Huntington College News Release
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Local students cast in "The Diary of Anne Frank"
FOR RELEASE February 13, 1998
HUNTINGTON, IN— This month, eleven Huntington College students will portray a life of hiding, serving as a window into the life of a young girl who experienced the nightmare of the holocaust. The student-directed production of The Diary of Anne Frank will be presented February 25-28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the Merillat Centre for the Arts.
Dawn Davis, a senior theatre major from Wawaka, Ind., is directing the show. "Anne Frank’s story is very personal to me because of my own Jewish heritage. I’ve wanted to tell it for a long time," said Davis. "I feel, like many others, that the events of the Holocaust must continue to be portrayed, least this history be forgotten or repeated. I hope this show will allow the audience to experience life in hiding in a way that will never leave them, and that it will be an honest, unflinching depiction of what went on." Davis' maternal grandfather was a Latvian Jew who fled Stalin's regime and immigrated to the United States.
Davis returned to campus this January after spending the fall semester as an intern. She was one of two Huntington College students studying at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center in Hollywood, CA. Her previous directing credits include Waiting For Godot (1997 independent student production), and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1997 Huntington College One Act Play Festival).
Cast members for this production include:
- Kelly Colwell, a junior psychology major from Huntington, Ind., in the role of Miep Gies;
- Shannon Colwin, a sophomore youth ministries major from Fond du lac, Wis., in the role of Peter Van Daan;
- Jared Friesen , a senior psychology major from Huntington, Ind., in the role of Mr. Van Daan;
- Ryon Fuqua, a senior English major from Fort Worth, Texas, in the role of Mr. Frank;
- Justin Gannon, a freshman fine art major from Valparaiso, Ind., in the role of Mr. Kraler;
- Katherine Mueller, a junior theatre major from Fort Wayne, Ind., in the role of Mrs. Van Daan;
- Scott Myers, a freshman theatre major from Huntington, Ind., in the role of Mr. Dussel;
- Rebekah Ward, a sophomore youth ministries major from Huntington, W.Va., in the role of Margot Frank;
- Jennifer Wilding, a junior theatre major from Crestwood, Ky., in the role of Mrs. Frank;
- Aimee Wilson, a junior theatre and educational ministries major from Keyser, W.Va., in the role of Anne Frank.
Theatre is one of many distinctive academic programs available at Huntington College. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College offers high-quality academic programs "to equip men and women to impact our world for Christ." Located on a contemporary, wooded campus in Huntington, Indiana, the four-year liberal arts college offers graduate and undergraduate programs in nearly 50 concentrations.
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