Ramseyer Auditorium in College Hall. Dr. Melissa Friesen, professor of theatre and communication, will direct the show.

An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic. “The Diary of Anne Frank” captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence— their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for senior citizens, Bluffton University faculty and staff, non-Bluffton University students. Bluffton University students will have free admission.

Purchase tickets at: www.bluffton.edu/theatre

The roles and participating students are as follows:

Anne Frank- Abby Bush ’25 of Marion, Ohio

Mr. Otto Frank- Carter Ritchey ’25 of Delphos, Ohio

Mrs. Edith Frank- Payton Stephens ’24 of Lebanon, Ohio

Margot Frank- Adrianny Ruiz Suarez ’25 of Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Peter Van Dann- Noah Heiing ’25 of Delphos, Ohio

Mrs. Van Dann- Audrey Hazelton ’23 of Ada, Ohio

Mr. Van Dann- Hunter McCafferty ’24 of Bremen, Ohio

Mr. Dussel- Zachariah Boch ’25 of Lancaster, Ohio

Miep Gies- Jenna Juarez ’26 of Fremont, Ohio

Mr. Kraler- Joseph Earl ’25 of Piqua, Ohio

First man- Peter Song of Findlay, Ohio

Second man- Brett Prothro ’25 of Bluffton, Ohio

Third man- Adara Fuerst ’26 of Delphos, Ohio

Taylor Waldeck ’23 of Springfield, Ohio, will serve as the stage manager. Brit Mustard and Merv Schrock, both from Findlay, Ohio, will be the Costume Designer and the Technical Director, respectively.