Otto Frank gave his daughter a diary when she was 13 years old, shortly before she and her family went into hiding in the annex of the Amsterdam office building. From that time until Anne was almost 16, she wrote about her life in hiding, her feelings about her parents, her hopes and fears for the future, all her innermost thoughts. In this rollercoaster ride, Anne yearns for her playmates, pets and confidantes, but instead, shares her feelings only with her diary.

The Frank family shared the annex with the Van Daan family and with Mr. Dussel, a quirky dentist. Eight people, all Jews, hid from the Nazis for two years, never leaving the annex, never knowing if they would be discovered and sent to the death camps. All the while, Anne wrote of her life, not dreaming that in years to come her diary would bear witness to the world of what happened during the Holocaust.

This timely, important play is filled with humor and honesty as Anne begins to blossom into womanhood and an awareness of her own emotions, intellect, and sexuality. Audience members bear witness to how truth and hope endure in even the most tragic of circumstances.