Pilot Performance at NE Academy

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Breaking News: Anne Frank, Alive in Philadelphia

All About Jewish Theatre correspondent Henrik Eger reviews Teenager: Anne Frank

I never thought I would witness the day when I would see Anne Frank liberated, alive in the city of brotherly love. . .

I have seen theatrical versions of the life of Anne Frank edited, directed, and performed in many different ways but never like this production by the new multi-cultural and international Theatre InBetween. . .

What distinguishes this production from other Anne Frank plays is the fact that we see a contemporary Anne, who takes us on a roller coaster of feelings, thoughts and adolescent experiences. . .

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The Inquirer Reviews Teenager: Anne Frank

Hits and misses at Live Arts/Philly Fringe

What, quite literally, heightens Teenager’s emotional impact is its site, the roof deck of the Parkway House. Watson’s Frank might be limited by her cube, but she’s surrounded by open air and the entire city. It’s a lovely metaphor for imagination and the ability of a lively mind to rise above even the most constricting circumstance and somehow still manage to soar.

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Teenager: Anne Frank Makes the Front Page

New play rethinks Anne Frank

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What makes Watson’s and Bruckner’s piece so interesting is the universal humanity. Most people wouldn’t exactly consider Anne Frank an approachable subject on a personal level, but rather as an icon. Teenager: Anne Frank makes up for what is missing from most mainstream adaptations of Anne Frank’s diary: the parallels of puberty and coming of age that we all share.

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Best of the Fest

Festival picks from City Paper staff

Anna Watson and Frank Brückner are both German actors. But it wasn’t until a chance meeting at a Philly coffee shop that the two decided to collaborate on Watson’s stateside debut in Teenager: Anne Frank, a one-woman show that delves into the isolation and angst of young adulthood in war-torn Germany. “The focus is not on the Anne Frank most people know,” explains Richard Watson, the actor’s husband. Instead, the show explores mother-daughter relationships and first love. Watson performs in an 8-by-8-foot cube set atop the roof of an apartment building with sprawling city views, symbolizing the character’s captivity coming of age in Nazi Germany.

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Broadway on Parkway

Philadelphia Metro features Teenager: Anne Frank

The roof deck  of the 13 story Parkway House is  the venue for Teenager: Anne Frank. Apparently this building has  its own interesting story. Natalie Hope McDonald (a fellow resident) wrote a piece about the building in the Philly Metro  newspaper.

Next month, a spotlight will be cast on the mid-century building’s roof when it’s transformed into an avant-garde performance space for “Teenager: Anne Frank,” a one-woman show during Philly’s Fringe festival. Anna Watson,  a resident, chose the location thanks to its sprawling views — a stark contrast to her performance, which takes place within an 8-foot-by-8-foot cube.

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From the Rooftop: Teenager: Anne Frank

Josh and Nick from the Philly  Fringe Festival came up to the roof of the parkway house  to hang out with Anna and hear more about “Teenager: Anne Frank.”

Teenager: Anne Frank. A one-woman show that focuses on the emotional and physical struggles of adolescence, Anna says the play doesn’t so much reinterpret the story and mythological stature of Anne Frank, but rather fleshes out Frank’s physical experience as a human. . .

Director Frank Brückner, another native of Germany now living in Philadelphia, has played a significant role in shaping the English-language version show.

“I like his approach, which is the basics: human, teenager, German, Jewish. . .

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