The Voice Of Anne Frank
The Voice Of Anne Frank is a play By Miřenka Čechová and Petr Bohá.
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The original text
The play uses movement, music, spoken text, lighting and sound and was developed by Miřenka Ćechová, a Czech actor, choreographer and director, working with cellist Nancy Jo Snider. Directed by it has been performed all over the world, picking up accolades and praise wherever it went. travels — its next stop is the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater later this month. Snider, director of the music program in the department of performing arts at American University and a co-creator in the project, said it has “required me to learn a new way of creating that involthat features movement, music, spoken text, lighting and sound Miřenka Čechová brings The Voice of Anne Frank to life in a way that is touching, humorous and deeply affecting.
Use of text fragments of the Diary of Anne Frank with kind permission of the Anne Frank Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
Awards: Outstanding Performance Award (Prague Fringe), Best of Fringe (Amsterdam Fringe), Best of Oversea Performance (National Arts Festival in Grahamstown)
Performances: Roxy / NoD (CZ), Fringe Prague (CZ), Small Inventory 2008 (CZ), Festival Evropských regionů (CZ), Divadlo Děčín (CZ), Palác Akropolis (CZ), Die Etage (DE), Katzen Art Centrum AU (USA), University of Tampa (USA), Bohemian National Hall (USA), Mercersburg Academy (USA), site-specific Statek Rabín (CZ), International Festival Zero Point (CZ), i-camp/Neues Theater München (DE), Prague Fringe (CZ), Amsterdam Fringe (NL), National Arts Festival (JAR), The Market Theatre (JAR), Acco Festival (ISR), The Kennedy Center / Terrace Theatre (USA)
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Performance history in South Africa
2014: An international touring production by the Spitfire Company , performed at the Market Theatre in **, directed by Miřenka Čechová and Petr Bohá with Miřenka Čechová (Anne Frank/secondary characters) and Nancy Jo Snider (cellist)
Sources
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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