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MAY 31-JUNE 6, 2017 UCW 13 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM RAMADA PLAZA AT BORDEAUX Our CAFÉ BORDEAUX serves you hot breakfast and lunch daily. The place to meet for a quick breakfast or lunch at a great price. Top off your day with a relaxing dinner and drinks in our SPORTS BAR. We are your event venue to host 10 – 1,000 GUESTS. 33,000 SQ FEET of flexible meeting space. 1707 OWEN DRIVE | FAYETTEVILLE NC 28304 | 910.323.0111 10% OFF Your Next food order in our Café Bordeaux or Bordeaux Sports Bar. BOOK YOUR NEXT EVENT WITH US! "e Diary of Anne Frank" runs at the Gilbert eat- er from May 26 to June 4. Many people are familiar with the story. e diary records the experiences of the 13-year-old Anne Frank and her family who hid from Nazis in the Netherlands. e book captures the daily experiences the family lived during the two years they spent trapped in an attic. At times it is difficult to read and the ending is jarring, but this story offers an invaluable glimpse into the human experience of some of the darkest times in human history from the eyes of a hopeful young girl. Despite the heavy premise of this work, it is not all about death and destruction and it most certainly is not a relic of the past. World War II is over, but many of the problems the Frank family grappled with are still very rel- evant today. e story is tightly focused on a single family in a small period of time, but they deal with universally relevant human themes. "Everyone should see this play. ... It is still relevant to today's climate, politically and socially. It's about love and hope," Director Brian Adam Kline explained. Taking a book and adapting it to the stage can be very difficult, but live productions can make stories much more personal and real. Seeing a person act out emotions and situations adds a layer of immediacy that printed words can fail to capture. Transforming "e Diary of Anne Frank" into a live production is particularly difficult, in part because of the delicate historical nature of the show. "As a director, I have tried to approach this play with great attention to detail. It was so important to me to do this right. is play is not just an adaption of the diary but also a historical memorial to Anne, her family, her housemates and the victims of the Holocaust. is production has always been for them," Kline said. e amount of time and effort that everyone at the Gilbert eater has put into creating a respectful and ac- curate production of e Diary of Anne Frank is astound- ing. "I spent a year of research on the diary, the history, the people and the environment," said Kline. "I contacted the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and they were so vital in my exploration of this world. I had to get it as close as I could. We used photographs to match the colors of the house, costuming and hair. With the long task of pre- production, finding the best actors and crew, production challenges seemed to be smoother," Kline added. e biggest challenge the production has faced is in spacing. e Gilbert eater is smaller than the Anne Frank House, but creative use of space has allowed the cast and crew to maintain the integrity of the story and the history. Perhaps the smaller space will enhance the audience's feelings of personal involvement and help the produc- tion's themes hit home. Tickets can be purchased at www.gilberttheater.com. Anne Frank Comes to Gilbert Theater by ERINN CRIDER ERINN CRIDER, Staff Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcom- ingweekly.com. 910.484.6200. The Diary of Anne Frank runs through June 4 at Gilbert Theater. EVENTS